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.
Not exact matches
In fact, the
pricing on Business class Saver
awards is so reasonable that cardholders who normally couldn't afford business class could easily rack up enough United Miles to fund a
round -
trip ticket to Europe or Asia in business class.
Get a
round -
trip coach
award flight to Europe and beyond for the same
price as a domestic
award flight!
One - way
awards are half the
price of a
round -
trip award so you won't be penalized if you want to mix - and - match.
American Airlines allows one - way
awards at half the
round -
trip price.
The total
price for this itinerary is still just 150,000 miles — the same as a
round -
trip award to Hong Kong without a stopover in Tokyo.
That means you can visit several destinations for the
price of one
round -
trip award ticket.
For some reason, Delta seems to
price round -
trips in Premium Select much more reasonably than one - ways for
awards on the A350.
You'll still receive reduced
award ticket
pricing of up to 5,000 miles off
round -
trip award tickets when redeeming miles for select market itineraries, 25 % savings in the form of a statement credit on inflight meal / beverage purchases, and World Elite ™ Mastercard travel benefits.
The US to Japan
award price is the same as India, 80,000 miles
round -
trip in economy class, while prohibitively expensive at 200,000 miles.
Notice that the
award price is the same as a
round -
trip despite the stopover in Hong Kong.
That means you can spend a few days in 3 European cities for an
award price that would typically only get you a simple
round -
trip flight.
The
round -
trip view is preferable if you want to see the different
prices for multiple
award types, including the potentially cheaper ANA
awards, and which flights are eligible for each type.
On Emirates Skywards
award tickets (Classic
Awards), Special fares are lower - priced awards that are only available for round - trip ti
Awards), Special fares are lower -
priced awards that are only available for round - trip ti
awards that are only available for
round -
trip tickets.
Passengers can book one - way
award flights for half the
price of a
round -
trip award, meaning it's possible to combine a few one - way
awards for a tour of Australia.
On a United
award ticket, you can visit two cities in Europe or two cities on different continents for the
price of a
round -
trip flight.
The following are listed for the SAVER
award levels and are for
round trip prices.
We discuss open jaws in more details in this post about how to visit New York, Boston, London, Paris and Istanbul for the
price of one
round -
trip award ticket.
Many of the numbers on the new
award chart look like they should be
round trip prices, but they're all one - way.
The
price in miles is for a
round -
trip award, one way tickets cost half
price.
However, consider initiating a change to the original reservation (and paying the necessary fees) so that it will be
priced as a
round -
trip award.
No one - way
awards currently, but that changes in 2015 (you'll be charged the
round -
trip price to book one until then)
While one - way
awards on Alitalia are annoyingly
priced at 60 percent of a
round -
trip ticket, they simply aren't available on partners.
Using the old off - peak MilesSAAver
awards, 40,000 AAdvantage miles for a
round trip ticket from Europe to Hawaii could be great value for money when ticket
prices are in excess of $ 1,400 (as they often are) and I've made use of this
award on a number of occasions myself.
To
price a one - way
award, calculate the distance as if it were a
round -
trip itinerary.
If your dates involve travel during two different seasons on the outbound and return journeys, then determine the
price of a
round -
trip award in each season and average these numbers to determine the final
price.
This is the only instance when ANA Mileage Club permits one - way
awards, which are half the
price of a
round -
trip award.
So, if you book a
round -
trip award, the
price to bring an infant will be the same as if you booked a one - way
award.
We were still able to find
awards at the 20K
round trip price, but this time the results were less consistent, with many days displaying
prices of 35K or more for the cheapest
awards.
Delta considers Alaska to be part of the same geographic region as the contiguous U.S. and Canada when it comes to
pricing awards, which means you can travel
round -
trip for just 25,000 miles in economy class.
Here are other sample
prices for
round -
trip award tickets starting in North America (remember that taxes and any booking fees still apply):
While you'd be responsible for getting from Frankfurt to London, you'd see three cities in Europe for the
price of one
round -
trip award flight.
They have a single distance threshold below which discounted
awards are available, and any flights above that will
price out at the standard 25K
round trip price.
One - way
awards are available for just 30,000 miles and
round -
trip awards price at 60,000 miles:
Here are the discounted
round -
trip award prices:
There is no benefit to booking a
round -
trip award ticket as all are
priced out on a one way basis.
Virgin is offering sale fares between Hawaii and LAX for as little as $ 338
round trip — today (Tuesday) only — and is offering Elevate members an
award flight
price starting at 8,278 points.
Note that one way Skyteam
awards are
priced the same as
round trip awards, so book
round trip flights only.
Although Delta
prices its lowest
award flights to Hawaii at 45,000 for roundtrip in economy and 90,000 for
round -
trip in first class, you can book the exact same Delta flights using 25,000 Korean Air SKYPASS miles in economy and 45,000 Korean Air SKYPASS miles in first class.
Below I've listed all routes that originate from the USA that cost fewer miles when booked as a partner
award, in
round -
trip pricing.
However, there are many alternatives available which allow us to book
round -
trip domestic economy
awards for cheaper
prices than this when the flights are short enough to fall under certain mileage thresholds.
While Delta infamously has no
award chart, the «normal» lowest
price for to head from the Lower 48 to the Caribbean is 35,000 miles per
round trip.
It's possible to find
round -
trip awards for less than the standard
price of 25,000 miles, even for flights that cost several hundred dollars when booked for cash.
Delta's free open jaw on
round -
trip award tickets will allow you to see more while paying the same
price in miles and cash.
My parents have used this low -
priced award to fly
round trip from Houston to Las Vegas more times than I can count!
In this post, we'll look at how to take advantage of these rules to visit three destinations in the U.S. for the
price of one
round -
trip award flight.
In fact, the
pricing on Business class Saver
awards is so reasonable, that cardholders who normally couldn't afford business class could easily rack up enough United Miles to fund a
round -
trip ticket to Europe or Asia in business class.
The total
price for the above itinerary comes out to 160K miles, exactly what it should be for a
round -
trip business class saver
award from the U.S. to South Asia per United's chart.
When all is said and done, I'm still charge the same
price for this
award as if I had booked a
round -
trip to Paris because it's in the same region as Munich.
If you have a co-branded American Airlines credit card, such as the Aviator Red MasterCard, the Citi AAdvantage Executive World Elite MasterCard or the Citi AAdvantage Platinum Select MasterCard, you can get 7,500 miles off the usual
round trip price of 25,000 miles per domestic saver
award if you are heading to a city on this rotating monthly list.