Citi is somewhat vague in listing the purchases covered by the travel credit, but Prestige covers most air travel — related purchases, including many kinds of fees or even taxes
paid on an award ticket.
Taxes and fuel surcharges are
paid on both award tickets.
The redemption values for travel on Virgin Atlantic can be misleading because of the surcharges you'll have to
pay on award tickets.
Not exact matches
Somebody wasn't
paying quite enough attention, however, to Last Vegas, which seems like a lazy exercise to cash in
on the growing base of «maturing»
ticket buyers using a cast of venerable,
award - winning actors plugged into a story template clearly lifted from another successful franchise.
Upgrade
awards from
paid tickets are available
on Singapore Airlines, Silk Air, and Star Alliance.
In practice you don't
pay excise taxes
on award tickets anymore which gets you more value, but the conservative view is your number.
Expect to
pay ~ $ 400 in fuel surcharges and taxes per long - haul segment
on award bookings, but that's still cheaper than
paying for a business or first class
ticket.
Upgrade
awards on Korean Air flights are limited to generally expensive fare classes
on paid tickets, so your
ticket may not be eligible.
As a general rule that
award tickets do not earn frequent flyer miles since they are
paid for with miles, the same way you do not earn hotel points when you redeem points
on an
award stay.
Miles & More requires you to
pay the carrier - imposed surcharges
on award tickets, and they can be pretty steep
on Lufthansa.
With the United MileagePlus program, you earn
award miles based
on the amount of dollars you
pay for your
ticket and your elite status.
Soon, the
award miles you earn
on Delta and United flights will no longer be based
on the miles you fly, but
on how much you
paid for your
ticket.
The confusion began when the new
tickets were booked in «Y» class instead of the original «T.» T is the common code used
on award tickets and Y usually indicates
paid coach fare.
It allows you to get any available seat
on any flight, but you'll
pay a premium
award rate tied to the current cash price of the
ticket.
We love Arrival for these kinds of trips because they can be used to help
pay taxes and fees
on award tickets and rewards you for finding cheap cash bookings at hotels.
You will be required to
pay the carrier - imposed surcharges
on award tickets when booking with Miles & More.
If you manage to avail such
award at 50 % off rate
on the Europe — North America route, you'll need to
pay only 25,000 FlyingBlue miles for one way business class
tickets and 12,500 miles for one way economy class
tickets, making it an excellent deal!
For example,
on a roundtrip economy
award for two passengers between New York City and Heathrow, passengers redeeming a Travel Together
Ticket would
pay $ 999 in order to spend 28,571 Avios instead of 120,000 Skymiles.
When an airline sells out of its saver inventory of
award tickets on any flight, the only option to book with miles is to
pay the higher standard or anytime price — which often can be tens of thousands of miles more.
To get back, I employed a strategy I use increasingly often: I booked my partner
on an
award ticket and myself
on a
paid ticket using a Delta voluntary denied boarding voucher.
As a general rule that
award tickets do not earn frequent flyer miles since they are
paid for with miles, the same way you do not earn hotel points when you redeem points
on an
award stay.
Pay with Miles — You can use extra miles in 5,000 - mile chunks at a value of $ 50 each to pay for part of a cash ticket, award fees, and so
Pay with Miles — You can use extra miles in 5,000 - mile chunks at a value of $ 50 each to
pay for part of a cash ticket, award fees, and so
pay for part of a cash
ticket,
award fees, and so
on.
The most important aspect to understand is that you will also
pay for airport and government taxes
on award tickets.
Q: What are airline taxes and fees, and why do I have to
pay them
on my free
award ticket?
No, you will only earn
award miles and status miles
on paid tickets.
Miles + Cash is a redemption option
on Award Tickets offered to all SkyMiles members where you can
pay for your flight using a combination of miles and dollars.
On November 15, I gave a presentation to the San Francisco Travel Hackers meetup about strategies for accruing frequent flier miles now that most US - based airlines award miles based on the amount of money paid for your ticke
On November 15, I gave a presentation to the San Francisco Travel Hackers meetup about strategies for accruing frequent flier miles now that most US - based airlines
award miles based
on the amount of money paid for your ticke
on the amount of money
paid for your
ticket.
You probably already know that flying
on the actual holiday itself or at least flying a day or two before or after the big crowds can save you money when
paying cash for an airline
ticket, but it also can save you a ton of miles when shopping for airline
award tickets.
What really makes Southwest the top choice in my opinion is the ability to use the Southwest Companion Pass, where you can designate a partner to fly for free with you (
on paid or
award tickets) for up to two years!
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.
When you add together those lost earnings and the fact that you still have to
pay British Airways» appalling taxes & fees
on the companion
award ticket I don't think the Travel Together voucher offers value for most people.
You will still have to
pay the taxes and fees
on the
award ticket.
You will need to purchase your
tickets or
pay for the taxes
on an
award booking with your United card to receive its benefits.
We are mostly focused
on earning miles through credit card signup bonus, occasional
paid travel and then redeem for
award tickets to...
Because the miles are being used to purchase a cash
ticket you don't have to wait for
award availability to open up — as long a there's seat for sale
on the aircraft customers can use miles to
pay (or part
pay) for that seat.
If you assume that $ 2,500 is a fair price for a Lufthansa Business Class roundtrip
ticket then, allowing for the $ 620 in fees you have to
pay on the
award, 105, ooo miles is getting you $ 1,880 of value.
The first thing I'll note is that it's never beneficial to do a throwaway (round trip)
award ticket since you already
pay for each direction separately (note — see Gary's commented below
on one Delta case where it does make sense to do a roud trip
ticket).
Some people have even reported getting Flight Points when they use their Citi ThankYou Premier Rewards card to
pay the taxes and fees
on an
award ticket.
Now, AAdvantage has made a positive change, when traveling
on award ticket on Cathay Pacific to India, you would
pay the same amount of miles as needed for trans - Atlantic routes.
Assignment of Complimentary Premier Upgrades
on award tickets within each Premier level will be prioritized after the lowest
paid fare class.
Miles + Cash is a redemption option
on Award Tickets offered to all SkyMiles Members where you can
pay for your flight using a combination of miles and dollars.
The Pass allows travelers to book complimentary flights for a travel companion of their choice
on both
paid and
award tickets.
Unfortunately, if you're traveling
on an
award ticket, you'll still need to
pay a redeposit fee of $ 100, or the fare difference if you're traveling
on a cash fare.
Taxes, fees and charges must be
paid on the companion
award ticket.
In the second half of 2016,
award miles for travel
on American marketed flights will be calculated based
on what you
pay for your
ticket (base fare plus carrier - imposed fees, excluding any government - imposed taxes and fees) and your elite status; the higher your status, the more you'll earn.
Further, you have one of the best opportunities to earn miles with this card, especially
on non-United Airlines purchase, which can quickly add up to
award flights and
pay for your next airline
ticket.
On the other hand, a business class Travel Together
Ticket redemption between Seattle and London in August (the earliest I was able to find
award space) would cost 150,000 Avios and $ 2,514, while two
paid tickets would cost $ 8,093, giving you roughly 3.7 cents per Avios.
Upgrade
awards from
paid tickets are available
on Singapore Airlines, Silk Air, and Star Alliance.
Aside from a few short - haul economy flights we
paid for out of pocket, the only costs we encountered were taxes and fees
on our
award tickets — all of which cost less than an economy fare would have
on any of the flights.
If you
pay for Business or First Class flights then you can still rack up a lot of miles from flying but those of us flying at the back are seeing a far lower rate of return than ever before — Delta and United (and soon American) base the number of miles they
award travelers
on the cost of the
ticket purchased (less taxes) so the cheaper
ticket you by the fewer miles you'll earn.