Our goal is to
maximize this award chart by getting as close to the upper limit on each zone as possible.
I love both the AAdvantage and Dividend Miles programs for different reasons, so the more we know about key dates, the better we can
maximize both award charts while they're still around.
Now let's look at how to
maximize the award chart for partner airlines (which includes if you are flying ANA and any partner segment).
Not exact matches
Maximize credit card rewards miles redemption with partner airlines — On most
award charts you will find «sweet spots» where a particular
award is priced very competitively and offers a better value.
Maximize credit card rewards miles redemption with partner airlines — On most
award charts you will find «sweet spots» where a particular
award is priced very competitively and offers a better value.
You can see the full United
award chart here, and here's a post on
maximizing your United miles even more.
Now that you know how to find the prices for different
awards, let's take a look at some good uses of BA Avios that really show the different ways to
maximize the BA
award chart.
British Airways Avios can be a difficult reward currency to
maximize, with a distance - based
award chart and massive fuel surcharges overseas.
This essentially eviscerates the exceptional value on that one
award route for those that liked to
maximize the distance - based
award chart.
I would never hesitate to speak for Scott, so what I think Scott was trying to say is that certain points (such as American Express Membership Rewards earned on a Platinum card, which was the actual subject of his post) are so incredibly valuable when used for premium cabin
award redemptions on a regular
award chart that it's almost a shame to not
maximize them for that purpose.
These are great to
maximize the distance allowed by the particular zone according to the
award chart so they provide excellent value.
If you are unfamiliar with the benefits of Iberia Plus and their
award chart, please read the article written by The Points Guy —
Maximizing British Airways Avios: Save Money on Fuel Surcharges and Fees — Transfer British Airways Avios to Iberia.
Interestingly enough, this benefit will likely become easier to
maximize after the March
award chart devaluation goes into effect.
To
maximize this new
award chart, you need to know Alaska's generous
award - routing policy, which allows for stopovers on one - way tickets.
Today, I want to go through how you can
maximize the carrier's distance - based
award chart the next time you're looking to redeem your points for (nearly) free flights.
The Delta SkyMiles program is known for being stingy, tricky to
maximize and hard to understand since the airline doesn't publish
award charts and uses variable, revenue - based pricing.