One of the best values along these lines is the reduced
mileage award option, which allows you to save up to 7,500 miles on round - trip award tickets to specific destinations that rotate on a regular basis.
Not exact matches
When you join the
award - winning Alaska Airlines
Mileage Plan ™ program, you have a wide range of
options to quickly earn airline miles that will get you closer to your next dream getaway.
Japan Airlines»
Mileage Bank program provides the cheapest
option at 42,000 miles for a one - way business class
award ticket.
When flying Iberia, note the
award chart has an off - peak function like Aer Lingus, which provides reduced
mileage redemption
options if you are flexible with dates.
As with economy
awards, Japan Airlines
Mileage Bank provides the cheapest business class
award option at 100,000 miles to Sydney and Brisbane.
American AAdvantage and Alaska
Mileage Plan give you a couple simple
options to book both American Airlines and Qantas flights to Australia from anywhere in the U.S.. However, Cathay Pacific Asia Miles and Japan Airlines
Mileage Bank both have distance - based
award charts that can provide some interesting
options.
However, Korean Air SkyPass will still be your best
option for booking business class
awards since their
mileage requirements are better than their partners».
The
mileage cost to fly one of ANA's partner airlines to Japan aren't as good redeeming miles for ANA flights, but the
award chart does have a few solid partner redemption
options.
When you join the
award - winning Alaska Airlines
Mileage Plan ™ program, you have a wide range of
options to quickly earn airline miles that will get you closer to your next dream getaway.
Notice that there are two
award options: Fixed
Mileage and Market Fare.
American AAdvantage and Alaska
Mileage Plan give you a couple simple
options to book both American Airlines and Qantas flights to Australia from anywhere in the U.S.. However, Cathay Pacific Asia Miles and Japan Airlines
Mileage Bank both have distance - based
award charts that can provide some interesting
options.
This is a definitely a Your -
Mileage - May - Vary situation, though, as my checks for
award nights with both programs yielded several fair redemption
options and several that were quite poor when compared with the cash rate.
As with economy
awards, Japan Airlines
Mileage Bank provides the cheapest business class
award option at 100,000 miles to Sydney and Brisbane.
Like the 2
options we discussed above, ANA
Mileage Club uses a region - based
award chart.
Alaska partners with many airlines, which means there are plenty of
options when it comes to redeeming
Mileage Plan miles for
award flights.
Japan Airlines»
Mileage Bank program provides the cheapest
option at 42,000 miles for a one - way business class
award ticket.
Yes, with all
award tickets, including reduced flight
awards such as
Mileage Bargain and Fly Smart
awards, you have the
option to cancel the ticket for free within 24 hours of booking.
Alaska Airlines
Mileage Plan doesn't provide a great value for Emirates business class these days, but the program still provides some other great
award booking
options.
The
mileage cost to fly one of ANA's partner airlines to Japan aren't as good redeeming miles for ANA flights, but the
award chart does have a few solid partner redemption
options.
British Airways doesn't have a multiple destinations
option due to its distance - based (not zone - based)
award booking that doesn't allow for stopovers on the
mileage charge calculation.
When you join the
award - winning Alaska Airlines
Mileage Plan ™ program, you have a wide range of
options to quickly earn airline miles that will get you closer to your next dream getaway.
and those are the exact
mileage requirement American Airlines used to charge before it began systematically devaluing the AAdvantage program — American now charges 57,500 miles and 85,000 miles respectively for those
awards and that makes the Etihad
option look pretty good value.
However, Korean Air SkyPass will still be your best
option for booking business class
awards since their
mileage requirements are better than their partners».
The other two
options are Alaska
Mileage Plan which hugely devalued Emirates
awards recently, and JAL, which is a program where acquiring points is difficult.
Alaska Airlines
Mileage Plan offers the unique
option of a stopover on one way
awards.
Also, most airlines will highly restrict the number of
award seats made available at the lowest
mileage levels, and offer many more
options if you are willing to pay more miles.
What makes this booking
option really fantastic is that Alaska
Mileage Plan allows you to book a stopover on one - way
award tickets.
This is bad news for
Mileage Plan aficionados as it really cuts good
options for
award flights to Europe.
If you need to change the dates or routing of a
mileage ticket we booked, we can provide alternative
options based on
award availability.
Alaska Airlines
Mileage Plan is another popular
option for booking travel on Cathay Pacific, so you might think there's no rush to redeem your American Airlines miles for this
award.
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.
Finally,
award nights and
mileage transfers are just two of a dozen different redemption
options that include merchandise
awards, charitable contributions, or the direct booking of flights.
I just booked a roundtrip
award from CVG - LAX for 17,500 AA miles, booking with Avios or Southwest points would have been more that 17.5 k. I think Reduced
Mileage awards can be a great
option for longer distance Domestic flights.
But in recent years, many
mileage programs have introduced rule changes, tiered
award charts and a la carte fees that have shifted the
options.