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.
The discounted award benefit is particularly useful since it means the sign - up bonus is enough for
a roundtrip award from the mainland U.S. to Hawaii.
US Airways» best redemption is
their roundtrip award from the US to North Asia in first class for 120,000 miles.
Assuming you can find United - metal saver availability in coach for the days you want, you can save 20 % off
a roundtrip award from the US or Alaska to Porto, Portugal, Reykjavik, Iceland, Singapore, or Sydney, Australia.
I just booked
a roundtrip award from CVG - LAX for 17,500 AA miles, booking with Avios or Southwest points would have been more that 17.5 k. I think Reduced Mileage awards can be a great option for longer distance Domestic flights.
Not exact matches
15,000 bonus miles after your first purchase — enough for up to 3
roundtrip off - peak
award tickets with taxes and fees
from $ 11.20 per
award.
From one purchase, 15,000 bonus miles are
awarded to the cardholder which is valid for up to three
roundtrip tickets.
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.
One - way
awards from the U.S. to many cities, (and other
roundtrip awards), do not add those onto the fare.
And because British Airways has an
award redemption chart that's organized by distance flown instead of region, you'll only to cash in 25,000 British Airways miles on a
roundtrip ticket
from Los Angeles to Honolulu instead of the 45,000 miles American requires for that same flight.
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.
Charts make it easier to determine the cost of an
award redemption: for example, knowing that you'll need 60,000 miles for a
roundtrip economy ticket
from the U.S. to Europe.
However, I eventually found my way to American's
award chart, where I noticed something exciting: «Off - Peak» travel
from the US to Europe could cost as little as 40,000 points
roundtrip.
American's drab
award chart held an exciting surprise: off - peak travel
from the US to Europe could cost as few as 20,000 miles each way, or just 40,000 miles
roundtrip.
For example,
roundtrip business class
awards on Cathay Pacific
from the U.S. to Asia cost just 100,000 miles, whereas similar flights would cost 140,000 to 180,000 miles on most competitors.
Access to reduced mileage
awards (2,500 one way or 5,000
roundtrip for economy tickets
from Hawaii to the mainland US)
The taxes on your
roundtrip award flight using Avios on Aer Lingus to Dublin will only be around $ 150, while flights routed
from Heathrow cost nearly twice as much in fees.
Best price guaranteed with special deals
from packages & promotions, bed and breakfast inclusive option (not available for online agents and other channels), free
roundtrip scheduled shared transfer to Downtown Pattaya per person per booking, spa credit - THB 500 per room or suite, late check out upon request (subject to availability), 10 % discount on Food and Beverage in one of our 11
award - winning restaurants (excluding buffets), priority for room upgrade to next room category (subject to availability), be part of special monthly lucky draw to win exciting prizes and have the option to personalize your stay with unique optional extras
From a positive point of view those with foreign - based MileagePlus accounts (or at least those with UK MileagePlus accounts) can now buy enough miles for two
roundtrip Business Class
awards between Europe and the US on United operated flights (115,000 miles each).
Saver business class
awards from North America to Europe cost 90,000 miles
roundtrip and saver business class
awards from North America to South Africa cost 135,000 miles
roundtrip.
This sees
roundtrip Business Class
awards cost just 55,000 miles and, bearing in mind that this is for travel
from or to the two US cities I've named, that's a fantastic deal!
Airline miles are getting harder and harder to use economically and, although 120,000 airline miles will technically get you an American Airlines
roundtrip Business Class redemption
from the continental US to Hawaii, Europe, South American and parts of Asia, have you tried actually booking such an
award?
Award Flight fares are one - way (unless otherwise indicated) and nonstop; point requirement and gov. taxes / carrier fees may be higher for
roundtrip flights, for flights
from destination city to origin city or for connecting itineraries.
Award Flight fares are one - way (unless otherwise indicated) and nonstop; point requirement and government taxes / carrier fees may be higher for
roundtrip flights, for flights
from destination city to origin city or for connecting itineraries.
While the number of miles needed for a Business Class redemption isn't exactly low (you're better off trying to get to /
from Europe on United's own aircraft which will only cost 115,000 for
roundtrip Business Class), the taxes for a premium cabin
award are low for a European route.
A Miles & More Business Class
award flight between the US and Europe will cost 105,000 miles
roundtrip and, as you can see
from this randomly selected set of dates, a JFK to Frankfurt
roundtrip will cost around $ 2,500:
Now you can use that knowledge to enter for a chance to win two
roundtrip tickets to South Africa on
award - winning South African Airways,
from any of the U.S. cities that SAA serves.
Economy fees
from Houston to London
roundtrip were around $ 457 per person plus 32,500 Avios for off - peak
awards.
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.
Here is a chart of some randomly chosen British Airways routes
from London together with the number of Avios and AAdvantage Miles required for a
roundtrip Business Class
award ticket on each route:
One of the better value propositions is probably a
roundtrip Qatar Airways Business Class
award from the US to the Middle East for 140,000 miles.
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.
Korean Air doesn't partner with any carriers
from Oceania, New Zealand and Australia, and its significantly higher
award prices for these areas (up to 110,000 in economy and 240,000 in first class
roundtrip) reflect this lack of coverage.
Combining these two
award bookings in order of date flown results in a one - way biz class flight
from any two cities in the US, a one - way flight biz class
from San Francisco to Panama City, a
roundtrip biz class between Bogota and Lima, and an economy
roundtrip between San Francisco and Newark.
A United Airlines
award flight
from the U.S. to Europe costs 60,000 MileagePlus miles
roundtrip in economy.
The trick is that you'll have to book a
roundtrip ticket since Iberia doesn't allow one way
awards with American and you'll also have to book non-stop tickets
from the West Coast or PHX (which is just under the 3,000 miles threshold).
To show you how good this sweet spot is for the BA
award chart, United would require 60,000 miles for a
roundtrip business class redemption
from DFW to CUN which is 30,000 more than Avios (and twice the price)!
American was also
awarded rights for four daily
roundtrips from Miami, although it hasn't yet announced a starting date for those.
United saver level
award flights
from the U.S. to the Caribbean are 35,000 miles
roundtrip in economy and 60,000 in first.
A
roundtrip Delta flight
from New York City to Los Angeles costs $ 738 (before taxes) while a Standard
Award flight through the Delta SkyMiles ® frequent travel program costs 40,000 miles.
A
roundtrip award ticket to Europe
from the United States usually costs an average of 50,000 miles in coach or 100,000 in business class.
For a limited time, enjoy a discount of 5,000 miles on
roundtrip MileagePlus Saver
Awards in United Economy when you travel
from the U.S. (excluding Hawaii) or Canada to Mexico.
-LSB-...] There's plentiful
award space in business class — on fully flat beds — for 120k miles
roundtrip for flights completed by May 31, 2014 and 140k miles
roundtrip for flights
from June 1, 2014 on.
Travel is based on
roundtrip Coach SuperSaver
roundtrip award flights
from Honolulu.4 Cardmembers also receive access to discounted
award flights on Hawaiian Airlines.
80000 is needed for a
roundtrip business class
award ticket
from Los Angeles to Rome.
-LSB-...] instance, look at this
roundtrip from Los Angeles to Newark (by the way, this new flat bed service STILL has amazing
award availability) with a one way
from Los Angeles to Houston two months -LSB-...]
Jackie booked a
roundtrip award flight on JetBlue
from New York to Providenciales.
Roundtrip coach
awards are 60,000 miles (not a bargain) while Upper Class
awards are 100,000 miles and, unlike flights
from Newark to London on Continental, there's actually really good availability on Virgin in Upper Class.
Any reason I can't separately buy a one - way
award from Narita to TLV for 35K miles and then get TLV - NYC
roundtrip and TLV - TKO roundtip for 105K miles total?