Award flight tip *: Dynamic
pricing for award flights on select routes means premium seats can cost twice as much.
These sale
prices for award flights beat out most other competitors.
Though they are not as regular an occurrence as Flying Blues promo awards, SAS also releases periodic point bargains that always entitle you to 50 percent off the usual
price for an award flight.
Not exact matches
They have an easy - to - read
award chart, so you will always know the saver
award price for the
flights you are trying to book.
It tells you how many cents you get
for each mile you redeem by dividing the cash
price of the airline ticket (minus taxes and fees charged
for an
award ticket) by the number of miles the
award flight costs.
Alaska charges
for awards based on a menu of
prices, and has three levels of
prices for its own
flights, which dilutes value during popular times.
Get a round - trip coach
award flight to Europe and beyond
for the same
price as a domestic
award flight!
The Rapid Rewards program is revenue based, so
award prices are tied to current revenue
prices for flights.
The Companion
Award eVoucher entitles the Eligible Member to purchase a Companion Ticket at the time of booking a Reward
flight, without having to pay
for the
price of the companion's
flight.
For instance, if you took an
award flight to Hawaii in July, 2017, use Expedia or your favorite travel booking site to look up the
price of
flights in that same class of service in July, 2018.
The Etihad Guest
award chart
for Brussels Airlines shows
pricing for one - way
flights.
Because British Airways calculates the
price of an
award based on individual
flight segments, this means you can actually make a stopover
for as long as you want and the ticket will cost the same.
It tells you how many cents you get
for each mile or point you redeem by dividing the cash
price of the airline ticket by the number of miles or points the
award flight costs.
Since Delta doesn't publish an official
award chart anymore, it can be tough to determine the lowest
price available
for a given
flight you want to book.
However, these
award prices are largely in line with what United and Delta charge
for award flights.
The
award pricing can get quite complex depending on how many different partners you are flying with, but
for our purposes we'll just look at
flights operated by British Airways.
Effective September 1, Virgin Atlantic is improving some of the redemption rates
for Delta
flights, and all Virgin Atlantic
awards have variable
pricing between standard and peak travel dates.
Yes, British Airways raised the
award prices for premium cabin
flights, but there's still one
award flight to Europe that can make sense.
It tells you how many cents you're getting
for each mile or point you redeem by dividing the cash
price of the airline ticket by the number of miles or points the
award flight costs.
That means you can spend a few days in 3 European cities
for an
award price that would typically only get you a simple round - trip
flight.
Removing these high
priced, YQ heavy
flights also removes a large number of low level
awards — which further hurts your ability to find seats to book with your AA miles.This is why a good amount of diversity in your mileage programs is important, as is knowing your demand
for miles.
While you can simply search
for award flights and see the resulting
prices for available
flights, you may want to scan the partner
award charts and search specifically
for the carriers that offer the cheapest
flights to your destination.
When I woke up on August 18th and saw Delta's new
award pricing was loaded
for all
flights after June 1, 2014, I had to call my friend.
The round - trip view is preferable if you want to see the different
prices for multiple
award types, including the potentially cheaper ANA
awards, and which
flights are eligible
for each type.
Because ANA
award pricing is based on total miles flown
for a trip, the
flight routings will always matter.
I've also written about a nice opportunity to get free stopovers on domestic
flights, making the Alaska Airlines
award chart particularly valuable: How to Book
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Bottom Line: To find the best value, you should search
for awards flights and choose a desired one, then find an equivalent full -
priced fare and solve the above equation to determine the value of the points you are spending.
The Etihad Guest
award chart
for Brussels Airlines shows
pricing for one - way
flights.
A great
price point on the Singapore Airlines
award chart is
for business and first class
flights within the U.S..
For Emirates
award flights, you should reference the first
award chart; since the one - way distance is less than 7,000 flown miles, Zone 7
pricing applies.
Passengers can book one - way
award flights for half the
price of a round - trip
award, meaning it's possible to combine a few one - way
awards for a tour of Australia.
Because British Airways calculates the
price of an
award based on individual
flight segments, this means you can actually make a stopover
for as long as you want and the ticket will cost the same.
While there are some ways around these fees, including using Aer Lingus to cross the Atlantic, you'll generally get the best bang
for your Avios using British Airways
for short
flights that would otherwise be
priced three times as much on carriers with region - based
award charts.
When you search
for an eligible
award flight, the fare that you see will be full
price, but you will be refunded 15 % of the points used.
The pros are that you can get decent value
for your points even when redeeming them
for relatively cheap
flights since the
award price will also be relatively low.
In addition, there are now lower
prices for most short - haul intra-region Economy
awards for regions outside of the U.S., such as
flights within Europe.
Pricing for Everyday
Awards varies from
flight to
flight, but will not be higher than what is published on the Everyday
Award chart.
We lowered
prices on most short - haul intra-region Economy Saver
Awards for regions outside of the U.S., such as
flights within Europe.
On a United
award ticket, you can visit two cities in Europe or two cities on different continents
for the
price of a round - trip
flight.
You can get decent value
for your points even when redeeming them
for relatively cheap
flights, since the
award price will also be relatively low.
This can be a great way to secure discounted partner
flights, top off your current
award balance with a partner loyalty program or book
award travel
for a lower
price than the Chase travel portal offers.
And if cash
prices are low, you may spend fewer points than you would
for the same
flight or hotel room if you transferred your Ultimate Rewards points to book an
award!
* NOTE: All
award flights are subject to availability and,
for most carriers, are
priced by regional zones.
This comes due to high market demand
for those higher -
priced flights, higher
award redemption demand and more competitive
pricing on those tickets, Rubin said.
I think what seals the deal to go
for best
flight /
price is that most of our leisure travel this year will be
award flights.
United also increased
award prices for Star Alliance partner
flights, though the devaluation was not as widespread here.
JetBlue changed its
award program in 2009 to tie the number of points required
for a
flight to the current cash
price of the
flight.
Fares
for flights to Frankfurt were coming in at
prices I wasn't prepared to pay (over $ 175) and, to make things worse, there was no
award availability either.
Partner economy
awards were unchanged, including the super valuable short haul
prices of 4,500 to 10,000 Avios
for flights up to 2,000 miles.
For return and one - way tickets (outward
flight only), get 50 % off the miles
price of an adult
Award Ticket.