Sentences with phrase «higher award redemption»

This comes due to high market demand for those higher - priced flights, higher award redemption demand and more competitive pricing on those tickets, Rubin said.

Delta hasn't shown us their new award chart yet, so this could all be a trap, with greater seat availability offset by even higher award redemption levels.

Not exact matches

While that guarantees that you'll be able to get anywhere in the world, booking through a smaller foreign carrier may result in less award seat availability and the redemption rates might be higher.

Redeeming JetBlue points for the highest value after earning them with this card is a little more challenging than on some other airlines, since there are no fixed - value awards for flight redemptions.

While Delta SkyMiles can be tough to use for booking award flights to Australia because of incredibly high redemption rates, your miles can be useful if you find saver level award space.

It is possible to find higher redemption rates for your points, but in some cases (especially with lower cost flights or hotel nights), the 1.5 cents per point value can be better than redeeming for an award directly through the airline or hotel programs.

Flying back on British Airways means paying this high exit tax plus fuel surcharges, so you could be looking at an award redemption cost well above $ 400.

Even though Hawaii is a challenging destination, especially on a set schedule, the potential for very high value redemptions on intra-Hawaiian flights using United miles and the chance to stay at one of the best Hyatt resorts in the world still make this a compelling choice for many award travelers!

Since I have other high - value award redemptions coming up soon, I know I'm on the right track continuing to manufacture spend on that card.

Oftentimes, hotel award redemptions in New York City suffer from the city's premium status, with properties commanding rates several categories higher than a similar hotel in another city might.

Redeeming JetBlue points for the highest value after earning them with this card is a little more challenging than on some other airlines, since there are no fixed - value awards for flight redemptions.

A slightly higher cost of redemption applies to award flights booked between South Africa and the following destinations:

Many other airlines price Caribbean destinations in a different award zone category, which makes award redemptions much higher on these competitors!

A high number of responses did not always correlate to satisfaction with a program's award redemption process.

This hotel went for 95,000 points per night (the highest award price for a standard room) which came out to a redemption rate of.62 cents per point.

So while there's good award availability there's little opportunity for high leverage redemptions.

There are some good redemptions available at the MileSAAver level too, but you should avoid AAnytime awards because of their high cost.

For instance, foreign airlines routinely add «fuel surcharges» on award redemptions that more than cover the additional cost of higher fuel prices.

If you need to look in a higher redemption class, see if you can get an award ticket for the same or fewer points by moving up a class of service.

Yesterday American Airlines announced a huge number of changes to their AAdvantage loyalty program, including much higher award prices for their most valuable redemptions in business and first class.

Some negative aspects of the card include high surcharges on Virgin Atlantic award ticket redemptions and high spending thresholds for earning the annual bonus and the companion ticket.

Award redemptions are determined with buckets of miles traveled, typically in increments of 500 on the lower end, 1,000 in the middle, and several thousand at the high end, rather than by geographic zones.

First class awards are priced high, so save them for the most spectacular redemptions such as Singapore Suites.

While the brand isn't flawless by any means and while room rates can be high, the fact that the most an award night can cost you is 30,000 points (at the time of writing) makes these properties great for award redemptions.

Anytime fares are your typical standard award, offering a high redemption rate just a touch below the Business Select fares.

Delta SkyMiles can be used for five different buckets of award redemptions, though the higher - priced awards do not carry additional perks like American Airlines AAnyTime awards.

As shown on their Star Alliance partner award chart, flights from North America to Europe can be booked as low as 55,000 miles, but partner airlines are not given the 15 % discount and the redemption rates are higher, so the deal is not to sweet (though still decent).

Though Miles & More awards carry high fuel surcharges, their redemption rates are relatively comparable to the main domestic airlines, though occasionally with a bit of a discount, such as 50,000 miles for round - trip flights between the U.S. and Europe in economy class.

Many of their redemptions are very high, they don't publish an award chart, and their dynamic pricing makes searching for flights a huge headache sometimes.

My biggest complaint with them is that they they eliminated their award chart in 2015 in favor of dynamic pricing, which means award prices fluctuate and that you're often left guessing and hoping for a certain redemption rate (that's probably on the higher side).

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).

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.

But when you dig in a but, you may realize that these are mostly Category 7 resorts with such high standard redemption rates it's hard to get a great deal — except maybe if you can find award availability at very peak times.

He also wants to always get at least 2 cents of value out of each point, so he oftentimes ends up paying for plane tickets instead of doing award redemptions if there's only high - level award space available.

With a commitment to high - quality service, membership in a major alliance and very reasonable award redemptions, Qatar is an easy choice for North American flyers looking to check out the luxurious experience of a Middle Eastern airline.

Marriott has some terrific award redemptions on both the high end and the low end of the spectrum, and the program regularly offers promotions that can be quite lucrative (like the Fall 2015 MegaBonus offer).

These awards typically require a set number of points (generally 40 - 50 % of a full award redemption) and a flat cash copay (which could be as low as $ 30 or as high as $ 300 per night).

Once you start trying to combine different award rates, the search engine will automatically reprice the entire reservation at the standard (higher) redemption rate.

Well, the «glory days» have now come to an end — as of today, Alaska Mileage Plan redemptions for Emirates have skyrocketed, with first - class award increases jumping as high as 100 %.

Standard Awards are available for redemption using United miles at a higher redemption rate.

Fortunately for us, Hilton doesn't bother checking that the premium room award price is in fact higher than a «standard» award redemption.

In practice these are fairly blunt tools that tell me «1 cent a point for American miles is a really good deal» but that I'm not going to spend 2 cents unless there's a very specific scenario — like a few points at the margin to top off an account for an award I've put on hold — where it makes sense (and in that scenario, my valuation of each point is higher since they're helping me to save with a real redemption).

«Classic Upgrade Reward» or «Flight Upgrade Award» or «Upgrade Reward» means the redemption of Qantas Points for travel in a higher cabin than the class for the fare tendered, as further described in clauses 16 and 17, and includes On Departure Rewards;

Hyatt's award chart allows for some great redemption value opportunities, especially at high - end properties.

† Velocity Frequent Flyer awarded Best Redemption Ability for Middle East & Asia / Oceania category in 2013 Freddie Awards, and ranked highest of all Asia Pacific region programs in Ideaworks Company's 2013 SwitchFly Reward Seat Availability survey.

There are some incredibly high value partner redemptions using Etihad miles, mainly flying American Airlines for the same amount of miles that it used to cost on American Airlines» pre-devaluation award chart.