Not exact matches
Don't forget that each
airline and hotel have
partners that either allow you to book through the
same loyalty program or transfer points to other programs to book
awards as well.
Keep in mind that you're still earning a fixed rate of return, so these rewards are worth the
same for coach, business class or any hotel room, and they can not be transferred to
airline or hotel
partners for
award bookings.
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.
Keep in mind that you're still earning a fixed rate of return, so these rewards are worth the
same for coach, business class or any hotel room, and they can not be transferred to
airline or hotel
partners for
award bookings.
Therefore, if you are already making an
award reservation, for which you will typically earn no HHonors points or
airline partner points, you can earn 1,000 United miles or 2,013 Delta Skymiles for that
same stay.
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.
By
partner awards, I mean flights on other Star Alliance
airlines that you can use your United mile for since they're in the
same alliance.
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.
To redeem points for
awards on
partner airlines, however, you need to accumulate 4,800 Gold Circle Points in one year, the
same as reaching the Prestige elite tier.
The
same is not true for
partner airlines and companion
awards, which operate on separate, fixed - priced
award charts.
This
same tactic can be used for
award flights booked on
partner airlines and this is where understanding what you can and can not do becomes more important — not all
airline website will show you the overnight options like AA.com does.
Suddenly, this week, I am getting a mix of
award pricing for the
same one route on the
same partner airlines.
Alaska
Airlines shares the
same award inventory with both, but each
partner has its own rule for pricing that
award.
From the continental US to Europe in Business class, a one - way journey costs: 62,500 miles on Air France / KLM, 50,000 miles on American
Airlines, 60,000 miles on British Airways or a steep 105,000 miles on Emirates and you can't mix and match
partners on the
same award.
There are some incredibly high value
partner redemptions using Etihad miles, mainly flying American
Airlines for the
same amount of miles that it used to cost on American
Airlines» pre-devaluation
award chart.