Not exact matches
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).
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.
Even
if they can't earn enough miles for the whole
roundtrip, Southwest
awards are booked each way, so they could very easily book one leg for points and the other for dollars.
If booked as a
roundtrip, combined with 1.5 cent per point uplift through Chase or AmEx, cash prices might be comparable and you wouldn't have to contend with
award availability.
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.
If the lowest cost
roundtrip available is 50,000, then the return flight costs 30,000 miles and is therefore a Saver
award.
The availability is not great, but it only costs 20,000 Avios
roundtrip if you can find
award seats
The
roundtrip flight will cost you 85,000 miles, but only
if you can find
award availability.
If you assume that $ 2,500 is a fair price for a Lufthansa Business Class
roundtrip ticket then, allowing for the $ 620 in fees you have to pay on the
award, 105, ooo miles is getting you $ 1,880 of value.
If you redeem a
roundtrip award and only travel one - way, the unused portion of the
award will be forfeited.
Even
if you're using Alaska Mileage Plan miles you can't beat JAL's value in Business Class (Milage Plan charges 110,000 miles for a
roundtrip Business Class
award)....
A
roundtrip Business Class
award between the US and Europe costs, at best, 115,000 miles and,
if you were to buy miles in this promotion to buy such an
award, they would set you back approximately $ 3,094.
A
roundtrip Qatar Airways Business Class
award from the US to the Middle East now requires 140,000 miles ($ 2,674 in this promotion) and, while wouldn't be too bad
if this was a cash fare, once you take into account the lost earnings (you don't earn miles on
award travel) this isn't in any way cheap.
If you fly United, that's enough for a
roundtrip business class ticket from North America to Europe on a Saver
Award and enough for two round trips from North America to Europe in economy on a Saver
Award.
If you're looking at AeroMexico's SkyTeam
award chart, this explains why a domestic US ticket costs 40,000 «Premier Points:» once converted into miles it's a standard 25,000 - mile
roundtrip redemption.
The prices are the cost for the first half of the trip,
if booking a
roundtrip award.
Peak
awards are 30,000 points, but
if you have the Free Spirit Mastercard you could potentially score an off - peak flight for only 5,000 points
roundtrip.
If you're based in Europe and looking to escape to the Caribbean then Cayenne may be an option and, at 75,000 miles for a
roundtrip Business Class
award, that's truly excellent value.
American Airlines AAdvantage miles are very hard to use economically thanks to the dearth of premium cabin SAAver
awards, United Miles are ok but 100,000 won't get you a
roundtrip Business Class
award to any major long - haul destination (
if you're heading east or west) while 100,000 Alaska Miles will get you some nice
roundtrip redemptions on Cathay Pacific and even American (subject to
award availability).
If you can travel during the low season between September 7 and November 14, American Airlines offers off - peak MileSAAver
awards for only 25,000 miles
roundtrip in economy.
The Business Class deals aren't that impressive as,
if you double up the costs to get the price for a
roundtrip, the final cost of the
awards isn't too dissimilar to a lot of Business Class cash fares offered by airlines when the sales are on — and with cash fares you often have a greater choice of dates and you earn miles as well.
Korean Air is also a great option for getting to Asia and
if you can find Business Class
awards on Qantas then $ 2,167 + taxes for a
roundtrip fare to Australia is a very good deal.
Business Class
awards to Europe will cost 115,000 miles for
roundtrip travel so,
if you were to buy AAdvantage miles for an
award like that, they would set you back approximately $ 2,415.
My family's favorite vacation destination is Hawaii, and via their own version of a «Cyber Monday» offering, United is making it 20 % cheaper to get there on miles
if you book a
roundtrip economy saver
award by December 8th and travel between January 7 — March 10, 2018.
For example,
if you were able to book a off - season
award with ANA you'd be paying HALF of the miles needed for a
roundtrip business class to Tokyo when compared to United!
If you transfer points to Singapore Airlines and book your economy
award seat on United, it costs 35,000 miles
roundtrip to Hawaii, or 55,000 miles to Europe.
So
if you transfer 16 A + Rewards into Southwest credits, a standard
roundtrip award is automatically generated, which is valid for one year.
I already had a return ticket, but you could use a United free one way to maximize your
award if you book a
roundtrip on Lufthansa or other Star Alliance carrier using United miles.
Plus,
if you're booking a
roundtrip award using United miles, you can tack on a free United one - way.
No longer do you have to hope that American has
roundtrip seats available
if you're looking for a JFK - LAX
award ticket in business class.
Off peak
awards from anywhere in the United States to Europe are 35,000 US Airways miles
roundtrip or 30,000 miles
if you have the US Airways ® Premier World MasterCard ® like me.
Normally, a domestic business class ticket costs 50,000 miles
roundtrip (possibly less
if you're booking a distance - based
award), a
roundtrip to Europe is 50,000, while Asia is around 110,000.
Flying Blue also allows a stopover and open jaw routing on
roundtrip awards, so even
if you have to pay fuel surcharges, you may be able to get well more than the standard 1 cent per point or less that Citi gives for ThankYou point redemptions.
If you were able to find
award availability in both directions, this first class
roundtrip would cost you 75,000 more AAdvantage miles.
@ WB —
If you book partner
awards then they have to be
roundtrip, though
award rates are very similar.
Considering the miles required is less than what most U.S. airlines require for a
roundtrip business class
award to Europe, this still works out favorable — especially,
if you factor in an Arrival Miles redemption.
American Airlines» discounted off - peak
awards to Europe require 40,000 miles
roundtrip and
if you have a Citi AAdvantage Platinum card, you get 10 % of the miles back, bringing the total to just 36,000 miles.
If you know their rules, you can get business class
awards with up to 15 stopovers for barely more miles than a
roundtrip to Europe would cost.
While the
roundtrip ticket is $ 100 cheaper than two paid tickets,
if low - level
award space is available on one segment, but not the other, you can buy one $ 350 paid ticket and redeem 12,500 miles, getting 2 cents per redeemed mile.
If you're traveling on Korean Air metal, you can book one - way awards for half the cost of a roundtrip, and can even have a stopover in Seoul Incheon on a one - way award, if applicabl
If you're traveling on Korean Air metal, you can book one - way
awards for half the cost of a
roundtrip, and can even have a stopover in Seoul Incheon on a one - way
award,
if applicabl
if applicable.
If your destination happens to be a Promo
Award for your dates, it will be less than 125,000 with KLM / AirFrance, but likely not less than 80,000 miles
roundtrip.
2)
If you don't have enough points for the
roundtrip award flight you want, book a one - way flight with miles / points and pay for the return («Unlike years ago, when one - way cash tickets cost as much or more than a round trip, many destinations now offer one - way cash tickets for half the price of a round trip,» the company said).