Sentences with phrase «haul awards»

The primary con is that long haul awards are almost universally expensive.

Short, domestic flights will still be well - priced, but premium long - haul award tickets will get more expensive.

In this post, we will lay out some of the best options for cheap short - haul award bookings.

The program also has some great short - haul awards starting at 7,500 miles.

What do you mainly like to use your miles for — short haul or long haul awards?

I really don't like Avios — it's a terrible currency if you like to book long haul award flights — so the thought of it being my primary currency doesn't sit well.

First of all, SQ long haul awards for partners are nonexistent.

Other good deals on short haul awards are also possible on partners such as Qatar, Malaysian Airlines and Cathay Pacific.

British Airways also received a lot of attention because it eliminated cheap short - haul awards in North America, a perennial favorite among travel hackers.

Short - haul award pricing is pretty simple for United.

You'll find a similar situation applies to long - haul awards between New Zealand and the United States.

but then Avios ceased to be any use for long - haul awards after they suffered their own devaluation earlier this year.

As I prefer to use my Chase Ultimate Rewards points for Hyatt redemptions Amex Membership Rewards are where I look when I ned to top up my Avios balance for short - haul awards within Europe or within the US.

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.

If you need to book any short - haul awards before they disappear, your deadline is 10:00 GMT on February 2, 2016.

As a Tampa - based flyer, one of my biggest challenges is finding domestic short - haul award space to an international gateway.

If you want to use Membership Rewards for booking a long - haul award flight in business, transfer them to ANA.

Another feature of LifeMiles is short - haul awards for 7,500 miles.

Some of the most major changes were that short haul flights decreased dramatically and even long haul award tickets between the north east and Europe went down 20 %.

British Airways collects fuel surcharges (sometimes renamed «carrier surcharges») on all award travel and also requires a lot of Avios for long - haul awards in business and first class.

At a round - trip cost of 15,000 Avios, this is still a 10K mile savings relative to standard roundtrip awards for legacy airlines and is one of the most valuable uses of Avios, as British Airways» long - haul award prices can be astronomical.

British Airways — British Airways has a distance based award chart that is essentially useless for long haul awards, but has excellent values for short distance flights.

Checkpoints are set up along the way and the few vehicles that are successful in hitting every checkpoint (covering an area that includes seven separate states) and arriving at the final destination will be awarded the Hot Rod Magazine Long Hauler Award.

As mentioned before, Lufthansa charges high fuel surcharges on its long - haul award tickets, so using the companion ticket might not save you a lot of money, depending on the route.

As mentioned before, Lufthansa charges high fuel surcharges on its long - haul award tickets, so using the companion ticket might not save you a lot of money, depending on the route.

West Coast - based travelers looking for cheap short - haul awards.

If you can get a short - haul award, then it can make some sense, but it is not ideal unless you have a ton of Aeroplan miles or US Airways or United miles.

The pros are that short haul awards are relatively cheap, and you have the flexibility to travel to any country for a given price as long as it is within a given mileage bracket.

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.

The first class redemptions are a bit exorbitant unless you want to tease out some stopovers and open jaws on a long - haul award.

American Airline has a region - based award chart which offers good value for long - haul awards.

The issue is that Avios is not a very good deal for most long - haul awards.

Where Avios become a great deal is when you use them for short - haul awards, particularly on flights where economy class is tolerable or if the carrier does not collect surcharges.

One word of caution I should add at this point is that Miles & More likes to add surcharges to just about all its long haul awards....

British Airways eliminated its 4,500 - Avios redemptions, but American and Delta introduced cheaper short - haul awards.

You can also transfer to British Airways, which allows cheap short - haul award flights on American Airlines.

It would be remiss of me if I failed to mention the British Airways Executive Club at this point as, despite the fact that Avios are a truly abysmal currency to use on long - haul awards, the fact that you can book short - haul US domestic awards from 7,500 Avios one - way (with minimal taxes and fees) makes them a useful option on short, expensive routes.

They use a distance based chart that offers fantastic value for short haul awards yet the value equation for long haul awards is terrible.

If you primarily use what miles / points you have for long - haul flights, then you should definitely be steering clear of Avios (it's a terrible currency option for flights of any major distance) and you should probably be looking to the likes of KrisFlyer, Etihad Guest and possibly even Emirates for good quality and good value long - haul awards.

Let's hope American Express or Chase come up with some 75 % transfer bonuses to Avios, because otherwise Avios will be useful only for short - haul awards.

To start with, you can take advantage of some of the redemptions noted above, like British Airways short - haul awards, Flying Blue to Hawaii or the Caribbean, transatlantic flights on Virgin Atlantic and Singapore Airlines first suites.

This chart is fantastic for short - haul awards, as I noted in my post on the best Avios routes to fly and useful 4,500 Avios redemptions around the world.

One way awards start at 4,500 Avios for flights outside the U.S. and 7,500 Avios for those originating or terminating in the U.S. Even with the slightly more expensive price for U.S. short haul awards, they are still cheaper than domestic awards on the big 3 US carriers which are typically 10,000 - 12,500 each way.

Unfortunately Lufthansa is one of those airlines that adds hefty fuel surcharges to its long - haul award flights.

With that being said, those 4,500 mile short - haul awards that are so valuable can now be attained with just 4,500 Amex points, whereas before you'd need to transfer 5,000.

Long - haul award flights on Garuda and its partners are expensive.

Although booking short - haul flights using British Airways Avios is the most beneficial, there are ways to maximize the current promo for long - haul awards.

All medium - and long - haul award flights on SriLankan Airlines and its partners are very expensive.

You can certainly get value out of short - haul awards on partner carriers, but what if you're more interested in international travel?