Every carrier has its own award chart, but you may be able to use miles in two different programs to book
the same award flight.
If you want to book
the same award flight in economy class, it will only be 23,000 Avios for a one - way award booking.
If you want to book
the same award flight in economy class, it will only be 23,000 Avios for a one - way award booking.
To drill home the point, you have access to
those same award flights if you have US Airways miles (which you can earn through their credit card), Singapore Airline miles (which you can transfer from American Express points), or Aeroplan (also from Amex).
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.
; RED DUST, the TRC courtroom drama starring Hilary Swank; the stylish Cape Flats gangster film, DOLLARS AND WHITE PIPES; the record - breaking box office performers MAMA JACK and MR. BONES, starring South Africa's number one box office star, Leon Schuster; THE LONG RUN starring Armin Muehler - Stahl (SHINE); THE THEORY OF
FLIGHT starring Academy
Award ® winning Kenneth Branagh and Helena Bonham Carter; BRAVO TWO ZERO, (as co-producer), a BBC co-production starring Sean Bean, based on Andy McNab's best - selling book of the
same title.
As you can see, Flying Blue requires 5,000 more miles to fly Delta than Korean Air SkyPass, but it has the
same redemption rate for
award flights on Alaska Airlines.
If we use Delta, we avoid those, but I'm not seeing the
same award availability through Delta on the Air France
flights we usually use.
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.
The
same round - trip coach
award flight to Europe will cost you 60,000 American Airlines miles during peak times, plus taxes and fees.
Get a round - trip coach
award flight to Europe and beyond for the
same price as a domestic
award flight!
Double points are
awarded when a
flight is booked directly with an airline using the Gold Card, and the
same result is achieved, double Membership Rewards ® points, when using the Gold Card at a restaurant in the United States.
In early 2017, Delta started requiring more miles to book
award flights with partners than if you booked the
same route on a
flight operated by Delta.
The
same flight booked via British Airways Avios would be slightly less — 12,500 points, but that's only if American has decided to make
award seats available on that
flight.
~ Eligible Members who spend a minimum of $ 30,000 CAD in qualifying purchases on their Card in a calendar year («calendar year» refers to the time period starting from 1 January through to 31 December) will receive a maximum of one Companion
Award eVoucher for that calendar year they will be able to apply towards the purchase of a
flight for a companion travelling with the Eligible Member, on the
same Reward
flight («Companion Ticket»).
For instance, if you took an
award flight to Hawaii in July, 2017, use Expedia or your favorite travel booking site to look up the price of
flights in that
same class of service in July, 2018.
Because British Airways calculates the price of an
award based on individual
flight segments, this means you can actually make a stopover for as long as you want and the ticket will cost the
same.
Once you locate United
award availability, search for that
same flight on singaporeairlines.com and book the
flight online.
If I can make as controversial a claim as is supported by the evidence, even the American Express Delta Platinum credit card, with its $ 195 annual fee and companion ticket
awarded on each account anniversary, only makes sense (compared to redeeming Arrival + miles) if you can consistently redeem the companion ticket for
flights costing more than $ 672 — the value of the Arrival + miles you could manufacture with the
same $ 195 in disposable income — or if you can use the Medallion Qualifying Miles earned with the card to achieve Platinum or Diamond Medallion status.
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.
Believe it or not, the exact
same 25,000 miles would've covered that
award flight!
United charges 70,000 miles for the
same award (although if the
flight were operated by United Airlines, then United would charge only 57,500 miles).
As you can see, this
award comes back at just 120,000 miles for two passengers, despite adding a lot more flavor than a simple
flight to Rio and back, which comes in at the
same number of miles.
Once you have at least one Rapid Rewards Credit, Southwest's site will allow you to use Rapid Rewards Points at the
same conversion rate directly to cover the rest of your
award flight.
As we have discussed, both US Airways and Air Canada (Aeroplan) are part of the Star Alliance and both have access to essentially the
same pool of
flights available for
award flight redemption.
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.
Sure, you can book 2 - for - 1 cash tickets to take advantage of the Companion Pass, but you can also book the
same flights by transferring Ultimate Rewards to your Southwest Rapid Rewards account and booking
award flights.
Award flights cost the
same number of miles as from the US if you want to visit Europe before or after an island adventure.
For most airlines,
award flights cost the
same from either the East or West Coast to Tokyo, Japan's main international hub.
Following the
same strategy as with the
flight, I went from
award chart to
award chart, trying to determine if any program stood out.
Pretty much everyone who belongs to a frequent - flyer program is familiar with the ubiquitous 12,500 - mile domestic saver one - way
award on airlines such as United and American, but what if I told you that you could fly on that very
same domestic
flight, operated by those very
same U.S. - based airlines, for only 7,500 miles?
The key thing to note is that sometimes all of the economy saver
awards sell out before all of the business saver
awards do — and the price of the economy
award tickets are then actually higher than a business class
award seat on the
same flight.
Recently he found another
award flight on that
same route for 42,500 points when the economy class was booking at 70,000!
It didn't have a real
award chart that it could remove, and some of its
flights will still cost the
same amount.
This means if I book my
award flight via LifeMiles, I could fly on United from Houston to Chicago, Miami or Bozeman, Montana, for just 15,000 miles round trip instead of the 25,000 miles that United would want for the
same flights.
For most domestic
flights, Alaska has the
same award levels you'll find on all the legacy carriers, but it also upped its
award levels to Hawaii and Mexico last year.
To keep your
awards seat from disappearing while you're waiting for your points to transfer, put your reservation on hold before transferring (if the program allows it), or make sure that there are multiple seats available on your intended
flight or that there is more than one
flight available on the
same airline.
Large carriers such as American Airlines or United Airlines have a fixed price
award system, where taking an
award flight will cost the
same amount no matter the cash value of the ticket.
Finding availability for
award flights for British Airways Avios
awards and AAdvantage
awards is the
same process.
Executive Platinum is the only American Airlines status that gives fee waivers on
same - day
flight changes and
award ticket changes, which is a courtesy commonly seen at much lower tier status among competitors.
As you can see, Flying Blue requires 5,000 more miles to fly Delta than Korean Air SkyPass, but it has the
same redemption rate for
award flights on Alaska Airlines.
Because British Airways calculates the price of an
award based on individual
flight segments, this means you can actually make a stopover for as long as you want and the ticket will cost the
same.
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.
For example, a roundtrip
award flight between Ft. Lauderdale and St. Thomas costs 17,400 points and $ 11.20, while the revenue fare for the
same flight is $ 300.
FCm Travel Solutions who had collected Asia's Leading Travel Management Company, went on to pick up the
same award for Australasia, whilst sister company
Flight Centre picked up Australasia's Leading Travel Agency.
I avoid booking
award flights on United for the
same reason I mentioned at the beginning.
By earning miles with these loyalty programs I have access to more
award space on their
flights, as well as the
same saver - level
award space that exists on United and other Star Alliance partners.
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).
But they can allow you to take
flights on American — sometimes using fewer miles than the
same award using American miles.