You can find low -
level economy award tickets on Delta Air Lines for as little as 12,500 miles each way but the cost can surge to 45,000 miles for a peak one - way award ticket.
Saver
level economy award tickets for domestic flights can offer good value for your miles, but they may be difficult to find.
Downgrade to the Chase MileagePlus Card (no Explorer in the name) and you'll still have [ever so slightly] expanded domestic saver
level Economy award availability, no fee, and the ability to switch back to the $ 95 annual fee Explorer card if your travel patterns change in the future.
If you have any of these cards, you will have access to additional saver
level economy award space.
If you have any of these cards, you will have access to additional saver
level economy award space.
However, they have explicitly stated that flights between select markets will only cost 10K miles each way for the lowest
level economy awards.
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We'll also take a look at an easy way to gain access to more
economy class saver
level award space with United.
Additionally, cardholders are guaranteed the ability to book a standard
level award in first class, business class, or
economy on United if there is a seat for sale.
First, by carrying a Chase United card (even the fee - free version) you have access to more saver
level domestic
Economy award availability (HT: bluecat who correctly points out the availability extends to international flights on United metal) I haven't found the difference that noticeable for the most part, but while doing some research for an upcoming Brandon Asks post I noticed it was quite useful for positioning flights.
Assuming Saver
Economy level awards were available, United's
award chart indicates that this trip should be doable for a mere 65,000 miles per passenger through United and its partners.
Fortunately, the EarlyReturns
award redemption
levels have not changed even though the
economy rates are getting a bit harder to find nowadays.
Their domestic
economy award availability at the saver
level isn't perfect, but it is decent.
There are three types of
economy awards (super saver, saver and refundable) and two types of first class
awards (refundable and nonrefundable), along with two
levels of Money + Miles tickets.
The
award chart shows the same redemption
level — 15,000 miles — for all round - trip intra-Japan flights in
economy class, no matter the distance.
There are six unique
economy saver
level award flights available on the Friday before the game.
Trips and from Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica will require a minimum of 15,000 and 27,500
award miles for a one - way trip at the
Economy and Elite
levels, respectively.
At the saver
level, business class
awards cost twice the price of
economy awards on the same route, and first class
awards cost three times as much.
Flying Blue categorizes its basic member
level, which affords the ability to book
economy flex
awards, as Ivory.
Since business travel plummets during holiday weeks, airlines often make first - class
awards available at the saver
award level even when
economy seats are selling like hotcakes.
I kept monitoring it to see how it trended as the dates got closer and although
economy award space still hasn't opened up I suddenly saw wide open availability to Europe at saver
levels the entire months of July and August: All summer!
Most
economy level redemptions remained the same or even improved while business and first class
awards took the biggest hits.
A
level four
award, New York to Madrid is 17,000 miles in
economy for off - peak and a
level 2
award, Madrid to Paris costs 7,500.
Round - trip
economy tickets cost just 35,000 AAdvantage miles compared to Peak MileSAAver
Level 2
economy award seats which cost 45,000 miles.
We see lots of
economy class
awards at the Saver
level, but all the first class
awards are at the Standard
level.
Most
economy class redemption
levels, with the exception of Taiwan domestic
awards and flights between North and South / Central America, are less competitive than what's offered by U.S. - based programs.
American Airlines offers off - peak
economy MileSAAver
Awards from the US starting at 12,500 miles each way and anytime
level 1
award tickets for 25,000 each way.
Cardholders receive access to extra saver
level awards for
economy class and guaranteed standard
level awards as long as a seat is available for purchase.
Level will offer 6 fare classes: Basic
Economy offers a flight from A to B with 1 piece of handluggage and you'll pay extra for seat assignment, food and checked luggage, but do earn (some) Avios
award miles.
In general, Delta
award levels in
economy are on par with American and United.
The
levels shown here are for
award flights in
economy, business, and first from / to the Continental U.S. Remember that Delta doesn't let you redeem SkyMiles for first - class travel.
United saver
level award flights from the U.S. to the Caribbean are 35,000 miles roundtrip in
economy and 60,000 in first.
The carrier has reduced the mileage cost of many reward flights, has increased earning
levels on some partner airlines, and now allows free upgrades for elite members on
award flights when they book
economy cabin tickets.
Instead of having a pretty straight forward distance based
award chart with redemption rates by fare class for
economy, Economy FlexyFlyer, Premium Economy and business class tickets, PAL introduced multiple award levels for each fare class: In addition to the Standard Economy awards, there are no Flex 1, Flex 2, Flex 3 and Flex 4
economy,
Economy FlexyFlyer, Premium Economy and business class tickets, PAL introduced multiple award levels for each fare class: In addition to the Standard Economy awards, there are no Flex 1, Flex 2, Flex 3 and Flex 4
Economy FlexyFlyer, Premium
Economy and business class tickets, PAL introduced multiple award levels for each fare class: In addition to the Standard Economy awards, there are no Flex 1, Flex 2, Flex 3 and Flex 4
Economy and business class tickets, PAL introduced multiple
award levels for each fare class: In addition to the Standard
Economy awards, there are no Flex 1, Flex 2, Flex 3 and Flex 4
Economy awards, there are no Flex 1, Flex 2, Flex 3 and Flex 4
awards.
However, several months of the year, United has been offering 20 % miles discounts for
economy -
level award redemptions to SBA.
The airline releases more business class
award seats at the saver redemption
level than
economy seats.
SAAver
level award seats on the A321T can be difficult to find, but if you're lucky, you can redeem for 12,500 AAdvantage miles each way in
economy, 25,000 each way in business or 32,500 each way in first class (these amounts will increase on March 22, 2016).
An
economy class
award ticket costs 60,000 Delta Skymiles, which I can manufacture at a cost of $ 400 using the American Express Delta Platinum (you only need to manufacture $ 50,000 in spending since you'll receive 10,000 bonus miles at the $ 25,000 and $ 50,000 spend
levels, for a total of 70,000 Skymiles after $ 50,000 in spending).
U.S. Airways starts at 25,000 miles for an Off Peak
Award or 35,000 miles for a standard economy low - level award round
Award or 35,000 miles for a standard
economy low -
level award round
award roundtrip.
However, United said it will continue to offer MileagePlus domestic Saver
awards (which are subject to capacity controls) at
levels of 10,000 or 12,500 miles one - way for
economy class seats, depending on distance.
Take a peek and you'll see increases on popular
awards including low -
level awards in first class to Hawaii (up 5K from 85,000 to 90,000 miles) and business class to the South Asian subcontinent (up 20K from 120,000 to 140,000 miles) and in low -
level economy to Hawaii (up 5k from 40,000 to 45,000 miles), the Middle East (80,000 to 85,000 miles), and the South Asian subcontinent (80,000 to 85,000 miles).
While
economy award space on American Airlines is still pretty good for many different routes, there has been a lot of grief lately over business class availability at the SAAver
level.
United will continue to offer MileagePlus domestic Saver
awards (which are subject to capacity controls) at
levels of 10,000 or 12,500 miles one - way for
economy class seats, depending on distance.
It has a straightforward
award chart for each of the program's three redemption
levels: Promotional, Tourist and Club Condor / Club
Economy.
This
awards them a definite
level of control over the dynamics of the in - game
economy.