Sentences with phrase «on award flights because»

Air New Zealand does not have capacity controls on award flights because you can use your Airpoints Dollars to buy any seat on any flight.

In other words, you'll never get a great or terrible deal on an award flight because you'll always pay the market value.

Not exact matches

Because Mileage Bank miles are a bit harder to earn, it could be easier for you to use American AAdvantage miles to book off - peak economy class award tickets for 45,000 miles round - trip on flights operated by American Airlines.

Airline credit cards may offer an equivalent cash value of from 1 to 5 cents per mile you earn, but it's difficult to consistently quantify the value because award flights and availability are dynamic - always changing based on demand, flight prices, routes and other factors.

That's because British Airways charges significant fees for additional taxes, fees, and fuel surcharges on award flights to and from their main hub at London Heathrow.

Because British Airways calculates the price of an award based on individual flight segments, this means you can actually make a stopover for as long as you want and the ticket will cost the same.

I love making tentative bookings with Southwest because the airline doesn't levy any change or cancellation fees on its tickets, even for award flights.

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.

However, you won't be able to take advantage of the cheaper awards available on United - operated planes because these flights don't exist between Europe and Asia.

Again, because there's no strict award chart, the cost in miles will depend on how good of a deal you can find on flights.

That's because the Companion Pass lets you bring a passenger for free on any revenue or award flight.

That's because British Airways levies maddening fuel surcharges for award tickets on its flights.

Sometimes, award flights from non-hub airports like Jacksonville can seem hard to find because award seats between Jacksonville and the hub are scarce, while award seats on the expensive transatlantic flight from the hub to the final destination are open.

Because ANA award pricing is based on total miles flown for a trip, the flight routings will always matter.

The number of points required for an Award Flight varies because it is based on the published base fare at the time you book.

Because British Airways calculates the price of an award based on individual flight segments, this means you can actually make a stopover for as long as you want and the ticket will cost the same.

That's because the miles you'll earn with the card will be good for award flights on only that airline.

I try to focus mostly on paid travel, rather than award flights and nights, because finding award availability is harder than just finding a ticket and pulling out my card.

Depending on which award flights you book, the Amex Membership Rewards points can be worth more because you have an extra 10,000 Membership Rewards points to play with.

You may notice that the business class flight does not decrease by the entire amount of the U.K. Air Passenger Duty — this is because there are 2 flights on British Airways with this award, so there are added carrier - imposed surcharges.

The increase in the miles needed for flights to the US isn't that much of a blow because most of those awards would be on British Airways.

That's because different programs have different redemption rates and award available on their own flights and on partner airlines.

Because it's not that rare to find Business Class flights between the US and London coming in at under $ 2,000 and, on top of that, if you're booking an award you still have the issue of finding availability... and that hasn't been easy in recent years.

Because award availability is often limited, upgrades make it easier to secure travel on the flights you need when the destination and dates aren't very flexible.

In many cases, especially when you are redeeming JMB miles with oneworld and other partners, you'll have to call because the award flights won't show up on the website.

In frequent flyer forums, I keep seeing the same question: If my flight is cancelled because of weather, do I have to wait for an award seat at the same redemption rate to open up on another flight?

Because Mileage Bank miles are a bit harder to earn, it could be easier for you to use American AAdvantage miles to book off - peak economy class award tickets for 45,000 miles round - trip on flights operated by American Airlines.

Because the flights are operated by Virgin Australia Regional, Etihad is unable to book awards on this route.

Some even call exactly at 12:01 a.m. to get the seats they want, because airlines only release a small number of seats initially for award travel on each flight.

Because American Airlines has more flights into the UK than any other European country these are the routes on which it's easier to find awards.

This flight required a bit of a judgement call and a lot of luck because there was absolutely no award availability on the one flight that I could trust to get me into Helsinki on time to catch the A350 (for the trip back).

Buying miles to book SAAver awards for flights on American Airlines is a bad idea because you'll find that availability is nearly impossible to find.

But the temporary halting of flights raises a larger issue, particularly as we head into hurricane season: What options do you have if you're traveling on an award ticket and the airline cancels your flight because of storms, unstable political situations or some other crisis?

But because award availability is often limited, upgrades make it easier to secure travel on the flights you need when the destination and dates aren't very flexible.

The best use of your way Free Spirit miles is booking nonstop flights, because the airline has a region - based program: The miles needed for an award ticket is based on how many miles the flight is.

Because you can only combine one partner at a time with connecting flights on Alaska or Horizon Air, I can easily limit the partner award charts to just a few cities each.

This is because United has a competitive award chart for economy flights, offers a free stopover on round trip international flights, and has no fuel surcharges.

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 options.

Because of its high fuel surcharges, taxes and fees, the worst value awards on Virgin Atlantic are long - haul flights from the U.S. to Asia.

When you redeem Avios on these flights, depending on the destination and award availability, you can use significantly fewer Avios than you would American miles, because British Airways uses a distance - based award calculation, so you don't automatically have to use a minimum of 25,000 miles round - trip to travel domestically.

Because award space is way better on United's 737s out of Newark than on its p.s. flights.

I suspect award space will worsen because award space is much better on the 737s than the p.s. flights.

Recent example, I was searching LAN availability on BA and got no availability for months because no flights were bookable with avios, but award space was wide open on LAN searching directly on their website.

Because Alaska does awards pricing based on which region you're flying to, it's also possible to redeem strategically — say, for expensive, long - haul flights — to get the most out of your miles.

If I can get a first class award on United, even without first class seats for US to Australia (perhaps using a three - cabin first class flight domestically, or because first class was available in one direction) then I can waitlist for the segments I don't have in first.

Overall, this partnership is good news because Virgin Atlantic is a transfer partner of American Express Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest, so there are now more options to book Delta flights without having SkyMiles (though partners like Virgin Atlantic only get access to low - level awards, meaning availability can be slim on certain routes).

Delta is actually the best for booking Australia business class awards, one of the toughest frequent flyer awards out there, because of their partnership with Virgin Australia (which has the best availability non-stop between the U.S. and Australia, especially on their Los Angeles — Brisbane flight).

Taking a page from United's Award Chart Devaluation, AAdvantage awards on American Airlines flights will be cheaper than the above partner awards, because let's be honest — who really wants to fly American Airlines First Class, if they could fly in a Etihad First Class Apartment on the A380, Cathay Pacific First Class or JAL First Class instead?

But the problem is worse because AA.com is likely only going to show British Airways flights because the other options aren't even available on AA award searches (see the Master Chart of Finding Airline Award Availabilaward searches (see the Master Chart of Finding Airline Award AvailabilAward Availability).

French Polynesia because they partner with both airlines flying from the mainland US to Tahiti (Air Tahiti Nui and Air France) and Australia because they partner with Virgin Australia, Virgin Australia has the best award availability to Australia especially on the Los Angeles — Brisbane route, because those seats are even available at Delta.com now, and because they've stopped charging fuel surcharges for those flights as well.