Scott reported about the KrisFlyer devaluation last month but in case you forgot (or weren't aware), Singapore Airlines» KrisFlyer program will devalue their Star Alliance
partner award chart on December 7, 2017.
Not exact matches
Maximize credit card rewards miles redemption with
partner airlines —
On most
award charts you will find «sweet spots» where a particular
award is priced very competitively and offers a better value.
Starting March 22, 2016, American Airlines will replace its current
award chart for flights
on American Airlines and its airline
partners.
However, if you can find
award space
on partners like American Airlines, you can get a lot of value from their distance - based
award chart.
Unfortunately, these programs are difficult to use for redemption
on partner airlines, and there are no advantages to using them anyway since their
award charts are quite stingy.
For travel
on partner airlines, consult the
partner award chart for each.
While US Airways miles can be used for
award flights across all its new oneworld
partners, the off - peak
award chart only applies to
awards on US Airways operated flights.
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.
You can use the LifeMiles
award calculator to look up flights
on Avianca, but most people are interested in the
partner award chart.
The distance - based
award chart can be great for short - haul flights and sweet - spot redemptions
on partner airlines.
For ClassicFlight
awards, Air Canada's
award chart is usually better than many of its
partners, including United, but the airline often passes
on fuel surcharges levied by
partners.
If you need to connect
on American Airlines (or another
partner airline) to get to your flight
on Japan Airlines, you will need to use the
partner award chart to determine the number of miles required.
For more information
on rewards with Virgin Atlantic
partner airlines, check out the Virgin Atlantic
partners»
award charts.
If you want to fly
on multiple
partners airlines, or if you want to fly
on a
partner without including travel
on Cathay Pacific, then you must use the oneworld multi-carrier
award chart.
Maximize credit card rewards miles redemption with
partner airlines —
On most
award charts you will find «sweet spots» where a particular
award is priced very competitively and offers a better value.
Delta Air Lines devalued their
partner awards overnight without notice, Virgin Atlantic devalued their
award chart for flights
on Delta, and Etihad cut one of their coolest perks for premium cabin passengers: chauffeur service.
Alaska miles can be redeemed for free tickets both
on Alaska's
award chart as well as a wide variety of
partner award charts.
While Singapore Airlines has one
award chart for all Star Alliance
partners, it has a separate one for flights
on Virgin Atlantic.
For example, United Airlines has very generous
award chart that permits a free stopover
on all international round - trip
awards, but its MileagePlus program will sometimes charge twice as many miles for
partner awards vs. an
award on its own planes.
For
partner awards, Japan Airlines uses a distance - based
award chart that is divided into tiers based
on the number of flight miles.
American did something similar in 2014, and United created an entirely separate
award chart for
partner awards that can cost much more compared to flying
on its own planes.
While
award space
on these six
partner airlines can be found online, keep in mind that they still fall under a different
award chart than flights
on Japan Airlines.
Awards are distance based and have different
award charts depending
on the type of
partner you are flying.
If you have a flight
on a
partner, you will need to refer to ANA's
partner award chart.
The standard Asia Miles
award chart is displayed below, which applies when flying
on Cathay Pacific or up to one
partner:
Promo
awards, offering 25 - 50 percent off the standard
award chart, are available each month for select flights, but most passengers will spend the bulk of their miles
on classic
awards, which can be used
on any
partner airline but not
on first class cabins.
You can visit American's website to find the current
award chart for travel booked
on or before March 21, as well as the new
award charts for travel
on American and travel
on partner airlines when booked
on or after March 22.
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.
The airline's
partner award chart has a few excellent redemptions that beat U.S. programs
on the following routes:
The United
award chart saw some increases, but not as many or as severe as the bloodbath
on the
partner chart.
Under the new program, the best values are
on specific routes, but since there are two different
award charts, they differ depending
on whether you're flying
on Asiana or a
partner airline.
First we will focus
on the
chart for flying
on Asiana metal, and then take a look at their
partner award chart.
This is an interesting converse to United's decision to greatly increase its
partner award charts while imposing modest changes
on its own flights.
With that said, let's take a look at some of the
award chart redemptions for Avianca LifeMiles
on Star Alliance
partners.
There will now be two
award charts — one for travel
on United Airlines and one for travel
on Star Alliance
partners.
JAL, which uses a distance - based
award chart for redemptions
on partner airlines, has the same rate of 40,000 miles for some routes, but it can go up to 55,000 miles or more to certain destinations.
Although United devalued their
award chart while I was «
on the treadmill» racking up points & miles, and business class
awards on partner airlines went from 100k to 140k round - trip I still felt it was a good use of points.
The airline has also created a whole new
chart for redemptions
on partner airlines (it currently uses a single
chart for all
awards, whether
on United itself or otherwise).
Vietnam Airlines has separate
award charts for its own flights and for flights
on partner airlines, including SkyTeam members.
There are two types of
award chart that American Airlines uses; one for travel
on American Airlines aircraft and the other is for travel
on partner airlines.
If planning to travel
on AA Metal check out AA
awards and if traveling
on a mixture of AA planes and their
partners or only their
partner, check out AA's
Partner Award Chart.
In terms of using them for air travel, you use the
award booking
chart for your airline which will let you know how many miles it will take to fly from say the U.S. to Europe or intra-Europe
on a
partner.
Etihad is an American Airlines
partner so you can use Etihad Guest miles for travel
on American and, somewhat strangely, the Etihad
award chart for travel
on American Airlines is more generous than American's own
award chart (click to enlarge):
If you were thinking, like me, that it might still be worth sticking around with United after the recent
award chart changes, think again because now you might very well lose your status in addition to affordable
awards on Star Alliance
partners.
The same is not true for
partner airlines and companion
awards, which operate
on separate, fixed - priced
award charts.
Etihad
partners with American Airlines and, for reasons I'm not too clear
on, the Etihad
award chart for travel
on American Airlines is more generous than American's own (click to enlarge):
The changes to the Economy Class
award chart on partner airlines is where the most variance is to be seen:
The first is the American Air
award chart which is for travel
on AA metal only and the second one is for travel
on their OneWorld and Other
partner airlines.
Southwest Airlines does not have any
award chart redemptions per say so this post will differ from the previous posts
on Ultimate Rewards»
partners.
For example, if you fly from Philadelphia (PHL)
on American Airlines to Chicago (ORD) to catch a Japan Airlines flight to Tokyo Narita (NRT), you will need to look at the
partner award chart to determine how many miles will be required.