Korean Air has reasonable redemption rates, which are downright cheap compared to United's new
partner award redemption rates, for example.
Not exact matches
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.
For example, Delta recently changed its
partner redemption rates so that a one - way business class
award to Europe on Virgin Atlantic, Air France,... read more
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.
The
redemption rates on
partner awards is what makes Alaska is so special in my opinion.
That's because different programs have different
redemption rates and
award available on their own flights and on
partner airlines.
For example, Delta recently changed its
partner redemption rates so that a one - way business class
award to Europe on Virgin Atlantic, Air France, KLM, or Alitalia costs 85,000 SkyMiles.
If you're not familiar with Alaska'a
award program, Mileage Plan, it's one of the best
award programs due to solid
redemption rates, flexible routing rules, and a number of quality
partners that span across alliances.
For
award flights on
partners this dynamic pricing wasn't a huge headache since
partner awards are subject to the lowest tier of the dynamic pricing, so all you had to know is what the lowest
redemption rate is for a route and that would tell you the mileage requirement for a
partner award.
As shown on their Star Alliance
partner award chart, flights from North America to Europe can be booked as low as 55,000 miles, but
partner airlines are not given the 15 % discount and the
redemption rates are higher, so the deal is not to sweet (though still decent).
GarudaMiles is a distance - based program with a separate
award chart for every
partner, but they all have similar
redemption rates.
Most
partner flights are bookable online at the saver (lowest)
award redemption rate.
Meanwhile below is a comparison of AAdvantage first class
partner redemption rates under the old and new program, along with a side - by - side comparison of United
partner first class
redemption rates (Delta doesn't allow
award redemptions for international first class).
If it's any consolation, Delta doesn't allow
redemptions for international first class, while American's
partner award rates are still slightly more lucrative than United's
partner award rates.
Unlike some of Alaska Airlines» other
partner redemption rates, the Japan Airlines one - way
awards price at exactly half of round - trip prices.