Sentences with phrase «redeem awards less»

Not exact matches

If you often redeem United miles for award flights less than 21 days prior to departure, holding this card automatically waives the $ 75 close - in booking fee.

These flights will generally be an hour or less, so unless your miles are burning a hole in your pocket it might be better to redeem an economy ticket and save the extra miles for another (more exciting) award redemption.

You'll also have access to discounted round - trip or one - way travel (up to 7,500 miles less) when redeeming miles for MileSAAver award tickets on certain routes.

To redeem this award, use the first chart and find flights with one - way flight distances less than 4,800 miles (falling into Zone 5).

To redeem this flight award, you must use the third award chart and calculate a one - way flight distance less than 4,800 miles to be within Zone 5.

If you redeem them for any other type of award travel through Amex Travel, they might only be worth 0.7 cents each or less.

You earn 2x points on every travel and dining purchase (1 point for everything else) and your points can be redeemed for award travel on the Chase travel portal for 1.25 cents each (10,000 points = $ 125) where most other credit cards only value a point at one cent or less (10,000 poins = $ 100).

Plus, you'll be able to redeem MileSAAver ® awards for as low as 7,500 miles one - way (plus any applicable taxes and carrier - imposed fees) for flights 500 miles or less.

Even if you were to redeem for a mid to upper - level Starwood hotel (of which there are quite a few good ones), an award redemption would cost 12,000 — 20,000 Starpoints which would work out at $ 315 — $ 525 / night — and you can easily book nights for less than that.

The only positive change is for those who plan to redeem your points for award nights in India, where a lot of hotels have dropped to lower categories, which means you will need less points for award nights.

On average you'll pay 2 % less when you redeem American AAdvantage miles for economy class awards vs. booking the same travel through Alaska Airlines.

And if you do call the airline to get help with award booking, you will often reach indifferent customer service agents who may have little training and even less incentive to spend time on the phone helping you redeem your points and miles.

Recent Starwood merger news and posts: - Roundup Of Combined Marriott And Starwood Award Charts With Sample Hotels, Extend Your Points Expiration, And More — Marriott Completes Starwood Buyout; Link Your Accounts To Transfer Points, Match Elite Status, And Take Advantage Of Each Program's Strengths — Transfer 18,667 Starpoints Into 25K United Miles Or 90K Starpoints Into 132K United Miles And 7 Nights In A Marriott Hotel — Redeem 90K Starpoints For 120K Southwest Points, Southwest Companion Pass Status, And 7 Nights In A Marriott Hotel — Starwood Adds 36th Airline Partner — Starwood's 35th Transfer Partner Increases The Value Of Your Starpoints; Fly Roundtrip JFK - Los Angeles For Less Than 10K Or JFK - Europe For Less Than 20K SPG!

Miles used in this way are converted at a 1 cent per SkyMile if you redeem for a flight costing more than $ 100, less than what you can expect on an awards flight.

Although award nights at higher - end properties can cost as many as 35,000 points, Starwood has many luxury properties where you can redeem 10,000 points or less for an award night.

What I would have doneif I was them is add incentives to redeem on their own metal first (say by counting UA metal award travel towards million miles status), and devalued both charts the same but less.

Someone redeeming for U.S. domestic flights that are normally inexpensive will typically get much less face value out of the same number of miles or points than someone redeeming for an international first class award ticket, which could have a retail value of $ 20,000 or more.