Sentences with phrase «haul flight redemptions»

The recent devaluation to short - haul flight redemptions with Avios was a pretty big hit to the program but there's still some pretty good redemptions to be had.

Not exact matches

Valuation: The new British Airways award chart went into effect at the end of April, dramatically increasing the mileage requirements for most premium cabin redemptions, particularly on long - haul flights.

Air Travel Reward redemptions from the Air Travel Redemption Schedule start at 15,000 points for a round trip short - haul flight in economy class with a maximum ticket price of $ 350.

«That's hard to achieve, and fewer than 1 % of redemptions are for long - haul flights.

However, there is still decent redemption for short - haul domestic flights within Europe.

However, be careful: the distance - based award chart can also result in less favorable redemption rates on long - haul flights.

For example, Air Canada offers short - haul and long - haul redemption options for domestic flights, allowing you to save miles as compared to Singapore Air, which charges a uniform amount of miles for any domestic flight.

This redemption's obvious highlight is the price compared to other long - haul flights in business class.

Short - haul flights in the U.S. on American and Alaska tend to be some of the best redemptions available.

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

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.

The flip side of that are the huge taxes and fees levied on long - haul Avios redemptions on British Airways flights through London, which mean those redemptions, particularly in premium cabins, are almost never worth making compared to Delta or United redemptions connecting in Continental Europe.

Any long - haul economy redemption on the EarlyReturns award chart is a good deal, but flights to Costa Rica are particularly valuable.

You shouldn't fly British Airways on long - haul flights due to its high redemption levels and huge fuel surcharges, but take a look at these 4,500 Avios bargains:

The option for short - haul flights at 15,000 round trip is tied with American Airlines» short - haul mileage requirement but the difference is that you can use this redemption for trips up to 1,150 miles!

If you have to pay high fees or fuel surcharges on an economy or short - haul flight, you should be especially cautious about using points for that redemption.

The best redemption options for British Airways flights will be short - haul flights, domestically in the United States or abroad.

Air India Flying Returns offers one of the best redemption for short haul flight on United Airlines in USA.

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.

British Airways redemptions can be good value for short - haul flights.

This also makes these redemptions competitive with another very popular option for booking short haul flights, which is using British Airways Avios for nonstop flights starting at 7.5 K miles each way.

But, one area that has benefited travelers is the redemption for short - haul flights.

The award chart for flights on Vietnam Airlines is distance - based and has some good redemptions for short - and medium - haul flights.

That makes it ideal for short - haul redemptions, including flights on its partners American Airlines and Alaska Airlines in the U.S..

Overall there are still some decent redemptions to be had for short - haul flights using Avios but, once again, British Airways has removed one of the biggest sweet spots in their award chart and that doesn't endear them to me any more.

charges ridiculously high surcharges on reward flights (so much so that most long - haul Economy Class redemptions are terrible value for money).

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.

And while British Airways charges a lot in fuel surcharges and fees for long - haul flights, its short - haul redemptions remain valuable.

The best GarudaMiles redemptions are for short - haul domestic flights on Garuda and Citilink.

Although still a good deal, British Airways utilizes a slightly different redemption chart for short - haul flights that originate in the United States.

British Airways, for example, allows redemptions on short - haul flights in economy class for as few as 4,500 points one - way.

Excellent business class service at decent redemption rates on short - haul and intra-Europe flights

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.

However, $ 100 can be a drop in the bucket compared to what you'll save if you're booking a business class long - haul international flight at the best redemption rate.

Another redemption option is with German leisure airline Condor — you can use your miles for a 30 % discount on short - haul flights or 20 % discount on long - haul flights.

British Airways Avios are some of the most valuable miles out there for their «sweet spot» redemptions on short - haul flights on American Airlines and Alaska Airlines, so they make up an essential part of any well - rounded travel rewards strategy.

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!)

Some changes will benefit members, such as the simplified elite status earning system and the new short - haul redemption level, but others, particularly earning rates on economy flights, will sting a bit.

Avios is also a distance - based mileage redemption program, so short - haul awards require fewer miles than long - haul awards, with redemptions starting at just 4,500 Avios each way for flights under 600 miles, such as those between New York and Montreal.

I find short - haul Avios redemptions most handy on domestic flights, where the fuel surcharges are kept to a minimum.

In fact, an argument could be made that Avios are even more valuable for short - haul flights here in the U.S. on one of the partner airlines, as redemptions start at just 7,500 Avios.

Even with considerable fuel surcharges, the mileage redemption rates for long - haul, premium - cabin flights make some of these routes a good deal.

It's still a pretty good redemption value for short - haul flights.

The flight is operated by British Airways» partner Aer Lingus and you don't need to pay taxes, making this the best long - haul redemption award of British Airways» Executive Club.

So whereas in the past, if you were doing medium - haul flights and wanted to build in a couple stops, that would have been a great way to maximize the value of your redemption, but now, more than one or two stopovers could double the number of miles you'd need (or more!).

Air Travel Reward redemptions from the Air Travel Redemption Schedule start at 15,000 points for a round trip short - haul flight in economy class with a maximum ticket price of $ 350.