Sentences with phrase «most partner award flights»

On the flip side, Asiana passes along fuel surcharges on most partner award flights, while United generally doesn't.

Not exact matches

While several airlines, including United, Japan Airlines, and All Nippon Airways, offer direct flights between New York and Tokyo, Korean Air offers the most frequent flyer award availability — useful for us, since we only had a little bit of schedule flexibility — and is a transfer partner of Chase, whose points we had already started to earn.

However, the card does offer a compelling value proposition for award travelers interested in free flights thanks to its 35 airline transfer partners (Virgin America was the most recent addition).

You'll get the most value out of your points by transferring them to an airline partner and booking an award flight.

It doesn't add a fuel surcharge to award flights redeemed on most of its international partners (other than British Airways and Iceland Air).

The most important of those advantages is that US airlines don't typically charge fuel surcharges on award tickets booked on their own flights, and often don't pass along their partners» fuel surcharges.

You can use the LifeMiles award calculator to look up flights on Avianca, but most people are interested in the partner award chart.

That difference is larger than most other markets where United and its partners both offer award flights.

As the Premier Rewards Gold is more intended for reward air travel, you will have the most success with booking award flights on Amex Travel or by transferring them to a 1:1 travel partner.

Airline partners are where you will find the most value for your points, particularly on award flights in international premium cabins.

The four most valuable ways to redeem Starpoints are the following: award stays; Nights & Flights; airline partner transfers; and SPG Flights.

Promo awards, offering 25 - 50 percent off the standard award chart, are available each month for select flights, but most passengers will spend the bulk of their miles on classic awards, which can be used on any partner airline but not on first class cabins.

You'll get the most value out of your points by transferring them to an airline partner and booking an award flight.

Most partner flights are bookable online at the saver (lowest) award redemption rate.

Starpoints are great because 1) Has the most airline partners of any flexible currency by far at a 1:1.25 ratio, 2) Partners with Alaska, which has the best award chart (especially for flying on Cathay / JAL F), 3) Great Nights & Flights redemption partners of any flexible currency by far at a 1:1.25 ratio, 2) Partners with Alaska, which has the best award chart (especially for flying on Cathay / JAL F), 3) Great Nights & Flights redemption Partners with Alaska, which has the best award chart (especially for flying on Cathay / JAL F), 3) Great Nights & Flights redemption options.

Despite some heavy fuel surcharges by Lufthansa and most of its European partners, the Miles and More program has enough sweet spots to make it very valuable, and award flights could be a true bargain under the right circumstances.

Second, most airlines open more award space to their own members than partner airlines, which means that a flight available on the United website might not be available to someone with Singapore or Thai miles (and vice versa).

However, these websites may not show most of the airline's partner award flights.

United.com shows award availability for most partners and it shows the taxes and fees very clearly for each portion of your flight.

Points in the Starwood hotel's Preferred Guest program are widely considered to be among the most valuable points currencies available in part because they can be transferred to miles in 31 different airline programs and in turn, used for award flights with all of these airlines» partners.

The trick to getting the most value from your British Airways Avios is to focus on the partner award flights that it doesn't add fuel surcharges to.

When you realize that most of those airlines allow you to use their miles to book award flights with at least a dozen different partner carriers, you start to understand how this one credit card is the gateway to a staggering array of award travel opportunities.

However, most ThankYou Points partners impose fuel surcharges on nearly every award, while American Airlines miles impose fuel surcharges only on British Airways and Iberia award flights.

In addition, the high fuel surcharges often charged on award flights operated by British Airways make these points most valuable when used on partners like American Airlines, US Airways, Alaska Airlines, Aer Lingus, and others (see How to Redeem Avios Without Huge Fees and Surcharges).

Although British Airways does not pass on fuel surcharges for American Airlines flights within North America, they unfortunately do add charges for award tickets between the US and Europe on American Airlines and most other partner flights.

In the past I've transferred to Aeroplan, but since they devalued their award chart and started imposing surcharges on most partner flights, I probably won't be transferring to them again, especially when those flights can be booked more cheaply with United miles earned from Ultimate Rewards.

However, the card does offer a compelling value proposition for award travelers interested in free flights thanks to its 35 airline transfer partners (Virgin America was the most recent addition).