Note: Awards utilizing two or more
partner airlines cost significantly more miles than what is in the chart above.
One - way redemptions for short flights of 500 kilometers or less on
partner airlines cost only 6,000 LAN kilometers (3,728 miles) for economy.
Thanks to the recent devaluations the aspirational awards on
partner airlines cost considerably more AAdvantage Miles than they did in the past and, even at 1.72 cents / mile, I can't see the value.
Premium cabins on United's
partner airlines cost significantly more at 180,000 miles in business class and 280,000 in first.
Award seats to Asia on
partner airlines cost more than awards for flights on United.
Not exact matches
Actual operational and financial results of SkyWest, SkyWest
Airlines and ExpressJet will likely also vary, and may vary materially, from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected for a number of other reasons, including, in addition to those identified above: the challenges and costs of integrating operations and realizing anticipated synergies and other benefits from the acquisition of ExpressJet; the challenges of competing successfully in a highly competitive and rapidly changing industry; developments associated with fluctuations in the economy and the demand for air travel; the financial stability of SkyWest's major partners and any potential impact of their financial condition on the operations of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines, or ExpressJet; fluctuations in flight schedules, which are determined by the major partners for whom SkyWest's operating airlines conduct flight operations; variations in market and economic conditions; significant aircraft lease and debt commitments; residual aircraft values and related impairment charges; labor relations and costs; the impact of global instability; rapidly fluctuating fuel costs, and potential fuel shortages; the impact of weather - related or other natural disasters on air travel and airline costs; aircraft deliveries; the ability to attract and retain qualified pilots and other unanticipated
Airlines and ExpressJet will likely also vary, and may vary materially, from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected for a number of other reasons, including, in addition to those identified above: the challenges and
costs of integrating operations and realizing anticipated synergies and other benefits from the acquisition of ExpressJet; the challenges of competing successfully in a highly competitive and rapidly changing industry; developments associated with fluctuations in the economy and the demand for air travel; the financial stability of SkyWest's major
partners and any potential impact of their financial condition on the operations of SkyWest, SkyWest
Airlines, or ExpressJet; fluctuations in flight schedules, which are determined by the major partners for whom SkyWest's operating airlines conduct flight operations; variations in market and economic conditions; significant aircraft lease and debt commitments; residual aircraft values and related impairment charges; labor relations and costs; the impact of global instability; rapidly fluctuating fuel costs, and potential fuel shortages; the impact of weather - related or other natural disasters on air travel and airline costs; aircraft deliveries; the ability to attract and retain qualified pilots and other unanticipated
Airlines, or ExpressJet; fluctuations in flight schedules, which are determined by the major
partners for whom SkyWest's operating
airlines conduct flight operations; variations in market and economic conditions; significant aircraft lease and debt commitments; residual aircraft values and related impairment charges; labor relations and costs; the impact of global instability; rapidly fluctuating fuel costs, and potential fuel shortages; the impact of weather - related or other natural disasters on air travel and airline costs; aircraft deliveries; the ability to attract and retain qualified pilots and other unanticipated
airlines conduct flight operations; variations in market and economic conditions; significant aircraft lease and debt commitments; residual aircraft values and related impairment charges; labor relations and
costs; the impact of global instability; rapidly fluctuating fuel
costs, and potential fuel shortages; the impact of weather - related or other natural disasters on air travel and
airline costs; aircraft deliveries; the ability to attract and retain qualified pilots and other unanticipated factors.
Examples of
costs that major
airlines have excluded in calculating their mainline CASM include the
costs of regional
airline operations provided by their
partners or regional operating subsidiaries,
costs of ancillary businesses such as aircraft maintenance and third - party staffing services provided to other
airlines and certain restructuring or nonrecurring items.
If booking a
partner award, double check what the
cost would be from the individual carriers, rather than just taking the quote from the ticket issuing
airline.
Points lose their
cost significantly if you redeem them for other options as well as when you transfer them to
airline partners.
You can transfer them to
airline partners and trade the points in for a flight that would normally
cost a lot more.
Because Southwest only flies domestically as a low -
cost carrier, they
partner with most major
airlines to redeem international flights using points.
Southwest
Airlines is the world's largest low -
cost carrier, but it does not have any
airline partners.
Furthermore, the points can be transferred to various
airline partners and used for first - class upgrades (
cost will vary depending on the flight).
If you're looking at flying with a
partner airline, the deal isn't quite as good at 95,000 miles (the same
cost as flying ANA during high season).
Flights within Africa and the Middle East only
cost 30,000 miles round - trip in economy class when you fly Star Alliance
partners like South African Airways, Ethiopian
Airlines, and Egypt Air.
The mileage
cost to fly one of ANA's
partner airlines to Japan aren't as good redeeming miles for ANA flights, but the award chart does have a few solid
partner redemption options.
Redeeming rewards on this Hawaiian
Airlines partner will be based on regions rather than distance flown or ticket
costs.
Since I can redeem United miles on their
partner airlines, in this case Lufthansa, at the same mileage
cost as on United metal, using the current award chart I'll pay 100,000 United miles and $ 97 in taxes and fees.
If you were to book this same itinerary by transferring the points to Chase
partner United
Airlines, it would
cost 60,000 points.
Amex points transferred to one of the program's
partners can generate a higher value per point, depending on the
airline, route, date and booking class, which also affects the
cost of revenue flights.
No zones — no difference in
cost between flying on BA, AA, AS, or any other alliance member or
partner airline.
Before finalizing you booking, make sure to check how many miles it would
cost to book the same fare with a
partner airline by transferring points to make sure you're getting the best value per point.
I compiled the following chart using the actual mileage and dollar award
costs for several cities served by British Airways, American
Airlines, Delta, United, and their
partners.
Date changes for Singapore
Airlines awards will
cost $ 25 and any changes to
partner airline awards, at any time, will double in price to $ 50.
These
airlines are in the OneWorld Alliance and British Airways uses a distance - based chart to determine how many Avios points it
costs to fly on British Airways or their
partners.
Do note that Flying Blue's best award redemptions tend to be in economy class vs business and offer low rates to places like Hawaii, Central and South America, and even Europe at
costs less than many of their
partner airlines included Alaska or Delta.
Because Southwest only flies domestically as a low -
cost carrier, they
partner with most major
airlines to redeem international flights using points.
Yes, it is possible to pay 18,000 miles to cover the
cost of taxes and fees on award flights within Europe operated by Lufthansa and Miles & More
airline partners.
If you are flying a Star Alliance
partner, business class flights to Europe would
cost 130,000 Singapore
Airlines miles — 30,000 more!
Flights within Africa and the Middle East only
cost 30,000 miles round - trip in economy class when you fly Star Alliance
partners like South African Airways, Ethiopian
Airlines, and Egypt Air.
Some
partner airlines require fuel charges in addition to the Qantas award
cost, and they can be quite significant.
A one - way business class flight will
cost you 72,500 when you fly with a Star Alliance
partner airline.
Southwest
Airlines is the world's largest low -
cost carrier, but it does not have any
airline partners.
The mileage
cost to fly one of ANA's
partner airlines to Japan aren't as good redeeming miles for ANA flights, but the award chart does have a few solid
partner redemption options.
With this one program and its six
airline partners, you'll get access to all three of the major alliances, a low -
cost carrier and a variety of non-alliance
airlines.
Almost all
airlines from the
partner list have
partners that can take you there, but the best
airline programs in terms of the
costs, availability and convenience are:
One - way flights
cost more than 50 percent of round - trip tickets, and are not available on most
partner airlines
While economy class awards aren't changing much, there will be some significant increases in the
cost of business and first class awards on American
Airlines»
partners — flights on American
Airlines have their own award chart.
Sometimes buying an award flight through a
partner can
cost a lot less than getting it directly through the
airline's frequent flyer program.
As domestic carriers like United
Airlines and American
Airlines raise the
cost of their award flights — particularly when
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United explains: «We're increasing miles required in these markets for the first time in several years to account for the increased
cost of providing transportation, particularly in the premium cabin and particularly on the MileagePlus
partner carriers... We faced a decision other
airlines have faced — to either increase the number of miles required for
partner awards or to eliminate them altogether.»
For example, you can fly from Madrid to Barcelona on Iberia
Airlines, a OneWorld
partner, for 4,500 Avios, but, the same trip would
cost 13,000 Avios if flying British Airways.
Other
airlines, like British Airways, also offer flights to Australia through their own fleet or
partner airlines, but they
cost a minimum of 50,000 miles and come with taxes and surcharges in the triple digits.
SPG has a plethora of
airline transfer
partners and low
cost award redemptions at their properties.
Cathay Pacific has been talking about releasing less award space to
partners, but that's not an issue specific to Alaska
Airlines — and there's no indication that
cost is the issue, just exclusivity.
Alaska
Airlines increased the
cost for business and first class awards on flights with their
partner, Emirates.
By continuing to increase our passenger traffic, we can attract more air service, bringing lower airfare
costs, as a result of
airline partners having more success and increased competition.
Non-domestic one - way awards
cost 60 percent of the miles of round - trip tickets on China
Airlines and aren't allowed on
partners
If you were to fly roundtrip Business Class on a
partner airline that would
cost 140,000 miles or $ 3,766 in this promotion.
Increased the
cost of premium awards on
partner airlines by significant margins (some awards increased in price by over 50 %) making them a lot less attractive than in the past.