Sentences with phrase «roundtrip award»

On the other hand, paying 25,000 miles, which is the regular price for a domestic roundtrip award flight, for a ticket that costs $ 150 would yield a very low value.

The other catch: Korean Air only allows roundtrip award tickets so there must be availability both ways.

United had relatively friendly award routing rules that allowed one stopover and two open jaws on roundtrip award tickets.Those rules are gone now though and have been replaced by the «Excursionist Perk,» which is essentially a free segment on an international itinerary.

These prices are for roundtrip awards that include an ANA partner airline like United, Lufthansa, or Virgin Atlantic.

The biggest limitation to ANA is that you have to book roundtrip awards on partner awards.

If you are going to be doing two very long roundtrips (coast - to - coast) that push you into the fifth class of the distance chart, you are likely going to be better off buying two distinct roundtrip awards from United / Aeroplan etc, which are priced based on the zone you fly in.

In terms of comparison to other airlines, two domestic roundtrip award tickets in economy class on United would require 50,000 miles.

Disadvantages of US Airways miles include only roundtrip award booking, horrendous U.S. call center waits (call the UK or Singapore call center instead), and no award changes after travel commences.

At a round - trip cost of 15,000 Avios, this is still a 10K mile savings relative to standard roundtrip awards for legacy airlines and is one of the most valuable uses of Avios, as British Airways» long - haul award prices can be astronomical.

While a 30,000 - mile roundtrip award flight isn't bad for a domestic carrier, the same flight can still be cheaper when booked through the British Airways Avios.

According to Delta's 5 - tier award chart that went into effect January 1, the most expensive roundtrip award in the SkyMiles system was supposed to be 350,000 miles.

Korean Air only allows roundtrip awards)

The drawback is that one way awards for some partners cost the same as roundtrip awards so you often want to just stick to booking roundtrips.

Normal redemption begin at 25,000, but through the program, you can get roundtrip award for 17,500 miles!

Return on Award Flights Redemption: ~ 1.5 - 3 % Roundtrip award example: New York, NY to Miami, FL (LGA - MIA / MIA - DCA - LGA) for Fri 2/21 - Mon 2/24: $ 384 / 25,000 miles = 1.5 % One - way Reduced Miles discount example: Seattle to Miami on 2/7: $ 312 / 10,000 discounted miles and dollars spent = 3.1 % return on charged spending, ex fees

For example, a domestic roundtrip award within the USA costs 25.000 miles, but if you book it as two separate one - way awards it will only cost 24.000 miles.

The drawback is that one way awards typically cost the same as roundtrip awards so you pretty much want to just stick to booking roundtrips.

Seventeen of SPG's 31 direct airline transfer partners allowed one - way awards in all circumstances, four in some cases (usually just their own flights), and the ten other airlines require roundtrip awards, or just require the same number of miles as a round trip in order to redeem a one way award.

One stopover is allowed per roundtrip Award Ticket under certain circumstances.

This doesn't appear to be published anywhere and is made even less obvious by the fact that Singapore Airlines» website suggests you purchase a standard or roundtrip award if you want to stopover:

One - way awards from the U.S. to many cities, (and other roundtrip awards), do not add those onto the fare.

Roundtrip awards when booking through BA are only 25,000 Avios assuming both legs are direct flights.

Different award types (Saver and Everyday) and cabins may be combined to create a single roundtrip award.

> In the Southwest program, once your account reaches 16 credits, one standard roundtrip award credit is automatically generated, which expires in one year.

Also consider ANA, though roundtrip award ticket is required (see a post on Lazytravelers for excellent overview of its new -LSB-...]

Travel is based on roundtrip Coach SuperSaver roundtrip award flights from Honolulu.4 Cardmembers also receive access to discounted award flights on Hawaiian Airlines.

Note that you can still enjoy United Free One Ways (although United miles are worth less with the United Award Chart Devaluation) and US Airways (although only roundtrip award travel is allowed) and that Alaska allows an international stopover even on a one way award.

Virgin Atlantic roundtrip awards will feature a departure from Great Britain, which will incur exorbitant taxes.

For example, take the below very simple roundtrip award ticket between New York and Rome, with a stopover in London on the way out.

Because we'd be relying exclusively on United for this trip, we can take advantage of the fact that United allows for stopovers on roundtrip awards.

Roundtrip award flights within Europe start as 50,000 Singapore Airlines Krisflyer miles, so that's a lot of additional mileage required.

For roundtrip awards, Japan Airlines Mileage Bank can be a better bet depending on the length of flight.

So that 120,000 mile roundtrip award on JAL business class will actually set you back just 110,000 AAdvantage miles.

Another thing to always remember is that many of the airlines with low mileage requirements require you to book roundtrip awards and require the same amount of miles for oneway trips.

Remember, domestic roundtrip award tickets start at 20,000 miles (plus taxes and fees).

Normal redemption begin at 25,000, but through the program, you can get roundtrip award for 17,500 miles!

Return on Award Flights Redemption: ~ 1.5 - 3 % Roundtrip award example: New York, NY to Miami, FL (LGA - MIA / MIA - DCA - LGA) for Fri 2/21 - Mon 2/24: $ 384 / 25,000 miles = 1.5 % One - way Reduced Miles discount example: Seattle to Miami on 2/7: $ 312 / 10,000 discounted miles and dollars spent = 3.1 % return on charged spending, ex fees

Most Alaska airlines partners can be booked one way, except for Delta, Korean and LAN, which require roundtrip awards.

For as little as 20,000 miles (from $ 11.20 in taxes / fees), you can earn a domestic roundtrip award ticket within the U.S..

If you maximize the signing offer, those bonus miles can be converted to TWO roundtrip award flights (at the discounted Premier World rate of 20,000 miles per domestic R / T).

Aeroplan (Air Canada's program) allows two stopovers or one stopover and one open jaw on a roundtrip award ticket.

So for only 20,000 miles each way, you can fly from Istanbul to Abu Dhabi or Dubai on Turkish Airlines or connect in Cairo for a free stopover in Egypt on a roundtrip award.

It's actually quite easy to rack up enough miles for a roundtrip award flight from the US to Europe on American, Delta or United, even if you don't fly very often.

It's also interesting that if you are someone who uses LifeMiles to travel to Central America or Colombia, you can earn a 50 % discount on a roundtrip award ticket from the United States if you spend $ 12,000 in a calendar year, with the opportunity for another award discount after $ 24,000 spending.

In general you are allowed 2 stopovers and 2 open - jaws on a roundtrip award.