For me it's simple... still flying
on award redemptions made with the old UA chart.
Not exact matches
Here's a benefit exclusive to business owners like you, a 35 percent point
redemption bonus
on air travel when you an
award flight through AmexTravel.com
making your points worth 1.35 cents each (1000 points = $ 135).
They don't have an
award chart
on their site anymore, but they do state that the minimum
redemption can be
made for 10,000 miles.
If the airline thinks it can sell those seats for cash, it's much less likely to release the seats for cheap mileage
redemptions —
making award space extremely limited
on the most popular travel dates.
Once you know what to look for and where to find it, you'll be
on your way to
making some world - class
award redemptions with your American Airlines miles!
Even though Hawaii is a challenging destination, especially
on a set schedule, the potential for very high value
redemptions on intra-Hawaiian flights using United miles and the chance to stay at one of the best Hyatt resorts in the world still
make this a compelling choice for many
award travelers!
On the flip side, LifeMiles does not
make it easy, or frankly very possible, to do complicated itineraries, so this program is best for simple point - to - point travel with a single - level, straightforward
award redemption system.
Either card could be right for a person traveling regularly
on Hawaiian Airline to help save
on checked bag fees and
make award redemptions easier.
Since my US Bank Club Carlson Business Rewards card earns 5 Gold Points per dollar spent everywhere, the dollars spent
on the card in order to
make this
award redemption earned about 4.1 % cash back.
They don't have an
award chart
on their site anymore, but they do state that the minimum
redemption can be
made for 10,000 miles.
Many other airlines price Caribbean destinations in a different
award zone category, which
makes award redemptions much higher
on these competitors!
Often the best flight, in terms of schedule, stops, or experience, is offered
on a partner, so you want to
make sure you see them.Click your preferred dates
on the
award calendar, even if the days are marked in white, which implies there is no space in the lowest
redemption categories.
Virgin Atlantic has great
award redemption values for flights between the U.S. (especially Eastern U.S.) and Europe in both classes, economy and business, although outrageous Heathrow Airport fees and fuel surcharges in Upper Class
make business class TY
redemptions on Virgin a less attractive option.
The
redemption rates
on partner
awards is what
makes Alaska is so special in my opinion.
American have continued their assault
on award redemptions to Hawaii by implementing a 40 % increase in the number of miles needed for a Business Class ticket but, in the case of partner
awards, this doesn't
make much difference as most people would be flying to Hawaii
on American Airlines and not a partner airline anyway.
Not losing focus is a pretty key element to
making sure you earn enough miles / points for whatever
awards you're aiming for so, if you're in the process of accumulating Avios for a British Airways
redemption, you should probably carry
on down that path and not split your earnings.
Some die - hard AA lovers did try to put lipstick
on that pig, but things are even worse than you showed because your clearly objective evaluation of how you'll be hit
on the EARN side once AA switches over to the revenue system did not include the change that's been
made to the
award charts
on the
REDEMPTION side!
Doctor of Credit just reported
on an Iberia
Award sale that
makes Avios
redemptions 25 % off.
Alitalia MilleMigilia Club used to have some amazing
redemptions on partner airlines but they gutted their partner
awards last year,
making many
awards very unattractive.
More than that, the airline's frequent flyer program, Asiana Club, offers solid
award redemptions on both Asiana and partner flights,
making this card a good option for just about anyone, even if you don't fly Asiana.
American Airlines hasn't
made any changes to its
redemption options aside from some modifications
made in March, and said it still plans to show the
award redemption requirements
on its website.
At the same time, updates have also been
made to
redemption award levels for Star Alliance carriers and will take effect
on the same day.
With the introduction of so many different
award classes, the miles needed for an
award have changed drastically: Some of the «Standard»
awards have dropped by more than 20 % — that was to be expected as all the routes in question have offered very cheap economy fares over the last year,
making a
redemption on these routes generally unattractive.
In practice these are fairly blunt tools that tell me «1 cent a point for American miles is a really good deal» but that I'm not going to spend 2 cents unless there's a very specific scenario — like a few points at the margin to top off an account for an
award I've put
on hold — where it
makes sense (and in that scenario, my valuation of each point is higher since they're helping me to save with a real
redemption).
On - line enhancements to make booking flights on all of its member airlines easier than ever before - whether they are frequent flyer award redemption flights or regular ticket
On - line enhancements to
make booking flights
on all of its member airlines easier than ever before - whether they are frequent flyer award redemption flights or regular ticket
on all of its member airlines easier than ever before - whether they are frequent flyer
award redemption flights or regular tickets.
This will
make stocking up
on miles for Flying Blue
award redemptions much easier.