Sentences with phrase «of award travel value»

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The Fellowships are funded in part by Hong Kong's award - winning airline, Cathay Pacific Airways, and are valued at up to C$ 10,000 each for in - country travel / expenses and coverage of...

Hard - core award travel enthusiasts will learn the details of these foreign programs and find ways to redeem their miles for outstanding values.

The award covers tuition and travel to attend a professional development workshop in Boston and has a value of...

(Many of the top travel cards have awards bonuses valued around the 4 - 500 range).

Because of the breadth of the Star Alliance and the miles» value, many people opt to use them for luxury award travel, like flying in Business or First Class.

The maximum transfer to the airline offered in this award is 50,000 miles, so it is each member's responsibility to verify with their desired airline the value of these miles for air travel awards.

It can often be difficult to put an exact value on airline miles because the cost of the award ticket often depends on availability, date and time of travel, and the popularity of the route.

If you spend at least $ 4,000 within the first three months of opening your account, you will be awarded 50,000 bonus Ultimate Reward points, the value of which is $ 625 when redeemed towards travel through the UR portal.

The values below $ 0.01 were, on the whole, uncommon, though we still urge readers to redeem carefully, if they hope to get the most out of their award travel.

But over the course of earning over a million miles and points and booking first and business class international award travel for my family and others, I've come to realize the value.

Increase the value of your points by 20 % to $ 0.0125 each by booking travel awards with the card in the travel booking tool.

Downside: AAdvantage miles aren't as useful as they used to be, with awards at the MileSAAver price hard to find on many days, but if you're looking to travel on American's partners to Asia like Cathay Pacific, you'll have an easier time getting good value out of them.

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By always keeping in mind that customer service and value are what matter most The World Travel Awards, division of World Travel Group, will be making their presence felt at this year's World Travel Market (WTM), the travel industry's biggest international business to business event, which will take place on Monday 10th - Thursday 13th November at ExCeL, LTravel Awards, division of World Travel Group, will be making their presence felt at this year's World Travel Market (WTM), the travel industry's biggest international business to business event, which will take place on Monday 10th - Thursday 13th November at ExCeL, LTravel Group, will be making their presence felt at this year's World Travel Market (WTM), the travel industry's biggest international business to business event, which will take place on Monday 10th - Thursday 13th November at ExCeL, LTravel Market (WTM), the travel industry's biggest international business to business event, which will take place on Monday 10th - Thursday 13th November at ExCeL, Ltravel industry's biggest international business to business event, which will take place on Monday 10th - Thursday 13th November at ExCeL, London.

Availability for those saver - level awards is usually plentiful, and, at peak summer travel season when cash prices are extremely high, that can get you a value of more than 2 cents per SkyMile.

American Airlines surprised many today when it announced several customer - friendly changes to its frequent - flier program.The new «One - Way Flex Awards» will allow customers to book one - way tickets for half the amount of miles needed for a round - trip ticket, and will also let passengers book multi-city itineraries and combine award seats with non-award seats.Under the old paradigm, passengers could only book round - trips to and from the same city and were forced to fly in an award seat of equal value for both legs of the journey.This often made booking award travel an exercise in futility — for example, an award seat might be available only on an outbound journey, but not the return trip.But now passengers will be able to fly to New York in an award seat, and return in a premium - fare seat if a return award seat is not available.

Although this isn't the absolute best value you can get out of your Ultimate Rewards points, you don't have to worry about award flights or nights not being available when you want to travel if you book this way.

It can often be difficult to put an exact value on airline miles because the cost of the award ticket often depends on availability, date and time of travel, and the popularity of the route.

«She was a valued member of the core team that launched Avalon Waterways in 2004 and since then, she has helped our award - winning cruise line raise the bar on this incredible travel style.»

Sure, I have to deal with limited award availability, but I travel often enough that over the course of a year I can find a way to use my points in a way that I value at more than 1.25 cents.

While more convenient for people who like to book travel on their own — or at least review their options — the card delivered a lot of hidden value precisely because the discount was awarded as a statement credit.

Make sure you compare your award booking options with the Travel Center prices to ensure you are getting the most value out of your points.

People willing to use SEA as their airport of choice can basically double the value of all their Alaska Airlines award travel by booking awards as one - ways with a stopover in SEA every time.

For just $ 75 a year, the Hyatt Credit Card from Chase offers an outstanding amount of value for frequent travelers: New cardholders are awarded ample points on a variety of travel purchases, including airfare, car rentals and restaurant purchases.

Huang Mei Lin, general manager of Fraser Residence Nankai, Osaka, speaks to Breaking Travel News about the property she leads and the value of winning at the World Travel Awards.

We've put together some of the top uses of Miles & More miles, but the best way to use your miles is ultimately what award flights make the most sense and provide the most value to you while reaching your travel goals.

Increase the value of your points by 20 % to $ 0.0125 each by booking travel awards with the card in the travel booking tool.

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In summary, many travelers who plan in advance will be able to book award travel now and pay lower prices to stretch the value of their American Airlines miles.

The best value you'll find for your reward miles lies in the monthly promo awards Air France and KLM release each month on the first of the month for travel two months out.

Diorio points out that the award - winning VAX booking engine is one of the keystones to helping travel agents work seamlessly and smoothly with the diversity of product, in addition to other TMTC hallmarks, such as state - of - the - art groups technology, a committed nationwide team of business development managers and well - defined core values that permeate every aspect of customer care.

Because of the breadth of the Star Alliance and the miles» value, many people opt to use them for luxury award travel, like flying in Business or First Class.

There are four Promo Awards for travel between Europe and the Caribbean this time... but only two are for premium cabin travel (which is where most of the value is to be found):

I'd need somewhere close to $ 250 worth of value and I didn't think I would approach that, since my award travel is so «aspirational» heavy.

Many other travel rewards cards only have a maximum redemption value of 1 cent or less for award travel like the Capital One Venture that also has a $ 95 annual fee.

As a member of the Chase Trifecta, you can transfer every Ultimate Rewards point to your Sapphire Preferred, Reserve or Ink Business Preferred to receive a 25 % redemption bonus when you redeem your points for award travel, each point is worth 1.25 cents instead of the usual 1 cent redemption value.

You can redeem your rewards points for 1.25 cents each through the Chase Ultimate Rewards travel portal; most travel credit cards have a maximum redemption value of 1 cent each for award flights.

In some cases, your points can be redeemed for a higher value for award travel instead of receiving a cash back reward.

You will also see which travel partners can boost the value of your award points.

As airlines increase the cost of award travel, add on yet more surcharges and restrict the availability of awards the value of miles / points will decrease....

Search around for a transfer partner that offers a valuable award flight for your trip, and you'll likely be able to get more value out of your points than you would by booking travel directly through Citi.

You can redeem points for travel at a fixed rate of 1.5 cents per point through Chase's portal, which puts a floor under the value of your points and adds flexibility to book travel for cases in which no award tickets are available.

AWARDS • One of America's 10 Great Places to Gather the Family (USA Today) • Hawai'i's Top Value (Travel & Leisure)

While we all enjoy booking an extravagant first class award to Asia and getting a massive amount of value out of our miles, the truth is award tickets simply aren't available every time we want to book and some travel needs like domestic economy tickets don't offer such great value.

I value American Airlines AAdvantage miles at around 1.8 cents / mile so logic would dictate that I declare this offer to be a bad idea — and for a lot of people it is — but, if you live in Europe (or if you're in a position to start your travel in Europe), there's a way to get some great value out this sale — as long as you're able to book before 22 March 2016 (when the AAdvantage award charts change).

Increased the cost of awards on for travel on its own aircraft so, even if you could find an award seat, the value proposition is quite often simply not there.

The redemption values for travel on Virgin Atlantic can be misleading because of the surcharges you'll have to pay on award tickets.

Kaanapali Beach Hotel • «Cultural Heritage Odyssey Award» for the hotel's music CD, E Hoomau I Ka Pookela Travel Industry Association of America, 2000 • «Best Places to Stay Gold List» — Condé Nast Traveler, 2000 • «Best Value Hotel» No. 1 in Hawai'i and No. 3 in the World — Travel + Leisure, 1998 • «The Most Hawaiian Hotel» — The Waiaha Foundation, 1995 • Designation by President George Bush as being the 648th Point of Light for excellence in volunteerism; the only hotel in the nation to be so recognized, 1992

In a rare win for travel enthusiasts, Alaska recently announced changes to its award chart that actually increase the value of Alaska miles.

As well as that, any airline or alliance that I choose to fly also needs to be one that regularly offers good deals on the routes I want to fly — as the airlines around the world gradually increase the cost of award travel it's becoming increasingly important, for those of us with a healthy aversion to Economy Class, to be able to find great value Business Class fares to keep our flights comfortable.