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Flights from the East Coast U.S. can easily cost over $ 500 round trip, so this is a great value redemption that doesn't require a bunch of miles!

For instance, Air France and KLM's frequent flyer program, Flying Blue, has some great redemption opportunities when it comes to booking award flights from the United States to the Caribbean and to Hawaii.

Tip # 5: The redemption options for SPG Moments, SPG Flights, and SPG Flights & Nights can offer a great value depending on the deal.

Flights from the East Coast U.S. can easily cost over $ 500 round trip, so this is a great value redemption that doesn't require a bunch of miles!

You can great redemptions with Avios without high surcharges with the best deals being flights that don't cross the Atlantic.

Logically, we're drawn to think of using British Airways points from Britain, but these short distance award rules also apply to partner flights and are great redemption for other parts of the world.

One great redemption from the Flying Blue program is for flights to Hawaii from the continental U.S. Round - trip flights cost 30,000 Flying Blue miles and less than $ 10 in fees — considering that flights from the East Coast usually cost $ 500 — $ 900 round trip, we're talking some great redemptions even at the lower end of the value spectrum.

These redemptions can be a great deal, especially if there is availability at the last minute when flight prices tend to be higher.

Transferring your Amex MR points to Air France KLM Flying Blue offers great redemption opportunities when it comes to booking award flights from the United States to Europe.

I've used this multiple times and in my opinion has a great redemption value, 10,000 points = $ 10, towards flights, vacations, hotels!

The distance - based award chart can be great for short - haul flights and sweet - spot redemptions on partner airlines.

If your flights are more than 650 miles, you can still find some great value with British Airways Avios when flying within Asia and Europe, as they often have some of the better redemption rates for both economy class and business class.

Saving $ 6,810 on this flight once we subtract the taxes and fees, we can see what a great redemption value this is: Mike's netting more than 5.6 cents per mile in value on his miles!

Though both of these hotels are also transfer partners with Ultimate Rewards, there's simply no way to accrue this type of points balance quickly and the redemption would offer fairly abysmal value per point, at least compared to the great deal we found on flights above.

This presents the potential for great redemption rates on short flights if award space is available.

Tip # 5: The redemption options for SPG Moments, SPG Flights, and SPG Flights & Nights can offer a great value depending on the deal.

Another great redemption option is for flights from the continental U.S. to Hawaii.

Usually, the best value will be when you transfer and redeem for business or first class flights, but you can also find great value in some hotel redemptions.

Finally, finding great fares and flights that you can use for redemptions isn't always as easy as signing into your account.

These redemptions can be a great deal, especially if there is availability at the last minute when flight prices tend to be higher.

One great redemption from the Flying Blue program is for flights to Hawaii from the continental U.S. Round - trip flights cost 30,000 Flying Blue miles and less than $ 10 in fees — considering that flights from the East Coast usually cost $ 500 — $ 900 round trip, we're talking some great redemptions even at the lower end of the value spectrum.

There is great value on Virgin America however, which uses a value - based redemption system for its own flights, but can be booked on a distance - based chart through Hawaiian.

If BA starts linking the cost of flights to the number of Avios needed and doesn't keep any kind of standard award in place the days of great redemptions on routes like NYC — Boston are over.

Another great option to use Virgin miles for flights to Europe is on Delta, which, sometimes, offers better redemption rates than Delta's own.

Another great bonus that comes with this card is the 10 percent return for points used for flight redemptions.

Virgin Atlantic has great award redemption values for flights between the U.S. (especially Eastern U.S.) and Europe in both classes, economy and business, although outrageous Heathrow Airport fees and fuel surcharges in Upper Class make business class TY redemptions on Virgin a less attractive option.

A great card for those who fly OneWorld, since British Airways» Avios Miles are distance based, making short - distanced award flights a great redemption value.

The 2 % flight redemption is a great cross-card quality as it is an industry competitive rate.

Marriott Flight & Hotel packages (or Marriott Travel Packages) can be a great use of Marriott Rewards points... but they're not the always - amazing redemption some make them out to be.

British Airways is great for short - haul flights because they're cheap and have minimal or no surcharges added; Virgin Atlantic, Air France KLM and United are good options for transatlantic flights; Korean Air has solid redemptions to Asia, including Japan, Korea and Hong Kong; And Southwest, the largest low - cost carrier in the world, offers cheap domestic flights and only partners with Chase.

And while these two frequent flyer programs offer similar redemption rates for flights to many destinations, AAdvantage also offers some great off peak awards.

It remains very competitive on flights within Europe, offering great redemptions on short flights and periodically offering outstanding «Topdeals.»

Their award program, JAL Mileage Bank (JMB), is flexible and offers some great redemption rates on flights between the U.S. and Japan.

I * did * book a flight on AA (my first since January 2009) to take advantage of the 1.6 cents point redemption before it vanished ¹, but since — clearly — I don't fly American very often, this isn't a great loss to me personally; neither is the Admiral's Club access, and since I don't play golf...

You'll realize the best valuation for your points by booking flights on the corresponding rewards travel portal as redemption values can be much greater.

Korean Air's SKYPASS program is a great alternative to use for first class redemptions on Delta flights.

In that article, we focused on your redemption options for Virgin Atlantic award flights, which frankly aren't great.

Some of the best include the following: United Airlines, which opens up access to the huge Star Alliance network of carriers; British Airways, offering great value on short - haul nonstop flights due to their distance - based award chart; Korean Airlines, with amazing award availability in their first class cabins; and Hyatt, which is widely recognized as offering some of the highest value point redemption opportunities of any hotel chain.

Award availability is great even at lower redemption rates, and with JFK as one of the hubs, you should have no problem booking a flight.

Flying Blue has a number of great sweet spots in economy class but unfortunately isn't the most lucrative reward program for business class flights because many of these flights are on the higher side of redemptions and many redemptions also come with high fees.

Starpoints are great because 1) Has the most airline partners of any flexible currency by far at a 1:1.25 ratio, 2) Partners with Alaska, which has the best award chart (especially for flying on Cathay / JAL F), 3) Great Nights & Flights redemption optgreat because 1) Has the most airline partners of any flexible currency by far at a 1:1.25 ratio, 2) Partners with Alaska, which has the best award chart (especially for flying on Cathay / JAL F), 3) Great Nights & Flights redemption optGreat Nights & Flights redemption options.

Hainan Airlines usually has excellent business class availability for flights to China and a great redemption rate (100,000 per roundtrip, half for one way).

With the exception of flights to Argentina, redemption rates for flights between the U.S. and Latin America are not great.

It's nice to have that option, but the redemption rates for those flights aren't great.

Starwood gives you the «5th night free» on all award redemptions of Category 3 and above and they also have a great offering called «Nights and Flights» which add even more value to your point redemptions.

usually has excellent business class availability for flights to China and a great redemption rate (100,000 per roundtrip, half for one way).

Wan na Get Away Fare Redemptions: Although I often talk of the value of transferable points thanks to the flexibility they give you to top up accounts and book premium international tickets on a whim, Rapid Rewards represents the flip side of award tickets where you know you are getting a great (semi) fixed value on award tickets of about 1.8 - 2 cents each on Wan na Get Away (leisure) fares and you can redeem them for any open seat on a flight, just as if you were buying it.

That being said, there are still some great redemption opportunities using British Airways Avios, in particular for shorthaul flights in coach or business class, where you can get a roundtrip for as few as 9,000 Avios.

The greatest redemption of the Flying Blue program are USA to Hawaii flight, which only cost 15,000 miles for an Economy Class ticket (even for a ten hour flight from the East Coast to Hawaii).

Why it's worth it: Even if you don't spend a total of $ 10,000 in the first year to earn 75,000 Avios, earning 50,000 Avios can open the door to some great redemptions, such as domestic business - class awards on American and off - peak Aer Lingus flights to Europe.