The airline is raising rates
on award tickets without any notice to flyers, which seems to be its practice since deleting its award chart.
Not exact matches
You can fly
on Star Alliance partner Austrian by booking with a frequent - flyer program such as United MileagePlus from 60,000 miles per round trip or even by booking via Avianca LifeMiles, also for 60,000 miles per round trip, though
without the $ 75 close - in
award ticketing fee that United charges within 21 days of travel.
Use Singapore miles
on a premium class domestic
award ticket on United (including Alaska)
without fuel surcharges.
MVP Gold status has some great perks like four free guest upgrade coupons to use for yourself or a friend, a 100 % bonus
on earned
award miles, and the ability to change or cancel any
ticket without a penalty.
That means you can typically find
award seats
on a certain flight, transfer the points and book the
ticket without worrying that somebody else will beat you to it.
Both American and US Airways let you hold
award tickets even
without enough miles in your account (for five and three days, respectively), so that can be a great way to lock in the
award you want before having to pull the trigger
on purchasing miles.