Check the cost
of award flights using the Flying Blue Miles Calculator.
It's actually a bonus one - way ticket rather than a true stopover, but it allows me to maximize the benefits
of an award flight using American's AAdvantage miles.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
If you are not concerned with elite status, then you will at least earn 6,000 anniversary points and plenty
of points to get in an
awards flight or two each year by
using the Chase Southwest Rapid Rewards ® Premier Credit Card.
The American AAdvantage program also
uses a region - based
award chart so you can add a connecting
flight from smaller airports to any
of these gateway airports without increasing the number
of miles required.
With a distance - based
award chart, you also need to remember that any connecting
flights will add to the total
flight distance
used to calculate the number
of miles required for your
award ticket.
Every time you book an
award flight using your American Airlines miles, the airline will give you back 10 percent
of the miles you spent, up to 10,000 miles per calendar year.
But the best benefit
of this card is the 10 percent redemption rebate program: Every time you book an
award flight using your American Airlines miles, the airline will give you back 10 percent
of the miles you spent, up to 10,000 miles per calendar year.
Want to know what credit cards were
used to book all
of those
award flights?
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.
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.
Unlike the other options we have discussed, British Airways Executive Club
uses a distance - based
award chart, so the total number
of Avios required to book an
award flight will be determined by the distance you fly.
However, I would argue that the most useful benefit
of the card is the additional
award inventory that cardholders can access, expanding your ability to
use your MileagePlus miles for future
flights.
Oh and I read one
of your posts where you told one person, they «could
use my US Airways miles for
award flights on United.»
The American AAdvantage program
uses a region - based
award chart, so
flights from anywhere in the United States to Australia will require the same number
of miles.
Even if your final destination is not Brussels, you can
use this
award flight as a springboard to explore other parts
of Europe!
Most valuable option: Your primary option for point redemption will be to turn in your SkyMiles for an
awards flight where a certain amount
of miles can be
used in exchange for a
flight.
While there are tons
of ways to
use SPG points for
flights, Starwood Preferred Guest is still a hotel rewards program that provides plenty
of hotel
award stay options.
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.
With a paid ticket, you would,
of course, pay for that transcontinental or Hawaii
flight, but if for example you've earned United miles with a credit card, you can
use a United free one - way to maximize your
award.
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.
Many people automatically discount the
use of British Airways miles for
award flights due to the fact that most
of their international
flights transit via Heathrow and carry hefty surcharges.
Logically, we're drawn to think
of using British Airways points from Britain, but these short distance
award rules also apply to partner
flights and are great redemption for other parts
of the world.
Receive an airline allowance
of up to $ 25 with every
award travel ticket to
use toward baggage fees, in -
flight food or drinks and more
For instance, if you took an
award flight to Hawaii in July, 2017,
use Expedia or your favorite travel booking site to look up the price
of flights in that same class
of service in July, 2018.
While Delta SkyMiles can be tough to
use for booking
award flights to Australia because
of incredibly high redemption rates, your miles can be useful if you find saver level
award space.
Flying on the airline or its partners, booking
award flights, shopping at the AAdvantage eShopping mall, eating out with AAdvantage Dining and,
of course,
using any co-branded American Airlines credit card will keep your miles from expiring.
Should you want to stop in Fiji for a longer period
of time and then head elsewhere in the Pacific
using American miles,
award flights to elsewhere in the South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand come in at 20,000 miles in Economy and 30,000 miles in Business Class.
If I can make as controversial a claim as is supported by the evidence, even the American Express Delta Platinum credit card, with its $ 195 annual fee and companion ticket
awarded on each account anniversary, only makes sense (compared to redeeming Arrival + miles) if you can consistently redeem the companion ticket for
flights costing more than $ 672 — the value
of the Arrival + miles you could manufacture with the same $ 195 in disposable income — or if you can
use the Medallion Qualifying Miles earned with the card to achieve Platinum or Diamond Medallion status.
If you've collected enough points for an
award flight — either through credit card spending, by flying the airline, or by shopping and dining with its partners — keep on reading for some
of the best ways to
use Hawaiian miles.
For U.S. to Morocco
flights,
use the 2001 and above portion
of the
award chart.
By making
use of an
award ticket, we were able to structure the
flight to be:
The ability to
use stopovers on
award flights can save you significant amounts
of money.
For most points collectors, the main
use of their coveted miles is for booking
award flights.
This might be a good opportunity to take advantage
of the Barclaycard Arrival's $ 466 in free travel for some readers, but because Donna has so many Ultimate Rewards points, it may make sense for her to
use some
of them to pay for the booking as opposed to transferring the points out to United to book a one - way
award flight.
Often the best
use of foreign
award programs is to book domestic
flights.
Delta doesn't operate many
flights to Hawaii
using their Delta One product with lie - flat seats and direct aisle access, but that is the real sweet spot if you can find
award space on one
of their Airbus A330s.
The FlexPerks card is a great backup for booking paid
flights when either the cost or availability
of awards prevents you from
using traditional airline miles.
If you need to connect on American Airlines (or another partner airline) to get to your
flight on Japan Airlines, you will need to
use the partner
award chart to determine the number
of miles required.
Once you have at least one Rapid Rewards Credit, Southwest's site will allow you to
use Rapid Rewards Points at the same conversion rate directly to cover the rest
of your
award flight.
If you can find
award availability space on any specific
flight, you can
use that as part
of your itinerary
When booking economy class
flights, you should always compare the cost
of an
award ticket if you transfer Ultimate Rewards points to the cost
of using points to book through the Chase travel portal.
I find that the best
use of award flights is:
Wondering what credit cards were
used to book all
of those
award flights above?
Delta's many redemption partners also include popular hotels, car rental agencies, and online retailers, but it's rarely a good idea to
use points for anything except
award flights with Delta or one
of its SkyTeam.
If you live on one
of the coasts, booking a transcontinental
award flight in a premium cabin is a great way to
use MileagePlus miles.
You can either find a different
flight,
use one
of their airline partners (if
using Avios to book an
award), or
use the BA «stopover» feature, which allows you to connect to a final destination in a city in the UK.
We go through the specifics
of earning miles step by step in each
of these programs and how to
use them on
award flights to Europe and elsewhere in the bestselling PointsAway Book.