For example: IAD - FRA in United BusinessFirst connecting to FRA - FCO in Lufthansa Business, will be priced at the United
mileage award amount.
Not exact matches
If consumers must pay taxes or airline - imposed fees when booking a flight using frequent - flyer miles, the ad must display at least the minimum
amount of government taxes and mandatory carrier - imposed fees that could apply to that itinerary together with the
mileage award levels, and the fees must be displayed as prominently as the
mileage requirements.
Advertisements relating to
mileage awards may not indicate that a given
mileage amount may be exchanged for a free ticket unless the
award actually does allow the consumer to travel without any financial cost.
Here is a table showing the maximum
amount of one - way trips they could take with a reduced
mileage award or an AAnytime Reward:
American partner Qatar Airways offers service to Johannesburg from its hub in Doha, and so long as you fly on Qatar to Doha as your transatlantic hop, it's possible to book an
award at this same
mileage amount while avoiding almost all fuel surcharges and fees.
Removing these high priced, YQ heavy flights also removes a large number of low level
awards — which further hurts your ability to find seats to book with your AA miles.This is why a good
amount of diversity in your
mileage programs is important, as is knowing your demand for miles.
Bottom Line: While this
mileage «devaluation» has increased the
amount of Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer miles needed to redeem an
award ticket, you will save cash if you choose to wait and book your
award ticket on or after March 23 due to the elimination of carrier - imposed surcharges.
Booking an
award where the
mileage amount should have been reduced on February 1?
United reserves the right to refuse or cancel any
awards redeemed for travel listed at an incorrect or erroneous
mileage amount.
For example, domestic flights wholly within Argentina, Australia, Brazil, mainland Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Fiji, Finland, Germany, India, Japan, Jordan, Peru, Russia, Spain, and United Kingdom price out at a discounted
mileage amount from what other
awards within those regions would typically cost.
Another thing to always remember is that many of the airlines with low
mileage requirements require you to book roundtrip
awards and require the same
amount of miles for oneway trips.
I was about to pull the trigger, but then I thought to check out options using my British Airways Avios, since I have way more of them than AAdvantage miles and I value my AA miles much higher than BA Avios for several reasons: primarily the lower fees and
mileage amounts needed for most
awards (especially those with multiple connections) and because AA miles are generally harder to accrue vs. British Airways, which is an instant 1:1 transfer partner of both American Express Membership Rewards (often with up to 50 % bonuses) and Chase Ultimate Rewards.
Any change after we have booked your
award ticket costs $ 75 per ticket per change, assuming no change to the hotel and cruise bookings for the trip, in addition to any change fees and difference in
mileage amounts imposed by the airline.
Since AA doesn't charge a fee to change the dates of an
award flight as long as the origin and destination stay the same, if someone wants to travel say Summer 2017, can they simply book an
award flight with the desired route for a dummy date now under the current rates, then change the dates for free when Summer 2017 becomes bookable without having to pay the increased
mileage amounts?
You can also sometimes score discounted Flying Blue promo
awards from rotating North American gateways for up to half off the usual
mileage amounts.