Not exact matches
As with the Southwest Rapid
Rewards Plus card, this Southwest Airlines card opens up your
mileage options with one of the most flexible point -
redemption options in the industry.
Best Award — America West Airlines — FlightFund Best Award
Redemption — Southwest Airlines — Rapid
Rewards Best Bonus Promotion — Southwest Airlines — Rapid
Rewards Best Customer Service — Southwest Airlines — Rapid
Rewards Best Elite Level — America West Airlines — FlightFund Best Member Communications — Alaska Airlines —
Mileage Plan Best Website — Alaska Airlines —
Mileage Plan Program of the Year — Alaska Airlines —
Mileage Plan
Those massive surcharges applied to
mileage redemption significantly reduce the value of the
rewards.
Points earned in the IHG
Rewards Club can also be used for ANA
Mileage Club
redemptions.
For each award, I calculated an «imputed
redemption value,» which is the rate at which a British Airways Visa Travel Together Ticket
redemption is buying American AAdvantage miles, Delta Skymiles (or Membership
Rewards points), or United
Mileage Plus miles (or Chase Ultimate
Rewards points).
If business class is more your style, we suggest looking into using ANA
Mileage Club miles — the
redemption rate is competitive, and you'll have plenty of ways to earn miles between Amex Membership
Rewards and SPG Starpoints.
JAL
Mileage bank offers some fantastic award
redemption opportunities that other airlines»
rewards programs do not (I discussed one such example here) but there are only very limited opportunities to earn JAL Miles if you're based outside of Japan — Starwood's Starpoints come in very useful here.
If you are trying to decide which frequent flyer program to be loyal to and your primary goal is
reward redemption for airline tickets, take note of the following: experienced flyers, i.e. those who know the ins and outs of the various programs, rated Alaska Airlines»
Mileage Plan the best, and are also quite happy with American, Southwest, JetBlue, and United, in that order.
If Delta really wants to
reward their big spenders, they really need to make
mileage redemption easier.
And it doesn't affect how you redeem, either — the
mileage redemption levels for free trips are staying the same — so people who have cards that accumulate Chase Ultimate
Rewards or Starwood points can still transfer them to United and use them as before.
Not to mention my absolute appreciating for Alaska Airlines
Mileage Plan which ranks at the Top of J.D. Power and Associates Airline Loyalty /
Rewards Program Satisfaction Report and has the best award
redemptions for travel.