Not exact matches
If you can spend $ 3,000 in the first 3 months of card membership, you'll be
awarded 40,000
miles — these are
redeemable for up to $ 400 of travel in statement credit.
While that's not the best value,
award flights booked through Amex Travel do accrue both
redeemable and elite qualifying
miles.
Though many flagship carriers now
award redeemable miles based on the cost of a ticket, HawaiianMiles still lets flyers earn
miles based on the distance of their flight.
Not to mention, a ticket purchased through the portal with ThankYou points accrues
redeemable miles, and an
award ticket does not.
You will only earn
redeemable miles that can be used for
award tickets.
However, the ability to earn over 30,000 elite qualifying
miles and 100,000
redeemable award miles (per person) through Alaska Mileage Plan made it seem more reasonable and are worth, in my view, about $ 4,000 total.
While that's not the best value,
award flights booked through Amex Travel do accrue both
redeemable and elite qualifying
miles.
Those flights will still earn
redeemable and elite qualifying
miles without any of the blackout dates you see from typical
award flights.
For relatively short domestic flights, this distance - based
award chart can save you a lot of
redeemable miles.
In that case, you can book the exact flight you want without worrying about
award availability, and you will even earn
redeemable miles with the airline for your flight.
Spending at least $ 60,000 on your reserve card will
award 15,000 more
redeemable miles and 15,000 MQMs.
Everyday
awards will still be redeemable in the same way as Standard Awards have been but United has announced that, as the price of the award varies, Everyday awards within North America will cost up to 32,500 miles (a potential rise of up to
awards will still be
redeemable in the same way as Standard
Awards have been but United has announced that, as the price of the award varies, Everyday awards within North America will cost up to 32,500 miles (a potential rise of up to
Awards have been but United has announced that, as the price of the
award varies, Everyday
awards within North America will cost up to 32,500 miles (a potential rise of up to
awards within North America will cost up to 32,500
miles (a potential rise of up to 30 %)
Since the original partnership, Alaska Airlines has begun
awarding redeemable miles and elite qualifying
miles for travel with all international partners, so it's easier to obtain status when you're not flying Alaska.
Those
miles are
redeemable miles, the sort that you would use for purchasing an
award ticket.
United Saver
Awards United Economy Saver
Awards are
redeemable starting as low as 12,500
miles for one - way travel within the continental U.S. and Canada as of January 1, 2018.
If you take a look at how American Airlines have slashed the number of
redeemable miles we can earn alongside the huge percentage increases in the
miles needed to redeem various
awards, you start to see a picture of just how big this devaluation has been.
All that was announced this week were changes to how
redeemable award miles are earned, not the
miles that count toward elite status.
Convenience,
redeemable miles and PQM all have inherent value that you're not getting when booking an
award and this needs to be considered when working out the value proposition of an
award booking vs a cash booking.
One term you'll see me mentioning quite a few times is «
Redeemable Miles» or RDM — this just refers to
miles that can be used for booking / purchasing
award flights.
United, like other major U.S. carriers,
awards redeemable miles based on the price of your cash tickets.
It uses distance for both elite qualifying
miles and
redeemable award miles and does not track of elite qualifying dollars.
Wile the cheapest economy
awards on British Airways have historically earned 1
redeemable mile per
mile flown, going forward that will be falling to just 0.25
redeemable miles per
mile flown.
Convenience,
redeemable miles, PQM and PQD all have a value that you're not getting when booking an
award so you need to consider this when working out the value proposition of an
award booking vs a cash booking.
If there's no difference to how many
miles I would earn by flying with United and American, is there any difference in how they
award redeemable miles for travel on partner airlines?
In this case, earning
redeemable miles in a program you can and will use to book
award flights (my favorite!)
Unlike
award tickets, revenue tickets earn both
redeemable miles and elite status
miles, which on American both still mean something.
Redeemable Miles (RM): These are
miles that can be redeemed for
award flights with Alaska Airlines or any partner airline.
JetBlue, Southwest, and Virgin America all
award redeemable miles in relation to airfare.
And you would be eligible for free elite domestic upgrades, elite qualifying
miles,
redeemable miles, and everything else you don't get on
award tickets.
Someone spending 18 cents a
mile on tickets with Delta is spending 50 % more than needed for status, while earning FEWER
redeemable miles this year, and while seeing
award prices go up.
Right now, as a 1K member who earns a 100 %
redeemable miles bonus on revenue tickets, I would earn (500 +2565 +2565 +2565) x 2 = 12,262
award miles on the trip.
These changes include elite qualification, earning
redeemable miles, and
award redemption rates.
Flying Blue lets you earn two types of
miles: «XP», which determine your status, and «
award redeemable miles», which can be exchanged for a variety of rewards.
The possibilities to earn
award redeemable miles and boost your account are endless within the Flying program, even when not flying, by making use of its many partners:
The
redeemable miles earned toward
Award Travel differ from Medallion Qualification
Miles (MQMs) which are used to calculate Medallion status and will continue to be based on distance flown.»
These
miles are called
redeemable miles — they are the frequent flyer
miles in your account that you redeem for an
award ticket.