It's also worth noting that while these programs are similar, they don't have the same exact
same award charts.
Non-alliance airlines each have their own individual charts, and Star Alliance airlines are all addressed in
the same award chart.
Here's
the same award chart with awards that are cheaper in miles than the same Delta award in red.
This is
the same award chart.
This is
the same award chart except you can only travel east or west!
Not exact matches
However, the United
award chart shows that business class saver tickets only cost 60,000 each way, or 120,000 round - trip for the
same exact flight, a quarter of how many miles or points you would have needed with cash back or a statement credit.
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Since American AAdvantage uses a region - based
award chart, the miles required to book an
award ticket are the
same regardless of your city of origin in the United States.
With separate Star Alliance and Virgin Australia
award charts, you can't mix Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia on the
same award.
The American AAdvantage program uses a region - based
award chart, so flights from anywhere in the United States to Australia will require the
same number of miles.
Currently, the lowest
award level for each hotel is the
same as when Hilton had an
award chart.
Since I can redeem United miles on their partner airlines, in this case Lufthansa, at the
same mileage cost as on United metal, using the current
award chart I'll pay 100,000 United miles and $ 97 in taxes and fees.
After February 1, when the new partner
award chart takes effect, that'll increase to 140,000 United miles (let's assume the taxes and fees stay the
same for now).
American Airlines»
chart is zone - based, meaning
award flights traveling from any country in your departing zone to any country in your arriving zone will be the
same.
But under a flexible
award chart, that
same business - class seat to Europe is only 125,000 miles, or even less with some airlines.
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.
The biggest question on my mind is whether or not these programs will keep their
award charts the
same or change them.
The
same executives at the conference who were talking about
award charts as a promise to the customer were also saying that it's important to encourage the first redemption as soon as possible.
While American Airlines devalued their
award chart in early 2016, the
award prices through Alaska's program remain the
same.
Following the
same strategy as with the flight, I went from
award chart to
award chart, trying to determine if any program stood out.
Often
award prices are the
same regardless of which airline you fly within the carrier's alliance or how many connections you make, so look around if you don't see
award availability right away or consider accumulating miles with a different carrier in the
same alliance if it has more a better
award chart.
Many airlines have been adjusting their
award charts to keep their mileage programs sustainable, and Singapore Airlines had the
same motivation when deciding to revise their program.
Like many airline loyalty programs, Air France / KLM Flying Blue uses a region - based
award chart; regardless of your home airport in the United States, the miles required for an
award booking will be the
same.
Hilton removed
award charts from their site, giving many travelers flashbacks to Delta Air Lines doing the
same a few years ago.
It didn't have a real
award chart that it could remove, and some of its flights will still cost the
same amount.
Nothing surprising here — these are the
same amounts you see when you search for an
award based on United's Award C
award based on United's
Award C
Award Chart.
Currently, the lowest
award level for each hotel is the
same as when Hilton had an
award chart.
The
award chart shows the
same redemption level — 15,000 miles — for all round - trip intra-Japan flights in economy class, no matter the distance.
Frontier Airlines uses a region - based
award chart where all flights within the U.S. are the
same price.
With a regional - based
award chart, which is what the major domestic airlines use, it doesn't matter how far you want to fly as long as it's in the
same geographic region.
When you book the
same award through American Airlines, the AAdvantage
award chart and policies will apply.
Qantas operates a distance based
award chart and their points upgrades follow the
same methodology.
At the
same time we see increases in
award charts, we also see new ways to earn miles.
The worst values with HawaiianMiles come when using those miles to book partners with disadvantageous
award charts, such as ANA, American Airlines and Korean Air, which charge significantly more miles for the
same routes than Hawaiian does.
The exact
same flight booked with American miles starts at 35,000 miles (or 30,000, after March 22, 2016, because of changes to American's
award chart).
This
same range of price points is reflected in the new Gold Passport
award chart for MGM Resorts.
Etihad charges the
same number of miles as American
award chart, however you need to book them over phone.
However, if you would like to get the
same redemptions on American and use its old
award chart levels, you still can.
JAL, which uses a distance - based
award chart for redemptions on partner airlines, has the
same rate of 40,000 miles for some routes, but it can go up to 55,000 miles or more to certain destinations.
For the most part, it's similar if not identical to the old American Airlines
award chart that has since been devalued, meaning that it's often cheaper to use Etihad miles than American Airlines miles for the exact
same AA flights.
Because American Airlines uses a region - based
award chart it has always meant that you could find trips of vastly differing distances that cost the
same number of AAdvantage miles (e.g. LHR - LAX - LHR vs LHR - JFK - LHR)....
The
same is not true for partner airlines and companion
awards, which operate on separate, fixed - priced
award charts.
Alaska's
award chart for LAN offers the
same redemption rates for all of South America.
One of the frustrating aspects of American Airlines»
award chart is that they don't allow members to fly from the USA to India via Asia, even though it's the
same distance as going via Europe.
It might seem like a steep price until you realize that American currently charges 65,000 miles in their own
award chart for the
same route.
American Airlines uses a region - based
award chart so
awards between two regions cost the
same number of miles irrespective of how long the flight is.
It would be a huge blow for
award travel if the
award chart were devalued in the
same manner that Delta and Malaysia Airlines changed their redemptions.
The
same partner
award chart applies to partners like Garuda Indonesia, but non-alliance partners can not be mixed with other carriers.
With separate Star Alliance and Virgin Australia
award charts, you can't mix Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia on the
same award.
However, in business class the
same itinerary (Los Angeles to Tokyo, Tokyo to Seoul, and back again) would cost 195,000 Avios on the standard
award chart, while costing just 180,000 Avios on the two - or - more
chart.