Remember that you can not mix
partners on award tickets.
To get back, I employed a strategy I use increasingly often: I booked
my partner on an award ticket and myself on a paid ticket using a Delta voluntary denied boarding voucher.
The thing preventing Alaska miles from being more valuable is that they don't let you mix
partners on an award ticket.
Not exact matches
ANA Mileage Club does pass
on carrier - imposed surcharges when booking
award tickets with many
partners, but not
on flights with United Airlines, so you won't have to worry about that when flying to London.
Get there: Fly Star Alliance carrier TAP Portugal direct to Porto (OPO) or connecting in Lisbon (LIS)
on a
partner award ticket booked through United Mileage Plus.
Use United miles earned from a United Mileage Plus credit card or transferred to United from Chase Ultimate Rewards to fly
on a
partner award ticket on Turkish Airways via Istanbul, or South African Airways vis Johannesburg.
They can, however, be used to redeem
tickets on award flights with
partner airlines.
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.
However, if you are looking to book an
award ticket on a
partner plane, you will need to call their reservation line at 1-800-874-8875.
Earn 2
award miles per $ 1 spent
on ticket purchases directly from Miles & More integrated airline
partners and 1
award mile per $ 1
on all other purchases.
The most important of those advantages is that US airlines don't typically charge fuel surcharges
on award tickets booked
on their own flights, and often don't pass along their
partners» fuel surcharges.
They can, however, be used to redeem
tickets on award flights with
partner airlines, or be redeemed for car rentals, hotel stays, and more.
As a result, if you are able to redeem
award tickets on partner airlines, you will save the fuel surcharge.
You can search for
award tickets on Delta.com and can easily redeem SkyMiles
on flights with Delta Air Lines and
partner carriers when using their search engine.
While an
award ticket to Asia
on a United
partner airline can be expensive, there are three main reasons that make it worthwhile.
Often overlooked, All Nippon Airways (ANA) Mileage Club is a great way to book Star Alliance
partner award tickets... and booking business class
awards on EVA Air is no exception.
Most of the
partner award tickets can be booked
on United.com.
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.
If you don't want to splurge
on a more expensive
award ticket to fly a
partner airline across the Pacific Ocean, you can still get a taste by booking an intra-Asia
award.
My
partner and I were able to book two low - level
award tickets leaving Thursday evening
on a non-stop and returning Sunday morning with a connection in Detroit.
Non-alliance
partner awards can not be found
on the Asia Miles website, so you'll need to look up
award space elsewhere (such as the operating airline's website) and then call Asia Miles to book the
ticket.
As long as there's qualifying activity
on your Mileage Plan account — including flying
on Alaska, Virgin or their airline
partners, redeeming miles for
award tickets, eating at Mileage Plan Dining restaurants, buying items via Mileage Plan Shopping portal and credit card spending — your miles won't expire.
$ 12.50
partner award ticket fee — Alaska charges $ 12.50 per person each way for
award travel
on partner airlines.
Alaska miles can be redeemed for free
tickets both
on Alaska's
award chart as well as a wide variety of
partner award charts.
Miles can be spent
on the
award ticket, upgrade or exchange for the numerous
awards of the program
partners.
The airline that
ticketed the
award still needs to communicate with the airlines that operate each flight, so if you booked a
partner award you may want to wait a couple days and then call the other airline to confirm it has your reservation
on file.
You can fly
on Star Alliance
partner Austrian by booking with a frequent - flyer program such as United MileagePlus from 60,000 miles per round trip or even by booking via Avianca LifeMiles, also for 60,000 miles per round trip, though without the $ 75 close - in
award ticketing fee that United charges within 21 days of travel.
For 46,000 Avios, you can book a one - way business class
award ticket on Iberia's
partner Royal Air Maroc.
Remember, Alaska Airlines»
award tickets allow stopovers
on one - way
tickets, but you can only fly one
partner per itinerary.
Additional Terms & Conditions
Award Tickets on partner airlines may require higher rates or a Saturday night stay.
There will be revisions to the fees for changes or cancellations to your
award ticket or flight upgrades
on Singapore Airlines, SilkAir and our
partner airlines.
As far as booking an
award ticket on a
partner flight goes, let's clear something up: If you want to use Flying Blue Miles to fly to Hawaii
on Delta Airlines, you would transfer your UR points to the Flying Blue program, NOT Delta's, and then call Air France or use their website to book the
partner flight
on Delta.
I don't think the card offers very promising benefits, so I'll use it mostly for buying
award tickets with US Airways miles
on Star Alliance
partners.
What really makes Southwest the top choice in my opinion is the ability to use the Southwest Companion Pass, where you can designate a
partner to fly for free with you (
on paid or
award tickets) for up to two years!
The best process for booking
award tickets via Asiana depends
on if you want to fly
on Asiana metal or if you want to book a
partner award.
Round - trip economy
award tickets to Europe
on United (or their Star Alliance
partners) will cost you 60,000 United miles.
Air Macau's Privileges members can collect
partner mileage
on all scheduled flights operated by Air China and request
award tickets on the scheduled flights operated by Air China and carrying the code «CA».
While one - way
awards on Alitalia are annoyingly priced at 60 percent of a round - trip
ticket, they simply aren't available
on partners.
Although I don't fly United very often (mostly because when I do I deal with nasty / clueless employees or my travel reservations simply aren't honored), I rank their frequent flyer miles as the most valuable mileage currency out there thanks to low fees
on award tickets, the ability to book one - way
awards and great airline
partners in Star Alliance.
MileagePlus
award miles and Premier qualifying credits may not be earned
on certain United and MileagePlus
partner airline
tickets.
Award Tickets for flights with TAP, Star Alliance and Victoria partners are subject to a service charge on the issue of tickets online or at the Victoria Client Service Centre or TAP o
Tickets for flights with TAP, Star Alliance and Victoria
partners are subject to a service charge
on the issue of
tickets online or at the Victoria Client Service Centre or TAP o
tickets online or at the Victoria Client Service Centre or TAP outlets.
American Airlines» AAdvantage program can help you book
award tickets on their own flights, as well as several of their Oneworld
partners.
They can, however, be used to redeem
tickets on award flights with
partner airlines.
On the whole, Economy Class awards on partner airlines have always been even worse value than Economy Class awards on American's own aircraft — mostly due to the surcharges that partners like British Airways add to award ticket
On the whole, Economy Class
awards on partner airlines have always been even worse value than Economy Class awards on American's own aircraft — mostly due to the surcharges that partners like British Airways add to award ticket
on partner airlines have always been even worse value than Economy Class
awards on American's own aircraft — mostly due to the surcharges that partners like British Airways add to award ticket
on American's own aircraft — mostly due to the surcharges that
partners like British Airways add to
award tickets.
And having access to
partner airlines offers the option to avoid expensive surcharges
on award tickets.
Non-domestic one - way
awards cost 60 percent of the miles of round - trip
tickets on China Airlines and aren't allowed
on partners
Korean Air allows holds
on all
award tickets booked through SKYPASS, but their policies differ if you will be booking travel
on Korean Air or
on one of their
partner airlines.
Under the new system for
award miles, flights
on partner carriers not issued
on 016
ticket stock — meaning they don't earn PQDs — will earn
award miles based
on distance flown and fare class as under the current system.
Tickets issued by United but operated on Star Alliance or MileagePlus partners will earn mileage via the new system, but tickets issued by those airlines directly will earn award miles based on distance flown and the purchased fare
Tickets issued by United but operated
on Star Alliance or MileagePlus
partners will earn mileage via the new system, but
tickets issued by those airlines directly will earn award miles based on distance flown and the purchased fare
tickets issued by those airlines directly will earn
award miles based
on distance flown and the purchased fare class.
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.