To make that deal even sweeter, the card qualifies you for reduced
mileage awards flights.
This extra feature can enable you to shop around for the best use of your points, choosing between a hotel stay or using points to top off
a mileage award flight.
This extra feature can enable you to shop around for the best use of your points, choosing between a hotel stay or using points to top off
a mileage award flight.
Not exact matches
If your own plans change after an
award ticket is issued, can the ticket be used on another
flight, or can the trip be canceled and the
mileage re-credited to your account?
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.
Because
Mileage Bank miles are a bit harder to earn, it could be easier for you to use American AAdvantage miles to book off - peak economy class
award tickets for 45,000 miles round - trip on
flights operated by American Airlines.
ANA
Mileage Club does pass on carrier - imposed surcharges when booking
award tickets with many partners, but not on
flights with United Airlines, so you won't have to worry about that when flying to London.
International
flights followed similar trends to what we observed with domestic
mileage awards.
Flying Blue recently switched to using dynamic pricing with
award ticket
mileage tied to the revenue cost of the
flight.
For example, an American Airlines frequent flyer can use AAdvantage miles to book a
flight on British Airways, and the cost of that ticket will be based on the American Airlines
mileage award chart.
Using British Airways Avios won't be a great way to book this
flight, but you can use 63,000 Japan Airlines
Mileage Bank miles or 80,000 American AAdvantage miles for a round - trip business class
award.
To find
award space on United
flights to Sydney (SYD) and book with ANA
Mileage Club miles, you simply need to run a search for partner
awards on ANA's website.
Let's check out how many miles you will need to book a round - trip
award, as well as the taxes and fees you can expect to pay when booking a
flight on Qantas with Alaska
Mileage Plan miles.
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.
Valuation: The new British Airways
award chart went into effect at the end of April, dramatically increasing the
mileage requirements for most premium cabin redemptions, particularly on long - haul
flights.
If your
award flight happens to be towards a reduced
mileage destination, then your rewards rate will be correspondingly higher.
A Companion
Award eVoucher can only be used if and when the Eligible Member is booking a Reward
flight using Avios points (i.e. can not be booked using a combination of Avios points and cash or a charge to the Card) and can not be combined with any other offer, promotion,
mileage or frequent flyer programme.
Avios are the shared
mileage currency of British Airways and Iberian Airlines — but you can use them for far more than travel on these two European carriers, and you can take advantage of their distance
award chart for short
flights.
Admirals Club access; Global Entry / TSA PreCheck fee credit; free checked bag; in -
flight discounts; priority boarding; reduced
mileage awards; ability to earn bonus EQMs annually
Bottom Line: The Citi ® / AAdvantage ® Platinum Select ® World Elite ™ Mastercard ® comes with a 10 % rebate in miles whenever you use them for an
award flight, and it also gives you access to reduced
mileage award tickets.
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.
Japan Airlines»
Mileage Bank program uses a distance - based
award chart which is broken into tiers based on your
flight miles.
Let's check out how many miles you will need to book a round - trip
award, as well as the taxes and fees you can expect to pay when booking a
flight on Qantas with Alaska
Mileage Plan miles.
Earn fixed
mileage Award Miles for European
flights based on each booking class.
With the card, you can take advantage of reduced
mileage awards, which save you 5,000 on specific
flights.
To find
award space on United
flights to Sydney (SYD) and book with ANA
Mileage Club miles, you simply need to run a search for partner
awards on ANA's website.
Redeem round - trip
flights with reduced
mileage awards for 7,500 fewer miles and save your points for other
awards.
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.
If you're already in Hawaii and want to take advantage of an opportunity to island hop, one - way
flights in coach are just 7,500 miles at the SuperSaver level (the lowest
mileage coach
award).
Try to avoid this unless you are very close to the required
mileage for an
award, you have found
award space, and you need the
flight on a very specific date.
Bottom Line: You get 25 % off on in -
flight food and beverage and can save up to 5,000 miles when you redeem reduced
mileage awards with the Citi ® / AAdvantage ® Gold World Elite ™ Mastercard ®.
You can fly Air France, KLM or any Flying Blue partner airline, however this must be a
mileage - earning
flight (
award flights and certain other types of tickets do not earn miles).
That contract also states «no
mileage credit will be
awarded for canceled
flights or if you are accommodated on another airline.»
There's no detail offered here on what they consider a «canceled
flight,» but if your
award flight is canceled for reasons due to an error by the airline (not by you or due to weather or strike), agents will likely issue
mileage credits for a rebooked
flight.
ANA
Mileage Club often passes on fuel surcharges when you book
award flights, but these surcharges are not required when booking with their Star Alliance partner United Airlines.
Airlines will generally issue a limited number of lower
mileage «saver»
award tickets on a
flight in each class of service, and then offer additional
award seats to flyers at a premium.
Let's take a look at some of the round - trip
award mileage requirements and their taxes and fees when using Mileage Bank miles to book a flight from New York City (JFK) to Paris on American Ai
mileage requirements and their taxes and fees when using
Mileage Bank miles to book a flight from New York City (JFK) to Paris on American Ai
Mileage Bank miles to book a
flight from New York City (JFK) to Paris on American Airlines.
Without a fixed value to each mile the way we know how many miles a
flight will cost is by looking up the
award chart for the
mileage program you have miles with.
However, JAL
Mileage Bank uses a distance - based
award chart, so connecting
flights and
flights from the Midwest and East Coast could increase the number of miles required.
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.
Alaska partners with many airlines, which means there are plenty of options when it comes to redeeming
Mileage Plan miles for
award flights.
If you are looking to use the fewest miles possible on an
award flight on United Airlines, ANA
Mileage Club will be your best bet.
Everyday
Awards will have a set upper limit to
award prices, but
mileage costs will fluctuate depending on the
flight.
Miles & More has reduced
flight awards called
Mileage Bargain
awards which offer ~ 50 % the price in miles when you book and travel within specific dates and destinations.
This includes
Mileage Bargain and Fly Smart
award tickets, so you should be certain you can travel on the
flights when you book.
Whether booking a first class
flight on ANA or booking a fun partner
award, ANA
Mileage Club is a great program to know.
Status miles are earned to acquire elite status with the airline and give you special travel benefits such as lounge access, free or extra checked bags, and higher
award mileage earning rates on paid
flights.
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.
*
Award Tickets and
Mileage Upgrade
Awards must be canceled at least 72 hours prior to originating
flight departure time to redeposit the miles.
Using British Airways Avios won't be a great way to book this
flight, but you can use 63,000 Japan Airlines
Mileage Bank miles or 80,000 American AAdvantage miles for a round - trip business class
award.