We used 20,000 British Airways Avios each for direct flights
on a roundtrip American Airlines flight from DFW to Vancouver.
Not exact matches
> Value: 25,000 miles is enough for a
roundtrip Economy Class award less than 1,201 miles each way
on Cathay or partners like
American Airlines.
After you've accumulated a nice chunk of miles, they can be redeemed for
roundtrip or one - way flights
on American Airlines (some even at discounted values), gift cards, magazines, cabin upgrades, car rentals, or other vacation accommodations.
It's actually quite easy to rack up enough miles for a
roundtrip award flight from the US to Europe
on American, Delta or United, even if you don't fly very often.
And because British Airways has an award redemption chart that's organized by distance flown instead of region, you'll only to cash in 25,000 British Airways miles
on a
roundtrip ticket from Los Angeles to Honolulu instead of the 45,000 miles
American requires for that same flight.
The cheapest cash flight from Orlando to Grand Cayman
on the day Lauren's looking to travel is
on American Airlines through Miami for $ 438
roundtrip per person:
Redeeming
on British Airways, you can fly LAX — JFK
on American's new Airbus 321T business class for 25,000 Avios (50,000 Avios
roundtrip).
Also when flying
on American you can expect fee to be pretty reasonable like the $ 53 fees seen below for a
roundtrip from DFW to LHR.
And don't forget a
roundtrip from North
American to Australia
on ANA could be as low as 105,000 miles in business class!
Per the
American Airlines oneworld award chard, a
roundtrip Business Class fare
on any of these three routes will cost 150,000 miles + taxes (which will be low)
But when you consider that
American Airlines charges 180,000 miles
roundtrip for first class awards
on Etihad, it's not the best idea to use Alitalia miles for these coveted awards.
Cards like the Citi AAdvantage Executive World Elite MasterCard or Platinum Select - branded Visa, MasterCard, or
American Express options each come with a 7,500 mile discount for
roundtrip travel
on flights over 500 miles or 2,000 mile discount for flights under 500 miles.
Basically, instead of using them for international flights
on British Airways, you can redeem them for domestic
American Airlines flights for as little as 9,000 points
roundtrip!
American Airlines AAdvantage miles are very hard to use economically thanks to the dearth of premium cabin SAAver awards, United Miles are ok but 100,000 won't get you a
roundtrip Business Class award to any major long - haul destination (if you're heading east or west) while 100,000 Alaska Miles will get you some nice
roundtrip redemptions
on Cathay Pacific and even
American (subject to award availability).
American Airlines will be taking delivery of its first 787 - 9 Dreamliner somewhere around the end of this month and we already know that the inaugural flight will be
on the Dallas — London route (a one - off
roundtrip) and that the airline will be using the Dallas — Los Angeles route for crew familiarization.
You can save 5,000 miles
on a
roundtrip ticket to Mexico, Central America, or the Caribbean by redeeming for
American Airlines off - peak dates.
Save 5,000 miles
on roundtrip flights to Asia by booking
American Airlines off - peak dates.
You will save 15,000 miles
roundtrip by booking Europe tickets
on American Airlines off - peak dates.
Note: if you used Iberia Avios for this redemption you could get it as low as 62,500 Avios
roundtrip (but you can't book one ways
on American with Iberia).
The total fees for a
roundtrip to Dublin with Avios
on American Airlines comes out to $ 403.
The rates in
American Airlines business class using Alaska miles are 20,000 miles cheaper, but remember, Alaska Airlines has a very generous stopover policy allowing one stopover
on one - ways and two stopovers
on roundtrips.
ANA has a great deal
on roundtrips to Asia — but you'll need
American Express Membership Rewards points to transfer to ANA.
In today's flight deal of the day, fly from Los Angeles to Orlando for $ 116
roundtrip on American.
All three of the major U.S. airlines» frequent flyer programs —
American Airlines AAdvantage, United MileagePlus and Delta SkyMiles — are based
on one - way award tickets, so normally you can buy two one - way tickets or a
roundtrip to your destination for the same price.
On April 11, Southwest will add Saturday - only service from DAL to Charleston, S.C. Southwest also started new daily service last week between Kansas City and New York LaGuardia... Delta said it will add two new South American spokes from its Atlanta hub on December 19, including daily service to Medellin, Colombia and three flights a week to Cartagena, Colombia... JetBlue plans a December 10 start for new flights from Albany, N.Y. to Ft. Lauderdale and Orlando, with one daily roundtrip in each marke
On April 11, Southwest will add Saturday - only service from DAL to Charleston, S.C. Southwest also started new daily service last week between Kansas City and New York LaGuardia... Delta said it will add two new South
American spokes from its Atlanta hub
on December 19, including daily service to Medellin, Colombia and three flights a week to Cartagena, Colombia... JetBlue plans a December 10 start for new flights from Albany, N.Y. to Ft. Lauderdale and Orlando, with one daily roundtrip in each marke
on December 19, including daily service to Medellin, Colombia and three flights a week to Cartagena, Colombia... JetBlue plans a December 10 start for new flights from Albany, N.Y. to Ft. Lauderdale and Orlando, with one daily
roundtrip in each market.
Since British Airways always prices partner flights at just one rate, regardless of demand, we found flights for 9,000 Avios
roundtrip on American Eagle.
Now let's say you want to fly from Dallas to New York
on American roundtrip in first class.
The value equation dramatically improves if
American's 100,000
roundtrip Business MileSAAver reward is available for the same itinerary, as it places the $ 3,228 value
on 100,000 miles.
When redeeming
on American Airlines, you can take advantage of
American's off - peak award tickets to Central & South America as well as Europe, which offer
roundtrip coach tickets to Europe for just 40,000 miles.
↑ Summertime and the Earning is Easy
American AAdvantage offered a summer promotion where members could earn up to 100,000 bonus miles for
roundtrip travel between the U.S., Canada or Mexico and Europe
on American Airlines, US Airways, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia or OpenSkies through Aug. 31.
It costs 159,049 miles to fly from the U.S. to the Maldives
roundtrip in economy versus just 90,000 miles
on partner
American, through which you can book the exact same flight
on Emirates.
I take more than 2 domestic
roundtrips per year
on American Airlines *, and there are additional benefits that make this card worth keeping.
If you have the Citi ® / AAdvantage ® Platinum Select ® World Elite ™ MasterCard ®, which allows a first bag checked free for the primary cardholder and up to four companions
on American Airlines flights, it can be a savings of $ 250 per
roundtrip.
Example: Flying during peak Christmas week between San Francisco and Atlanta, you'll currently pay $ 781
roundtrip for a six - hour one - stop journey
on American connecting in Dallas or Chicago.
- New York - Hong Kong If you wanted to fly BA's partner, Cathay Pacific, from New York to Hong Kong, that would require 70,000 Avios
roundtrip in Economy, and 140,000 in Business, which is not a bad redemption level at all, even though it would take just 120,000 miles
on American Airlines.
For partner redemptions, I couldn't find any information
on stopovers or open jaws, though for partners you can book one way (like
American Airlines), you know a
roundtrip can have two open jaws.
A
roundtrip to Australia in Business Class, for example, is just 110,000 miles — as opposed to
American, which requires 135,000 miles
roundtrip on the same partners.