The number of miles possible depends
on flight mileage, cabin choice, and ticket type (it also depends on your Flying Club membership tier, which we will cover in the next tip.)
Not exact matches
The Alaska
Mileage Plan charges 90,000 miles to fly first - class one way
on Emirates
flights between the US and the Middle East or India.
If you dump $ 500 into interest
on items you could afford to buy with cash just to earn
flight mileage, for example, you could have bought a plane ticket with what you would have saved, or better yet, put the money into savings.
If your own plans change after an award ticket is issued, can the ticket be used
on another
flight, or can the trip be canceled and the
mileage re-credited to your account?
As with the American Airlines AAdvantage program, you can use Japan Airlines
Mileage Bank to book
flights on either American Airlines or British Airways.
Another important thing worth noting, is that not all
flights on Mileage Plan partner airlines will be available for booking through Alaska Air miles.
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.
ANA
Mileage Club does pass
on carrier - imposed surcharges when booking award tickets with many partners, but not
on flights with United Airlines, so you won't have to worry about that when flying to London.
Here are the round - trip
mileage rates for
flights on American Airlines and its partners.
Booking one of the 8 nonstop
flights to London
on American Airlines with
Mileage Bank miles is a great way to get to London.
From the east coast, using American AAdvantage miles during their off - peak timeframe is still a solid redemption but, if you have a lot of SPG Starpoints, considering transferring them to JAL
Mileage Bank to book the same
flight on American Airlines for 39,000 miles.
Below are the round - trip requirements for both
Mileage Bank miles and taxes and fees
on flights from New York City (JFK) to London.
For example, an American Airlines frequent flyer can use AAdvantage miles to book a
flight on British Airways, and the cost of that ticket will be based
on the American Airlines
mileage award chart.
AAdvantage Platinum Pro members get complimentary auto - requested upgrades
on flights, complimentary preferred seats and main cabin extra seats, a 72 - hour upgrade window, an 80 percent elite
mileage bonus, and two free checked bags.
I have written about awesome
mileage cards in the past, and just took advantage of a sweet deal that landed me a free round trip
flight on American Airlines.
Valuation: Alaska and JAL announced a new partnership that will allow
Mileage Plan members to earn and redeem miles
on JAL
flight starting later this year.
To find award space
on United
flights to Sydney (SYD) and book with ANA
Mileage Club miles, you simply need to run a search for partner awards
on ANA's website.
Ultimate Reward points are valuable whether you transfer them to an airline
mileage program or if you book directly through the Chase Ultimate Rewards travel portal, which gives you a 20 percent discount
on the price of any
flight when you pay with a mix of points and cash.
Mileage earning
on United Airlines and select partner
flights is now based
on ticket price (base fare plus carrier - imposed fees, excluding government - imposed taxes and fees):
Let's check out how many miles you will need to book a round - trip award, as well as the taxes and fees you can expect to pay when booking a
flight on Qantas with Alaska
Mileage Plan miles.
If you plan
on booking a
flight on American Airlines, these are the
mileage requirements plus the taxes and fees necessary:
Get there: Thanks to the new Virgin America and Alaska merger you can use either points from the Virgin Elevate program or the Alaska
Mileage Plan program to book a
flight on Iceland Air direct from multiple North American gateway cities to Reyjavik (KEF) from 22,500 miles each way.
Valuation: The new British Airways award chart went into effect at the end of April, dramatically increasing the
mileage requirements for most premium cabin redemptions, particularly
on long - haul
flights.
The CitiBusiness ® / AAdvantage ® Platinum Select ® World Mastercard ® is one of the few cards to qualify for AA's reduced
mileage redemptions, which give a 7,500 mile discount each time you book a
flight with AAdvantage miles,
on select destinations.
Often, ANA's
Mileage Club program requires the fewest miles to book first class
flights on ANA but requires round - trip bookings.
The AA card also has some features that are hard to value, like discounted
mileage offers
on promotional
flights.
On that basis, the
mileage card is better — after all, a $ 6,200
flight is obviously better than $ 4,200.
Avios are the shared
mileage currency of British Airways and Iberian Airlines — but you can use them for far more than travel
on these two European carriers, and you can take advantage of their distance award chart for short
flights.
In September 2015, Emirates had a
Mileage Plan bonus offer of 3x miles when flying first class and 2x miles when flying business or economy class
on Emirates
flights between certain cities.
Japan Airlines»
Mileage Bank program uses a distance - based award chart which is broken into tiers based
on your
flight miles.
Let's check out how many miles you will need to book a round - trip award, as well as the taxes and fees you can expect to pay when booking a
flight on Qantas with Alaska
Mileage Plan miles.
Earn fixed
mileage Award Miles for European
flights based
on each booking class.
On the face of it, the Alaska Airlines
Mileage Plan offers you the same perks that you are likely to find in other airlines» frequent flyer programs such as earning miles whenever you book a
flight, special privileges for various tiers and unlocking even more reward opportunities by achieving a higher «elite» status in the frequent flyer program's membership tiers.
With the card, you can take advantage of reduced
mileage awards, which save you 5,000
on specific
flights.
To find award space
on United
flights to Sydney (SYD) and book with ANA
Mileage Club miles, you simply need to run a search for partner awards
on ANA's website.
It was a great way for me to earn full
mileage on many cheap United Airlines
flights and earn Star Alliance Gold status year after year.
If you plan
on booking a
flight on American Airlines, these are the
mileage requirements plus the taxes and fees necessary:
Try to avoid this unless you are very close to the required
mileage for an award, you have found award space, and you need the
flight on a very specific date.
Revenue - based
mileage earning will only apply to certain
flights and will be dependent
on how your
flight is booked.
In addition to the 10 percent
mileage rebate, baggage waiver and special quarterly 7,500 - mile discounts mentioned above, card members also get preferred boarding
on domestic
flights and a 25 percent discount
on in -
flight purchases.
Bottom Line: You get 25 % off
on in -
flight food and beverage and can save up to 5,000 miles when you redeem reduced
mileage awards with the Citi ® / AAdvantage ® Gold World Elite ™ Mastercard ®.
Luckily for you, there are some great ways to earn lots of miles with Alaska's
Mileage Plan program from
flights on Alaska Airlines or its partners to credit cards to shopping.
And here's the same
flight,
on the same day, but booked using Alaska
Mileage Plan miles.
Because of this, that means you'll actually EARN
mileage, both elite qualifying and redeemable,
on the
flight.
Let's take a look at a
flight we can get
on each of those airlines, using our newly acquired Alaska
Mileage Bank miles.
That contract also states «no
mileage credit will be awarded for canceled
flights or if you are accommodated
on another airline.»
There's no detail offered here
on what they consider a «canceled
flight,» but if your award
flight is canceled for reasons due to an error by the airline (not by you or due to weather or strike), agents will likely issue
mileage credits for a rebooked
flight.
If you want to empty out your
mileage account, one cross-country
flight on Delta will earn you a Sony 16 GB Micro Vault Click USB Flash Drive.
Since Membership Rewards points transfer to both BA Avios and ANA
Mileage Club, when you can't find
flights with Avios, look for seats
on UA, and use those miles.
Should Tiffany be dead set
on using only about 100,000 miles, it's possible to book one - way
flights with American, so she could bring her
mileage spend down to 105,000 by paying for half of one
flight out of pocket.