The highlight of this month's Promo Awards is definitely the 50,000
point roundtrip Business Class award between Europe and Dubai.
American Airlines also offers some of the best awards to South America, allowing you to reach Argentina and Chile — typically the higher - priced «Southern South America» zone — for just 40,000
points roundtrip off - peak.
Other sweet spots include 112,500 AmEx MR points for a rountrip flight from the US to North Asia, and 100,000 AmEx
MR points roundtrip from the US to Europe.
Plus it was 140,000
points roundtrip even if I could book it, which would mean a redemption of only slightly more than 1 cent per point.
Of course, this also means that the 80,000 mile discounted ticket will set you back just 65,000
SPG points roundtrip!
However, I eventually found my way to American's award chart, where I noticed something exciting: «Off - Peak» travel from the US to Europe could cost as little as 40,000
points roundtrip.
Eastern Miles offers good redemption rates on domestic flights in China, starting at 6,000 points one - way, and 12,000
points roundtrip.
Instead of 35,000
points roundtrip, it is only 20,000 points roundtrip in economy class.
From Los Angeles, you can fly to Bellingham, Washington, which is about an hour and half away from either Vancouver or Seattle, for as little as $ 200 or 20,000
points roundtrip.
Basically, instead of using them for international flights on British Airways, you can redeem them for domestic American Airlines flights for as little as 9,000
points roundtrip!
Peak awards are 30,000 points, but if you have the Free Spirit Mastercard you could potentially score an off - peak flight for only 5,000
points roundtrip.
Fort Lauderdale to Aruba falls into the shortest flight category, and the standard award costs 20,000
points roundtrip.
If you manage to get it at the lowest price, it's less than 15,000
points roundtrip!
There are some Iberia sweet spots like getting from Chicago to Madrid for only 68,000
points roundtrip and around $ 200 in fees.
Tickets cost only 60,000
points roundtrip.
On the other hand, a Singapore Air flight between Los Angeles and Tokyo costs 40,000
points roundtrip, and the airline doesn't add any fuel surcharges.
For instance, from the Nordic zone to the U.S. is 36,000 points one way, but 60,000
points roundtrip.
You can also fly from Phoenix to Hawaii for just 25,000
points roundtrip.
Award options include free domestic flights for as little as 2,000
points roundtrip and flights to Europe for as little as 7,200 points.
Transcon flights on Virgin America in coach are roughly 13,000
points roundtrip, which rounds up to 19,000 Membership Rewards points.