I've seen this all too often on short -
haul economy awards as well.
But it's not nearly enough to just allocate them some kind of uniform valuation, as some miles may be very valuable for a given type of redemption (e.g. Avios for short -
haul economy awards) and quite a poor value for other types of redemptions (for Avios, ultra long - haul in a premium cabin with high mileage cost and often high fuel surcharges).
This puts short
haul economy awards within international regions more in - line with domestic awards which have had reduced pricing for years.
Alaska's distance - based award chart combined with its West Coast network allows for cheaper award tickets on short -
haul economy awards.
Not exact matches
While
award flight costs for Delta can be quite volatile, 70K miles is enough for approximately three round - trip domestic
economy awards, or one long
haul international
economy award.
However, adding a short -
haul economy flight to a long -
haul business or first class flight may, as in my example, drastically reduce the number of Iberia Avios required for your
award redemption.
Any long -
haul economy redemption on the EarlyReturns
award chart is a good deal, but flights to Costa Rica are particularly valuable.
In addition, there are now lower prices for most short -
haul intra-region
Economy awards for regions outside of the U.S., such as flights within Europe.
We lowered prices on most short -
haul intra-region
Economy Saver
Awards for regions outside of the U.S., such as flights within Europe.
Partner
economy awards were unchanged, including the super valuable short
haul prices of 4,500 to 10,000 Avios for flights up to 2,000 miles.
Aside from a few short -
haul economy flights we paid for out of pocket, the only costs we encountered were taxes and fees on our
award tickets — all of which cost less than an
economy fare would have on any of the flights.
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.
For trips within the U.S. and Canada, you have the option of getting a 15,000 - mile
economy or 25,000 - mile business class round - trip
award for short -
haul flights between a wide variety of U.S. and Canadian cities.
One - way saver
awards in
Economy class start at 7,500 miles for a short -
haul regional flight and now go up to 154,000 miles for a long -
haul, Suites flight.
Some of the best values for Delta miles are available by booking short -
haul domestic
economy awards on routes with expensive cash prices.
On the redemption side, the program offers very cheap short -
haul awards (as low as 4,500 miles in
economy or 9,000 in business class), thus perfect for domestic flights within Japan (with no taxes!)
Roundtrip
economy class ClassicFlight
awards within Canada and the U.S. are 15,000 miles for selected short -
haul flights, and 25,000 miles for long -
haul flights.