If you fly from IND, it's about 18K Rapid Rewards
points roundtrip (plus tax), less with Companion pass.
Of course, this also means that the 80,000 mile discounted ticket will set you back just 65,000 SPG
points roundtrip!
Transcon flights on Virgin America in coach are roughly 13,000
points roundtrip, which rounds up to 19,000 Membership Rewards points.
As an example, I booked LGA / FLL for 8040 Southwest
points roundtrip.
For instance, from the Nordic zone to the U.S. is 36,000 points one way, but 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.
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.
There are some Iberia sweet spots like getting from Chicago to Madrid for only 68,000
points roundtrip and around $ 200 in fees.
If you manage to get it at the lowest price, it's less than 15,000
points roundtrip!
Fort Lauderdale to Aruba falls into the shortest flight category, and the standard award costs 20,000
points roundtrip.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Instead of 35,000
points roundtrip, it is only 20,000
points roundtrip in economy class.
Eastern Miles offers good redemption rates on domestic flights in China, starting at 6,000 points one - way, and 12,000
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.
The highlight of this month's Promo Awards is definitely the 50,000
point roundtrip Business Class award between Europe and Dubai.
Not exact matches
If this is a travel rewards card that appeals to you, you can receive 20,000 bonus
points when you apply and are approved for card and spend at least $ 650 in the first three months.that's enough for a free
roundtrip ticket to many destinations.
You currently get 40,000 Southwest Rapid Rewards
points (after you hit the spending threshold of $ 1,000 in the first 3 months) which can get you at least 1
roundtrip flight.
60,000
points are enough for two
roundtrip tickets to anywhere in Canada and the continental U.S. — That's a value of about $ 1,300.
Last year we had enough
points for two
roundtrip tickets to Costa Rica and this year our
points paid for two
roundtrip tickets to Peru!»
Instead, the 100,000
points, when transferred to Singapore's frequent flyer program, get you a
roundtrip coach ticket NYC - Singapore that normally is over $ 1600, or a
roundtrip business class ticket NYC to Frankfurt that retails for over $ 5000.
For example: if you have 30,000 MR
points, you could either book a flight through American Express Travel and get roughly $ 300 in value, OR you can transfer those
points and book a
roundtrip flight from Los Angeles to Hawaii.
You can probably book three or four
roundtrip flights with the 40,000
points.
At this
point, I'd found a way to reduce the cost of
roundtrip airfare from Jacksonville to London for the NFL International Series from $ 1,077 to just $ 197.60, discovered how to stay at a 5 - star hotel that cost $ 700 + per night for free, and allayed my fears about the impact of the credit card sign - ups that would make this possible.
That means flying
roundtrip on this Aer Lingus route for the same number of
points as a one - way in most other programs, whether flying in Economy or Business.
That would work out to 35,400
points for one
roundtrip ticket using the regular redemption method.
A
roundtrip business - class ticket from New York to Paris that is valued at $ 3,500 would cost 245,000
points under Southwest's fixed - value system (if the airline flew to Paris).
With the 20 % discount, this works out to just 19,968
points, a pretty great value for a transcontinental
roundtrip flight.
At 1,200
points per credit, the conversion process described above results in a much better value, requiring only 19,200
points for the same
roundtrip!
I was a little confused by this — when I went to see how many USAIR
points it would cost for a
roundtrip ticket to london from toronto next august it was 125k — whereas on Aeroplan it is 60k?
Despite her sizable
points balance, Lauren wouldn't even have enough
points to cover both
roundtrips.
He would need only 45,000
points to book five
roundtrip flights like the short Santa Rosa to Seattle trip I described at the beginning.
Points redemptions come with a 10 % rebate, and all purchases earn 2 points per $ 1, so this card can easily cover two roundtrip flights at present
Points redemptions come with a 10 % rebate, and all purchases earn 2
points per $ 1, so this card can easily cover two roundtrip flights at present
points per $ 1, so this card can easily cover two
roundtrip flights at present rates.
In fact, if you're Executive Platinum and could get 10,000 redeemable miles for this sample itinerary along with the possibility of an upgrade, that would leave you with an effective cost of 11,000
points and miles for a transcontinental
roundtrip with a potential free upgrade to business / first class.
The same American Airlines itinerary from Orlando to Miami to Grand Cayman listed at $ 438 per person
roundtrip above can be had for 18,000
points each via Avios.
Even if they can't earn enough miles for the whole
roundtrip, Southwest awards are booked each way, so they could very easily book one leg for
points and the other for dollars.
Of course, British Airways is a 1:1 Transfer Partner with Ultimate Rewards, so Matthew could transfer 30,000 of his Ultimate Rewards
points in order to fully cover the cost of this
roundtrip for both passengers.
If booked as a
roundtrip, combined with 1.5 cent per
point uplift through Chase or AmEx, cash prices might be comparable and you wouldn't have to contend with award availability.
How long before the once untouchable 25,000 mile domestic
roundtrip frequent flyer award no longer makes sense because you can buy any $ 300
roundtrip for just 15,000 bank
points?
While it's currently almost impossible to get SCL - IPC tickets with partner miles, seats are often available for 42K KMs
roundtrip, or 23K SPG
points.
For example, a
roundtrip award flight between Ft. Lauderdale and St. Thomas costs 17,400
points and $ 11.20, while the revenue fare for the same flight is $ 300.
BEST for travelers who love Southwest «s no frills approach to travel: The Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Premier Card offers 50,000
points (enough for TWO
roundtrip flights) after spending just $ 2,000 in first three months, plus a 6,000
point bump every year on your cardmember anniversary.
To fly American to Savannah from the Northeast in the winter, you'd pay $ 275 to $ 400 out of pocket
roundtrip, so you're getting 1.8 to 2.6 cents per
point.
Virgin provided the following example in its news release: ``... a flyer booking a
roundtrip ticket from New York to L.A. with Virgin America at a cost of about $ 320, could redeem that flight for 15,399 Elevate
points, equivalent to 30,798 Membership Rewards
points, which is comparable to other airline programs that would require up to 50,000 miles.»
In fact, with just two Chase cards, one could net over 100,000 Ultimate Rewards and have enough
points to fly Korean Air first class to Asia or business class
roundtrip to Europe.
Roundtrip would cost you 69,800
points.
To be fair, I should
point out that most other airline programs offer domestic award
roundtrips for as few as 25,000 miles — but it's getting increasingly difficult to find awards at that level.