You must register family before endorsing an award to them or
redeeming an award through the Family Plan.
Up to five family members, including the SkyPass member, may
redeem awards through the Family Plan.
Not exact matches
As you're going
through the process of
redeeming your miles, you'll need to pay close attention to the
awards chart that shows you the number of miles you need for a trip.
You can
redeem points for pure cash back, gift cards, or various
awards and travel
through the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal.
Co-branded airline or hotel cards will allow you to directly use your miles to
redeem award flights or stays
through the loyalty program connected to the card.
Some are general - purpose cards that
award points and miles that can be
redeemed for travel reservations
through a designated travel agent.
Redeeming your points
through their travel portal can get you more value for your points, or you can transfer your points to their partner programs, and book
award flights
through that.
Redeeming points for travel
through Korean Air gives you access to SkyTeam first class
award space, which isn't possible using Delta miles
For example, a one way domestic business class
award ticket in the contiguous U.S.
redeemed through Singapore Airlines will cost 20,000 miles, 17,500 economy to Hawaii or 30,000 business to Hawaii.
If you spend at least $ 4,000 within the first three months of opening your account, you will be
awarded 50,000 bonus Ultimate Reward points, the value of which is $ 625 when
redeemed towards travel
through the UR portal.
This comes in handy if you need to
redeem for travel that normally wouldn't be covered by other loyalty programs (like a rail ticket
through Europe or a bed and breakfast in a sleepy beach town), or if you're new to
award travel and are having trouble learning the ropes.
Tip # 1:
Redeeming miles with airlines, as usual, is best done
through international
award travel.
Those miles can be
redeemed online or by phone for
award flights purchased
through the MileagePlus program.
Redeem miles for
award travel on US Airways and American Airlines booked
through usairways.com or US Airways Reservations
The card's flexible ThankYou points can be
redeemed for various items, including travel
through ThankYou's website,
award flights with the Citi's airline partners, merchant gift cards and statement credits.
It is possible to find higher redemption rates for your points, but in some cases (especially with lower cost flights or hotel nights), the 1.5 cents per point value can be better than
redeeming for an
award directly
through the airline or hotel programs.
Those miles can be
redeemed online or by phone for
award flights purchased
through the MileagePlus program.
If you can get roughly equal value by
redeeming points directly
through Ultimate Rewards and not worry about
award availability or a limited number of partners, why would you waste your energies on transferring them to an external loyalty program?
Or, you can
redeem them directly
through Chase for
award travel and receive a 25 % or 50 % travel redemption bonus.
When it comes time to
redeem American Express Membership Rewards points for
award flights (
through AmexTravel), points are worth one penny each.
If you're staying at non-chain hotels, or hotels where you don't collect that chain's loyalty points, and you
redeem your miles for high - value
awards, like intercontinental premium cabin
awards, you'll get more value by booking
through PointsHound than
through a traditional cashback portal.
Marriott points won't expire if you have any qualifying activity within 24 months, which includes earning points
through a co-branded Marriott credit card or
redeeming points for an
award stay.
Many travel hackers disparage SPG Flights redemptions since more nominal value can be extracted
through award stays, but I appreciate the additional flexibility this option gives for
redeeming Starpoints.
Tip # 1:
Redeeming miles with airlines, as usual, is best done
through international
award travel.
Another solid
award is a flight to Great Britain
redeemed through Delta on Virgin Atlantic for just 60,000 miles.
Some programs may require fewer points to
redeem award flights or hotel stays, particularly if you book
through the card issuer's travel website.
There are both limitations and benefits to Alaska's
award routing rules (difficulty combining partners, but also generous stopovers), but in general I find myself
redeeming fewer miles
through Alaska's program to book the same
award.
Until the programs are combined, you will have to use the US Airways
award chart and book
through US Airways to
redeem Dividend Miles.
Some are general - purpose cards that
award points and miles that can be
redeemed for travel reservations
through a designated travel agent.
This is about 12 % more than the 1.25 cents in value that you will receive from
award tickets on other airlines when
redeeming points
through the Ultimate Rewards Travel Center.
As soon as they land into your account, you can begin transferring them on a 1:1 basis to the Chase Ultimate Rewards partners in 1,000 point increments or
redeem them for
award travel directly
through Chase.
Although each Ultimate Rewards point is worth 1.5 cents each when you
redeem them
through Chase for
award travel, many Sapphire Reserve cardholders almost always transfer their points to one of the 13 travel partners where the points can be worth more than 1.5 cents each.
When you
redeem your Ultimate Rewards for
award travel directly
through Chase, the 50,000 points are worth $ 750 (1.5 cents each) compared to $ 625 (1.25 cents each) with the Sapphire Preferred.
The Spark Miles is the business card version of the Capital One Venture where you always earn 2 miles per $ 1 and each point is worth 1 cent each and can be
redeemed for
award travel
through Capital One or as a travel statement credit.
Another nice benefit of
redeeming points
through the Chase travel portal, instead of transferring them, is that there are no blackout dates for
award travel.
You can also
redeem your Ultimate Rewards points directly
through the Chase travel portal for
award travel, but they are only worth 1 cent each; the same value as cash rewards or gift cards.
Whether you
redeem your points directly
through Chase or transfer them to your frequent flyer program or hotel loyalty account, you might be able to pay the annual fee
redeeming your rewards points on your first
award trip each year.
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.
A third redemption is possible when you own one of these Chase credit cards so you can «pool» your rewards points and
redeem them
through your Ink Business Preferred or Sapphire account for
award travel.
You can
redeem your rewards points for 1.25 cents each
through the Chase Ultimate Rewards travel portal; most travel credit cards have a maximum redemption value of 1 cent each for
award flights.
These 60,000 Membership Rewards points can be
redeemed for $ 600 in
award travel directly
through American Express or transferred to an airline partner.
They can be transferred on a 1:1 basis to a Chase travel partner or
redeemed through the Chase Ultimate Rewards Mall for
award travel, statement credits, gift cards, merchandise, or exclusive Sapphire member events like a trip to the Emmys.
With each purchase, you will earn American Express Membership Rewards points that can be
redeemed for
award travel
through AmexTravel.com or transferred to many airline travel partners including Delta, Emirates, Etihad, Hawaiian, Air France, JetBlue, or Air Canada with a 1:1 transfer ratio.
Points can be
redeemed for
award flights
through AmexTravel.com.
We are mostly focused on earning miles
through credit card signup bonus, occasional paid travel and then
redeem for
award tickets to...
You're tied to
redeeming through one frequent flyer program, and if there isn't any
award availability on the dates you want, or if the redemption rates are bad, there's nothing you can do about it.
There are a few others that allow you to
redeem through their respective
awards programs, but don't allow you to transfer points.
You can
redeem points for travel at a fixed rate of 1.5 cents per point
through Chase's portal, which puts a floor under the value of your points and adds flexibility to book travel for cases in which no
award tickets are available.
An «
Award Night» is a one - night stay at a participating ONYX Rewards hotel
redeemed through accumulated Program points.
Directly
through Delta, customers can view the number of miles needed to
redeem award flights from partners.