It's the same
price as a roundtrip!
American doesn't allow stopovers, but you can simply book two one - way tickets for the same
price as a roundtrip and take advantage of an open jaw.
Therefore, I rarely recommend booking through them — generally it makes sense to transfer to Delta, unless you need a one - way award, which Delta charges the same
price as a roundtrip.
Not exact matches
Awards can be booked
as one - ways for half the
price of a
roundtrip.
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.
The worst way to use Emirates awards is on routes you wouldn't want to use Emirates for in the first place: bad routing mixed with high
prices, such
as North America to Australia for 150,000 miles
roundtrip in economy, or eastern North America to western North America for 155,000 miles
roundtrip in economy.
As an example,
roundtrip non-stop Business Class fares between San Francisco and London for May 2018 (on any airline) are currently
pricing at over $ 3,500....
The Business Class deals aren't that impressive
as, if you double up the costs to get the
price for a
roundtrip, the final cost of the awards isn't too dissimilar to a lot of Business Class cash fares offered by airlines when the sales are on — and with cash fares you often have a greater choice of dates and you earn miles
as well.
* I'm basing my one way
prices off of half the
price of a
roundtrip since American Airlines tends to jack up the
price for a one way ticket in international fares such
as this.
Delta
prices one - way travel the same
as a
roundtrip, so there is no benefit in booking one - way flights through Delta.
Though Virgin America ties their redemptions to the current ticket
price, when you book through Virgin Atlantic, you can get regional flights (e.g., West Coast flights from Seattle to San Francisco or San Diego) for
as low
as 8,000 miles
roundtrip.
When you look at cash
prices to Europe
as two one - ways,
prices are often a lot higher than
as a
roundtrip.
Figure out how you would most likely use the miles earned from that card, so that you can make the reward
as tangible
as possible: e.g. a
roundtrip business class ticket to Asia in June, so you
price it and demonstrate the value
Prices will be in Econ / Biz / First for roundtrip prices (as the award chart above appears to be) and compared to other OneWorld par
Prices will be in Econ / Biz / First for
roundtrip prices (as the award chart above appears to be) and compared to other OneWorld par
prices (
as the award chart above appears to be) and compared to other OneWorld partners.
In the process I noticed that Israel — along with Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya — all
priced the same
as Europe at 50,000 miles for a
roundtrip.
As of there aren't any other airlines that fly the same route, or even book a cash
price roundtrip business and it'll likely just cost a little more.
Unlike United, American and most other frequent flyer award programs, it's not possible to book a one way award using US Airways Dividend miles for half the
price of a
roundtrip — you'd pay the same amount
as the
roundtrip.
Discount is only available on
roundtrip flights, one - way travel is still
priced as a regular, non-discounted Saver Award.
2) If you don't have enough points for the
roundtrip award flight you want, book a one - way flight with miles / points and pay for the return («Unlike years ago, when one - way cash tickets cost
as much or more than a round trip, many destinations now offer one - way cash tickets for half the
price of a round trip,» the company said).
DEAL ALERT: It is currently showing advance purchase economy fares starting
as low
as $ 999
roundtrip, while Premium Economy is
priced from $ 2,999 and Business Class from $ 4,999.
Hawaiian Airlines awards can be booked
as one way or
roundtrip, and has 3 tiers of award
prices (Super Saver, Saver, and Anytime).