Air India doesn't
publish award charts for its own flights, which can make determining redemption levels a little confusing, particularly for international routes.
There's
no published award chart for Delta miles, and we value them at about 1.5 cents each.
Emirates does not
publish an award chart for its flights.
We've also
published an award chart for Everyday Awards so that you'll know the highest number of miles needed for each award.
They publish an award chart for partner airlines, but only offer a mileage calculator for their own flights.
Now Singapore's KrisFlyer loyalty program has
published its award chart for redeeming miles on Alaska flights, and there is some good redemption options.
The Executive Club program does
publish an award chart for these redemptions, and it's also distance - based.
Not exact matches
Delta's SkyMiles program is often derided
for the unannounced devaluations that tend to happen quite regularly, but there is still some value to be found in their
award chart — which they don't
publish.
Although Delta doesn't
publish its
award chart, it's easy to figure out what the lowest (saver) price
for a particular route is, and, especially if you plan your travel a few months in advance, Delta can be generous when it comes to releasing space in the economy cabin.
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.
They are notorious
for devaluing their
award chart — which they don't
publish publicly.
Most airlines
publish award charts, but JetBlue bases the amount of points needed
for redemption on the fare and other factors.
You'll get the best value
for you Delta SkyMiles by using them
for award flights.Unfortunately Delta no longer
publishes an
award chart, which can make it difficult to find the best redemptions.
Emirates does not
publish an
award chart, so it can be a bit of a pain to figure out how many miles you need
for any given trip.
Pricing
for Everyday
Awards varies from flight to flight, but will not be higher than what is
published on the Everyday
Award chart.
The reasons are numerous but they boil down to four main points: 1) no
published award chart, 2) horribly expensive / inconsistent dynamic pricing
for awards, 3) constant devaluations (with no notice), and 4) uninformed phone agents.
Delta doesn't even
publish an
award chart anymore, and their variable pricing scheme allows prices
for this route to go up to hundreds of thousands of miles.
From these answers, I note that they are confirming a reduction in transparency, have eliminated the benefit of enhanced availability
for Medallion members (so much
for «better serve our best customers»), and claim that the 2015
award charts they
published recently are still in effect even though no longer
published.
Although Delta Air Lines does not
publish an
award chart, round trip
award prices ranged from 45,500 to 70,000 miles from the US to Mexico when priced
for April travel.
There are no full
award charts published, but you can use the miles calculator to approximate how many miles you'll need
for a trip.
Delta doesn't
publish award charts so you will want to look
for «LOWEST FARE» availability similar to what's shown below.
The major issue with the SkyMiles program is that Delta no longer
publishes award charts, so you never know
for certain how much an
award should cost.
Delta no longer
publishes an
award chart, so we can not put a precise definition on what qualifies as short haul or what the price
for those
awards should be.
The
award chart isn't
published, making it easier
for Delta to change the cost of an
award at any time without notice.
Many of their redemptions are very high, they don't
publish an
award chart, and their dynamic pricing makes searching
for flights a huge headache sometimes.
Delta does not
publish an
award chart so searching
for mileage requirements can be a huge PIA, especially
for newcomers still trying to get a grasp on
award charts.
Delta refuses to
publish an
award chart, devalues overnight without announcement and often requires an absurd amount of miles
for award tickets.
Since Delta employs dynamic pricing
for its
award tickets instead of actually
publishing an
award chart, the cost of
award tickets can vary greatly.
Apparently, devaluing stopovers wasn't enough, and United has now decided that if you wish to actually pay the prices they
publish on their
award chart, you can only select from the flight options they display
for you — no longer are you able to piece together your own itinerary using multi-city search without paying extra.
It
publishes different
award charts for each partner, which is almost like saying they have 14 loyalty programs instead of one.
For an absurd example, Delta
publishes the countries in each region even after removing the actual
award charts.
But there are other kinds of shocks: you could lose access to a merchant that previously allowed you to manufacture spend; you could suddenly learn of an unanticipated trip you have to take; Delta could stop
publishing award charts and your miles could suddenly be worthless
for the trips you planned to take.
If I can venture into the realm of speculation, here's what strikes me as the most obvious explanation
for the decision to remove
published award charts from their website: Delta's new
award charts were too complicated, they were producing unfamiliar results, and Delta's phone lines were being swamped.
Flying Blue does not
publish a full
award chart for most destinations; instead it has a single
chart for flights to and from Europe, and an
award calculator
for awards that do not originate or terminate in Europe.
When UA Mileageplus
published its new
award charts, there were a few routes that decreased in price (I believe their reasoning was not many members redeemed miles
for those routes.)
Most airlines
publish an
awards chart detailing the maximum number of points or miles you'll need
for a given flight.
The Delta SkyMiles program is known
for being stingy, tricky to maximize and hard to understand since the airline doesn't
publish award charts and uses variable, revenue - based pricing.
Apparently the folks at Delta realized they'd missed an opportunity by devaluing their
award chart as of June, so they've now
published an interim
award chart for travel using Delta SkyMiles between February 1 and May 31.
From my own research and the one
published award chart, Hawaii, Central America and parts of the Caribbean are all in the same zone
for Flying Blue.