I also use one currency and one currency only for any short
haul award bookings I make — British Airways Avios.
Not exact matches
Additionally, if you are
booking a business or first class
award, make sure the long -
haul segment is in your desired cabin.
You may even pay fewer points for short -
haul domestic flights than you would
booking an
award ticket.
Expect to pay ~ $ 400 in fuel surcharges and taxes per long -
haul segment on
award bookings, but that's still cheaper than paying for a business or first class ticket.
Like all Star Alliance members, ANA will not be able to
book long -
haul business class and first class
awards on Singapore Airlines (See more under Air Canada Aeroplan).
Use Cathay Pacific to
book round - trip nonstop short -
haul awards and long -
haul flights to Europe and South America, especially in business from the East Coast.
For most long -
haul premium cabin partner
awards you are better off
booking through other Star Alliance partners such as Aviana, ANA or Asiana.
Buying miles is often cheaper than
booking a long -
haul business class
award, especially since United does not collect fuel surcharges on any of its
awards.
Thankfully, one general rule of
awards bookings — the best value for your points is usually found on long -
haul bookings — allows you to reap dramatic savings using international
award redemption zones.
It also is significantly cheaper than
booking directly with Qatar, since they use a distance - based
award chart which makes long -
haul awards prohibitively expensive.
Using Iberia Avios instead of British Airways Avios for short -
haul North American flights isn't a silver bullet to solve all of your
award booking problems.
Additionally, if you are
booking a business or first class
award, make sure the long -
haul segment is in your desired cabin.
Just as I don't
book long
haul Economy Class
awards I don't consider short
haul Premium Cabin
bookings to be a good use of my miles — I can handle an exit row in Economy Class for a short flight.
Singapore Airlines» KrisFlyer program has long been a favorite of many as it's the only way to
book long -
haul business and first class
awards on their own flights.
Some of the best values for Delta miles are available by
booking short -
haul domestic economy
awards on routes with expensive cash prices.
If you want to use Membership Rewards for
booking a long -
haul award flight in business, transfer them to ANA.
If you need to
book any short -
haul awards before they disappear, your deadline is 10:00 GMT on February 2, 2016.
You can also utilize the program's Flight + Hotel
Awards to
book a seven - night stay at any property plus get a nice
haul of airline miles.
If travel
booked is less than or equal to 500 miles in distance, which qualifies for a short
haul MileSAAver
award, the mileage discount will be 2,000 American Airlines AAdvantage ® miles round trip or 1,000 one - way for this Citi ® / AAdvantage ® card.
They never charge fuel surcharges, they allow free date changes, they have very flexible routing rules, they allow one - way
awards for half the mileage, they have a short -
haul award for 20,000 miles, they allow for a stopover and an open - jaw so that you can really maximize an
award trip into multiple free trips, they have an around - the - world
award to visit tons of cities on one
award ticket, and they have dozens of partners to fly on, most of which can be
booked on their website.