Not exact matches
Alaska Airlines offers a vast range of
partner airlines as well as a very reasonable
awards redemption chart, making this airline and its co-branded credit card a great investment.
JAL uses a distance - based
award chart and is not only part of Oneworld; it also
partners with Emirates (and hasn't devalued first - class
redemptions like Alaska, another SPG transfer
partner).
Usually, the best
redemption options for AAdvantage miles are
award flights and seat upgrades on American and its OneWorld
partners.
Is there another way to check
award seats availability on One World
partner airlines for
redemption through AA?
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.
If you transfer your points to
partners with valuable
award charts, it is not very difficult to achieve
redemption values of at least 2 cents / point (often 3 - 4) which widens the value disparity even more.
You'll get the best
redemption value for the miles earned with your United MileagePlus Club card for
award tickets on United Airlines and its airline
partners.
Logically, we're drawn to think of using British Airways points from Britain, but these short distance
award rules also apply to
partner flights and are great
redemption for other parts of the world.
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.
Aside from the fact that this is a great airline with an excellent
award redemption chart and exceptional service in all cabins, ANA is also a Star Alliance member and transfer
partner with the Amex Membership Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest programs.
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.
The distance - based
award chart can be great for short - haul flights and sweet - spot
redemptions on
partner airlines.
Another great
redemption option is for first class saver
awards on
partner airlines.
Delta's many
redemption partners also include popular hotels, car rental agencies, and online retailers, but it's rarely a good idea to use points for anything except
award flights with Delta or one of its SkyTeam.
You will use these
partners for your
award redemptions, so sign up with the loyalty program (s) of choice.
The following table shows the
redemption awards for many of the IHG airline
partners.
You'll get the best
redemption value for the miles earned with your United MileagePlus Club card for
award tickets on United Airlines and its airline
partners.
Most folks believe Membership Rewards points are more valuable than that since you can transfer them to a number of airline
partners for premium
award redemptions.
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.
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
The newest transfer
partner is a SkyTeam
partner similar to Korean Air, but Flying Blue
awards are much easier to process online as most
award redemptions, including
partner airlines, can be completed online.
Some airline
partners impose a surcharge on
Award redemptions for travel on their airline.
They are currently not in an alliance and only
partner with a handful of airlines, which makes these
award redemptions a little tougher to snag.
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.
Award Travel
redemption on Thai AirAsia is not combinable with Delta, SkyTeam ® Global Alliance
Partners, or other Airline Partner itineraries.
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.
It's great to see Alaska add another international
partner, which will certainly give the program more value for travel to Europe and Asia, but we'll have to see what
award redemption options they'll have on Finnair later this year.
Since Frontier does not share mile earning or
redemption with any
partner airlines, its
award chart is very straight - forward.
The airline's
partner award chart has a few excellent
redemptions that beat U.S. programs on the following routes:
Those miles can be used for
award redemptions on that airline as well as any
partner airlines.
We are seeing a double digit increase in
award redemptions since January and other customer - positive
award redemption trends in terms of the average number of miles redeemed,
partner awards, and one - way
award usage.
With that said, let's take a look at some of the
award chart
redemptions for Avianca LifeMiles on Star Alliance
partners.
There are basically three different ways to book
award flights domestically: 1) revenue - based
awards with Southwest, JetBlue, or Virgin America; 2) distance - based flights with British Airways Avios; or 3) traditional region - based
award redemptions with domestic airlines, such as United, American, Delta, and Alaskan (or any other alliance
partners).
It's not very well known to a lot of travelers but it offers some of the best
redemptions to South America on Star Alliance
partners and you can book those
awards with no fuel surcharges.
With a bit of searching and knowledge of
partner award charts, it is common to achieve
redemption values of 3 - 4 cents per point.
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.
SPG has a plethora of airline transfer
partners and low cost
award redemptions at their properties.
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).
The
redemption rates on
partner awards is what makes Alaska is so special in my opinion.
However, using Alaska miles to book a
partner award is only 100K miles round trip, resulting in a
redemption value of 5.5 cents per point.
American have continued their assault on
award redemptions to Hawaii by implementing a 40 % increase in the number of miles needed for a Business Class ticket but, in the case of
partner awards, this doesn't make much difference as most people would be flying to Hawaii on American Airlines and not a
partner airline anyway.
That's because different programs have different
redemption rates and
award available on their own flights and on
partner airlines.
The LifeMiles
award chart offers some fair Star Alliance
partner redemptions, competitive with what United MileagePlus offers.
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.
The combination of aggressive economy
award requirements with low taxes and faxes make this program a great way to book Air France KLM metal and their
partner redemptions.
Southwest Airlines does not have any
award chart
redemptions per say so this post will differ from the previous posts on Ultimate Rewards»
partners.
Another 30,000 miles (25,000 transferred Starpoints) would get you a one - way flight from Europe in Lufthansa first class, with increased access to
award seats compared to
redemptions of
partner award miles.
Furthermore, transferring to a travel
partner allows you to utilize the points through their
award flight
redemptions.
Here's the United Airlines
Award Chart for
redemptions in Star Alliance
Partners (click to enlarge):