The latest news is that Delta has
made partner award flights 10 - 25 % more expensive than before.
Not exact matches
Considering the currently -
awarded amount to the two main Commercial Crew
partners stands at $ 7.964 billion — and that's before a single astronaut takes
flight — plus $ 58 million per seat thereafter, it's hard to
make any argument that Commercial Crew was ever about saving money.
Often the best
flight, in terms of schedule, stops, or experience, is offered on a
partner, so you want to
make sure you see them.Click your preferred dates on the
award calendar, even if the days are marked in white, which implies there is no space in the lowest redemption categories.
Since I'm just focusing on booking SkyTeam Alliance
flights with Korean Air right now, below are the
award charts for bookings
made on Star Alliance
Partners.
More than that, the airline's frequent flyer program, Asiana Club, offers solid
award redemptions on both Asiana and
partner flights,
making this card a good option for just about anyone, even if you don't fly Asiana.
Unfortunately, this applies to all the cities in the US to which Asiana flies, which
makes flights on their own planes equipped with the new «Smartium» business class product more expensive than
partner awards.
Based in Mumbai, Jet Airways operates
flights to 24 international and 52 domestic destinations and the carrier's commitment to delivering exceptional service has garnered the airline many
awards and accolades,
making it a natural
partner for Fairmont.
Despite some heavy fuel surcharges by Lufthansa and most of its European
partners, the Miles and More program has enough sweet spots to
make it very valuable, and
award flights could be a true bargain under the right circumstances.
Its
made a name for itself, though, by offering key perks that travelers crave: extremely valuable
partners, instant transfers, and an ability to use your points on any
flight at any time even when
award seats aren't available.
Alaska Airlines allows you to
make a free stopover on one - way
award flights, even if they're booked on one of the carrier's
partners.
If you're rolling your eyes at the thought of trying to find two
award seats that Delta
makes available to its
partners, it's worth noting that I did find plenty of options on the
flight from New York - JFK to Aruba this November.
There was one exception to this rule, however — Singapore was
making business class
awards on its new A350 available to
partners specifically for
flights between SIN and some destinations in Australia.
In addition, the high fuel surcharges often charged on
award flights operated by British Airways
make these points most valuable when used on
partners like American Airlines, US Airways, Alaska Airlines, Aer Lingus, and others (see How to Redeem Avios Without Huge Fees and Surcharges).
It doesn't include Japan Airlines
flights, though, so to search
awards that Japan Airlines is
making available to its
partners i use the Japan Airlines website.
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.