ANA recently upped their YQ for flights on their own metal, but it's still possible to get
really cheap awards if you are strategic with what metal you fly.
Not exact matches
Frankly, I think this is a bad deal unless its a
really cheap flight that doesn't have
award space.
Booking an inexpensive
award within North America is cool, but you
really want to book one of those incredibly
cheap 4,500 Avios tickets still available in the rest of the world.
With these
cheaper Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
award tickets it seems like Alaska is
really going hard at becoming the force to be reckoned with on the West Coast where most of these shorter,
cheaper award flights will be redeemed.
Taking a page from United's
Award Chart Devaluation, AAdvantage
awards on American Airlines flights will be
cheaper than the above partner
awards, because let's be honest — who
really wants to fly American Airlines First Class, if they could fly in a Etihad First Class Apartment on the A380, Cathay Pacific First Class or JAL First Class instead?