↓ MileagePlus Massacre Changes to United MileagePlus awards that were announced in November 2013, came into effect early February, with
partner award flights in premium classes being significantly more expensive.
This deal is less attractive since Etihad revised their award chart for
partner award flights in early 2017.
Not exact matches
With the nearly $ 8 billion
awarded and disbursed to the two primary CCDev
partners, SpaceX ($ 3.144 billion) and Boeing ($ 4.82 billion), NASA had hoped to resume crewed
flights from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) sometime
in 2015.
Saver
Award flights are available on flights operated by both United and their partner airlines, and these are the MileagePlus award types we'll address in this
Award flights are available on
flights operated by both United and their
partner airlines, and these are the MileagePlus
award types we'll address in this
award types we'll address
in this post.
So long as the alternative
flights are operated by the airline whose miles you redeemed, not a
partner, it will be able to open up
award space
in response to a schedule change that affected your reservations.
Just a quick note about booking
awards on these
partner airlines: while Etihad
award flights may be booked online, you must redeem miles for
partner awards over the phone by calling the Guest Services Centre at 877-690-0767 at least 14 days
in advance.
However, the card does offer a compelling value proposition for
award travelers interested
in free
flights thanks to its 35 airline transfer
partners (Virgin America was the most recent addition).
In early 2017, Delta started requiring more miles to book
award flights with
partners than if you booked the same route on a
flight operated by Delta.
Citi AAdvantage Executive card earns AAdvantage miles, which can be redeemed for
award flights operated by American Airlines, its
partners in the oneworld alliance or non-alliance
partners.
Virgin Atlantic agents are not always well - versed
in researching and booking
partners award flights.
However, booking
award flights (especially
in business or first) on United rather than
partners, has a major advantage.
In addition to American Airlines
flights, you can redeem Advantage miles for
award travel on their
partner airlines.
You can use the LifeMiles
award calculator to look up
flights on Avianca, but most people are interested
in the
partner award chart.
Citi AAdvantage Executive card earns AAdvantage miles, which can be redeemed for
award flights operated by American Airlines, its
partners in the oneworld alliance or non-alliance
partners.
Keep an eye on the
partners of your Host program, and learn which search engines show
partner flights, and when you'll need to call
in to book an
award.
You can either find a different
flight, use one of their airline
partners (if using Avios to book an
award), or use the BA «stopover» feature, which allows you to connect to a final destination
in a city
in the UK.
American AAdvantage miles can not be transferred directly to
partners for use, so you'll likely have to find the
flights you are interested
in booking and call American Airlines to book your
award ticket.
Thanks to Korean Air's SkyTeam
partner, you can book an
award flight on Air France
in economy class from Los Angeles (LAX) to Tahiti (PPT) for 60,000 Korean Air SkyPass miles.
You can fly economy on United or one of their
partners for 30,000 miles,
in business class on their metal for 55,500 miles, or
in business class on one of their
partners, like Lufthansa, for 70,000 miles each way (sometimes they will have sales on
partner award flights).
JAL and Alaska Airlines became
partners in 2016, adding another excellent option for
award flights on JAL.
Virgin Atlantic agents are not always well - versed
in researching and booking
partners award flights.
If Hawaiian doesn't operate
flights from your city,
partner awards on Delta cost 45,000 miles round - trip
in coach or 90,000 miles round - trip
in first.
A bright spot
in these changes is the new
award level for international
partner flights of 800 miles or less.
Another long - time favorite of PointsAway, the power of Avios is
in its distance - based
award flights on
partners including American.
Airline
partners are where you will find the most value for your points, particularly on
award flights in international premium cabins.
United is
in the Star Alliance network, which means it has many other airline
partners whose members can use their miles to book
flights operated by United when a saver
award is available.
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.
Often the best
flight,
in terms of schedule, stops, or experience, is offered on a
partner, so you want to make sure you see them.Click your preferred dates on the
award calendar, even if the days are marked
in white, which implies there is no space
in the lowest redemption categories.
Offer does not apply to non-revenue travel (e.g., travel booked with a travel certificate, TrueBlue
award flights, etc.); is not valid
in connection with
partner or codeshare or interline
flights, JetBlue Vacations packages, cruises, or any other product or service; may not be combined with other special offers; is not redeemable for cash; and has no cash value.
Of course, some frequent flyer program members might have simply overlooked available
flights given the complaint regarding poor search tools, number four on the list, and the difficulty (including
flights not showing up
in a search)
in booking
awards on
partner airlines, a peeve that rounded out the top five.
In addition to American Airlines
flights, you can redeem Advantage miles for
award travel on their
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.
The only silver lining
in this whole massacre is that United has not imposed any fuel surcharges on Star Alliance
partner award flights.
They don't let you book First Class
awards with
partners at all, they rarely have low - level
award availability (and I think this might get worse after the recent devaluation), you can only redeem round trip
flights (one - ways are coming
in 2015 though), and
in general their miles are much harder to use than those of other programs.
You should be able to lower the fees by booking
flights on American Airlines, but keep
in mind that the milage requirement will go up since Iberia charges more miles for certain
partners and you can't book one - way
awards on American Airlines with Iberia.
So long as the alternative
flights are operated by the airline whose miles you redeemed, not a
partner, it will be able to open up
award space
in response to a schedule change that affected your reservations.
In addition to relaxing at a posh lounge, you can also use transfer your Membership Rewards points to one of the Membership Rewards travel
partners to get a free
award flight as well!
By
partner awards, I mean
flights on other Star Alliance airlines that you can use your United mile for since they're
in the same alliance.
If you want to
in book an AAdvantage or Dividend Miles
award flight, but can not find availability on these two carriers, look to their oneworld
partner, Air Berlin.
Offer is limited to registered TrueBlue members
in good standing redeeming
Award Flight fares using TrueBlue points for new bookings only; offer not valid in connection with monetary flight fares, purchases on partner airlines or code share or interline flights, JetBlue Getaways vacation packages, previously booked Award Flights or any other product or se
Flight fares using TrueBlue points for new bookings only; offer not valid
in connection with monetary
flight fares, purchases on partner airlines or code share or interline flights, JetBlue Getaways vacation packages, previously booked Award Flights or any other product or se
flight fares, purchases on
partner airlines or code share or interline
flights, JetBlue Getaways vacation packages, previously booked Award Flights or any other product or s
flights, JetBlue Getaways vacation packages, previously booked
Award Flights or any other product or s
Flights or any other product or service.
They sure used an awful lot of language
in an attempt to put a positive spin on these changes, but the bottom line is that we are now dependent on United's
award booking engine, which doesn't pull
in all
partner flights, excludes many routings, and has a difficult time with itineraries of three or more legs.
If you have not flown with a
flight partner in the last 12 months you will be eligible for a bonus
award if you collect Avios through an airline within the Promotional period.
You will need to call
in to book
award flights on
partner airlines.
In order to search for a
flight with a
partner airline using JMB miles, choose «JMB
partner airlines
award ticket reservation» instead of the JAL international
award ticket option.
The good news is that United
partners with dozens of international airlines, and there are plenty of great options when it comes to
award flights almost anywhere
in the world.
In addition we now know that American Airlines will publish details of how miles will be
awarded on
partner marketed
flights by 15 July.
For example, miles can be transferred to ANA Airlines of Japan, and 104,000 ANA miles can be redeemed for a round - trip
award flight in business class between the United States and Africa on any of ANA's Star Alliance
partners such as Lufthansa, Turkish, Ethiopian, or South African Airlines.
Both 20,000 - and 30,000 - mile
awards will appear
in the «lowest» category depending on which one is available, but only
flights offered at 20,000 miles are actually offered to
partners like British Airways.
In another announcement last year, United said it would begin charging many more miles for
award flights on its
partner carriers, such as Lufthansa, Thai, and Singapore.
One thing to keep
in mind is that ANA won't always show you the
partners available for booking, so you sometimes you'll need to search United and Aeroplan for
flights to Bangkok and then call up ANA to locate the
partner award seats.