It is no surprise that American is turning the AAdvantage program into a revenue - based model, which means miles are awarded based upon ticket price
not distance flown.
Earning award miles with MileagePlus will be based on the cost of your ticket,
not the distance flown.
Delta SkyMiles will now be earned based on dollars spent,
not distance flown.
Keep in mind that airlines with revenue - based frequent flyer programs (like Southwest) will earn miles or points based on the fare you've paid,
NOT the distance flown.
Not exact matches
Abdel couldn't calculate the total
distance they traveled because he didn't know the name of the town or the hospital where the coast guard had
flown the family.
As the years
fly by, it's amazing to see how so many of my friendships have survived the test of time and
distance, and I am still very close with so many people that I've moved away from or haven't seen in way too long.
As much as I love direct flights, a lot of the time when
flying long
distances, avoiding a layover just doesn't work out.
Their job is to find an object of an optimum size and weight: large and heavy enough to
fly far and cause damage, but
not too large or heavy as to interfere with producing the high speed throw required for
distance and damage.
Airplanes can cover large
distances but can't
fly low enough to collect VOC samples, which reach heights of about a kilometer or less above the canopy.
I met Nick on BBWDatingLove and it was by accident really, I had gotten his wink and was writing him a «yeah, you live in Canada» letter but in mid paragraph he popped up and said HI and I thought what the heck its
not like this is going to go any where and its nice sometimes just talking to someone who can just be their authentic self for once since I had already written this guy off due to geography (I wasn't looking to relocate that far) we talk and the more get chatted the more I liked him and so after six or so months he
flew out and met me and my whole entire family... I come from a blended family and so family came out of the wood works to meet the Canadian I had been «chatting» with since we all know that long
distance relationships don't work!
Depending on a routes overall
distance, train travel may
not be the quickest or most direct way to reach a particular destination in comparison to
flying or driving.
Long
distance is
not good for relationships, so we
fly back and forth every month to make sure we can enjoy some time together.
There's an aggressive draw
distance culling which will become obvious if you switch to creative mode and
fly around, but on the ground this doesn't feel so noticeable.
There are a few crappy gymnastic moments (close ups of Aeon
flying through the air really don't look that good — we need
distance and perspective to be impressed), but the action is entertaining without being thrilling.
It seemed the Allegiance had in her lumbering way still managed to get into
flying distance of
not one but three lawful prizes, on the way to Madras, and another one on the way back, when Hammond's urgent need of a transport to carry Temeraire to Rio had necessitated her abrupt about - face and return.
Fly - in locations or properties located long
distances from the launch site or across unprotected water do
not qualify.
Even if you don't
fly British Airways often (or ever) and don't have an Executive Club account, it's still advantageous to take advantage of these short
distance awards using points transferred from a flexible rewards program.
Not surprisingly, Labs claimed the top spot in each of the three categories, but there were strong showings from Golden Retrievers and a standard poodle, who
flew a whopping 14 feet in its first ever
distance competition.
They don't
fly, but they are mighty jumpers, able to propel their bodies up to
distances that are 50 times the length of their bodies.
Due to its weight, it doesn't
fly as far as others on the list, but if you have a strong arm you can still get it to travel a good
distance.
KrisFlyer is
not a revenue - based rewards program but earning KrisFlyer and Elite Miles is directly tied to the fare class of your purchased ticket and the
distance flown.
This is
not true of ANA «s
distance - based chart, which bases its miles requirement on the total number of miles
flown on the trip, regardless of segments.
British Airways Avios is a program that is based purely on the
distance flown and
not on the regions.
You're
flying and wouldn't know what the inside of a long -
distance bus looked like.
This is of course
not the case for
distance - based programs like British Airways as the price goes up the more
flying you do.
The best way to get to Cairns is to
fly, since the
distances from anywhere else interesting are great, and the scenery on the ground is
not too spectacular.
Travel with partner airlines will
not change and will continue to earn miles based on
distance flown and fare class.
Flying far
distances, US Airways is much cheaper than Delta (first class is 30k miles cheaper, per ticket), along with the transfer ratio with the current bonuses makes it about 1:0.9, is definitely isn't the best.
These rankings are by scheduled flight time,
not by
distance flown.
Icelandair flights also tend to be cheap, so while still painful, it isn't as bad as it first seems to receive only 25 - 50 % of the
distance flown on some fares.
The 787 - 9 Dreamliner offers Economy Class seats with a little over 17 ″ of seat width and just 31 ″ of seat pitch so they're about as tight as you'll find on any mainstream long - haul aircraft — that's
not good for the
distances the 787 - 9
flys.
I chose to do that because British Airways charges miles based on
distance flown,
not based on the price of the ticket.
Economy Class tickets booked into fare code «U» will now earn miles equivalent to 75 % of the
distance flown (compared to 100 %) and some of the cheaper Economy Class fares (fare codes T, E,
N, G & R) will earn 5 % fewer miles from 1 November.
Under the new system for award miles, flights on partner carriers
not issued on 016 ticket stock — meaning they don't earn PQDs — will earn award miles based on
distance flown and fare class as under the current system.
Simply put,
flying long
distance doesn't equal earning tons of miles as in years passed.
One of the frustrating aspects of American Airlines» award chart is that they don't allow members to
fly from the USA to India via Asia, even though it's the same
distance as going via Europe.
Like British Airways, the
distance flown is calculated by segment rather than between origin and destination so the total flight
distance can't increase too much or it will bump up the cost.
I had a bad experience with a card that used very clever language and claimed to be giving me miles, but really these miles were really points that didn't add up to the
distance of a mile
flown...
When you
fly on a partner airline
not marketed by AA, you'll always earn miles based on the
distance and class of service, even after AA turns on its revenue - based component on its own flights.
Even if you don't
fly British Airways often (or ever) and don't have an Executive Club account, it's still advantageous to take advantage of these short
distance awards using points transferred from a flexible rewards program.
For me to
fly that
distance doesn't make sense.
The size of the new bonus is based
not only on the fare class but also on the member's elite status and the
distance flown.
PQM and PQS are based on the
distance flown and the fare class,
not the cost of the ticket.
Award mileage accrual for tickets on partner airlines that are
not issued by United, and for specialty tickets where United does
not know what fare was paid (including unpublished, consolidator, bulk, group and tour tickets), is based on fair class and
distance flown,
not the cost of the ticket.
Not only is the product not as polished as those of other Star Alliance carriers, but you'll pay nearly more than twice the miles to fly the same distan
Not only is the product
not as polished as those of other Star Alliance carriers, but you'll pay nearly more than twice the miles to fly the same distan
not as polished as those of other Star Alliance carriers, but you'll pay nearly more than twice the miles to
fly the same
distance.
Mileage Plan continues to issue award miles based on the
distance you
fly,
not only when you
fly with them but also when you
fly on partner airlines like British Airways, Delta Air Lines, and Emirates.
You could book this flight with Avios, but because it is a
distance - based program it will likely cost you 30,000 - 50,000 Avios depending on where you are
flying from in the U.S., and that is
not a good deal.
Most flights have a fixed awards cost based on
distance flown and generally do
not adjust much based on when you book.
With United's new revenue - based frequent flyer program for earning miles from
flying, you earn miles based on the price of your ticket and
not based on the
distance you
fly when traveling on United.
Finally, by switching programs and choosing
not to participate in United's MileagePlus program, you're making a statement that you prefer the traditional method of earning miles based on the
distance flown.