You can
only book award travel online for travel on Cathay Pacific, Cathay Dragon, Alaska Airlines, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia Airlines, Qantas Airways, and Qatar Airways.
Not exact matches
Generally, the
only time it makes sense to
book a British Airways first class
award is by using the British Airways
Travel Together Ticket so you can get 2 first class seats for the miles of on.
This includes
award travel on their brand new Airbus A380 Suites and Business Class seats, which can
only be
booked with KrisFlyer Miles.
Please note,
awards on Korean Air
booked through Hawaiian Airlines are based on round - trip
travel only, while Korean Air allows one - way
award bookings through its own program.
American Airlines surprised many today when it announced several customer - friendly changes to its frequent - flier program.The new «One - Way Flex
Awards» will allow customers to
book one - way tickets for half the amount of miles needed for a round - trip ticket, and will also let passengers
book multi-city itineraries and combine
award seats with non-
award seats.Under the old paradigm, passengers could
only book round - trips to and from the same city and were forced to fly in an
award seat of equal value for both legs of the journey.This often made
booking award travel an exercise in futility — for example, an
award seat might be available
only on an outbound journey, but not the return trip.But now passengers will be able to fly to New York in an
award seat, and return in a premium - fare seat if a return
award seat is not available.
With
only a few routes available for this month's Promo
Awards, you'll want to
book right away —
award space during a busy
travel month like August will go quickly!
We are the
only award booking company whose principal, Gary Leff, has earned the Conde Nast Traveler «Top
Travel Specialist» for four consecutive years.
While JetBlue has several airline partners for earning points, the
only partner airline where you can use TrueBlue flights to
book award travel is Hawaiian Airlines.
First, know that all
awards are for round - trip
travel only unless you are
booking a trip wholly within Japan.
For international
travel, Mileage Upgrade
Award may be used to upgrade
only on published Main Cabin fares
booked in Y, B or M class.
Applicable Fare Classes: For
travel within the 50 United States and Canada, Mileage Upgrade
Award may be used to upgrade
only on published Main Cabin fares
booked in Y, B, M, S, H, Q or K class.
So you see, finding
award space using the British Airways website is
only the first step in
booking award travel — pricing the
award is an entirely separate question.
Child
award tickets are
only for children 2 - 11 and can not be
booked online, yet either way this is a HUGE saving, meaning this 50K miles can go a LOT further if you
travel with children!
Generally, the
only time it makes sense to
book a British Airways first class
award is by using the British Airways
Travel Together Ticket so you can get 2 first class seats for the miles of on.
This makes it easy to accumulate miles and
book award travel as opposed to, say, relying
only on Ultimate Rewards to
book travel through United MileagePlus.
Note that you
only need to redeem your miles before they expire, but can be used for
travel on a future date and you may
book an
award ticket for a friend or family member.
Qantas Points may not be earned on some fare types and
booking classes including Classic
Award flights and flights with a QF flight number on the ticket operated by Jetstar or Jetstar Asia other than in Economy classes of Y, B, H, K or L (earn in L class is eligible
only when
travelling on a oneworld ® fare product).
Even though a normal ticket costs $ 5,706, there are
only $ 98 in surcharges from
travel on Asiana that will be passed on to travelers
booking an
award ticket.
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Awards under the Heritage and Culture category while the Thailand from the Air
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If he uses a Sapphire Preferred card instead, that's
only 1,000 Ultimate Rewards points redeemable for $ 12 in free
travel (more if he goes through the hassle of
booking an
award trip).
Only in difficult situations, when there is no
award availability, should you rely on the Membership Rewards online
travel portal to
book a ticket.
And even if you're one of those people that would
only ever
book an
award flight, the premium from
booking a pure
award flight to this upgrade isn't much considering the large taxes and fuel surcharges on BA
award travel.
However, the cardinal rule of
booking Mileage Plan
awards is that each direction of
travel can
only include one partner, plus connecting flights on Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air.
When the
travel expense in question could be
booked through an
award but
only at a low point valuation, it may be better to pay out of pocket.
They generally
only release first class
award seats to partner airlines within two weeks of
travel, so your approach is probably similar to Cathay Pacific in terms of
booking something else and then changing to Lufthansa.
It's pretty much the
only way we
book business
travel and my employees love it because instead of using
award tickets where they don't earn miles, they can earn miles and I'm getting 2 cents per point in value back when I redeem.