However, there is
saver award availability for 25,000 miles each on American Airlines flights.
Saver award availability for this route at 37,500 looks tough to come by but you can probably find open Standard awards for 70,000 miles one - way.
Markets above are only highlighting flights that have ample
saver award availability for travel during the month stated above the market list.
You can only book American award flights on Alaska if American has
saver award availability for these flights.
Not exact matches
Availability for those
saver - level
awards is usually plentiful, and, at peak summer travel season when cash prices are extremely high, that can get you a value of more than 2 cents per SkyMile.
First, by carrying a Chase United card (even the fee - free version) you have access to more
saver level domestic Economy
award availability (HT: bluecat who correctly points out the
availability extends to international flights on United metal) I haven't found the difference that noticeable
for the most part, but while doing some research
for an upcoming Brandon Asks post I noticed it was quite useful
for positioning flights.
For example, the United credit card allows access to additional
saver award availability and the AAdvantage card gives you 10 percent of your redeemed miles back annually, up to 10,000 miles.
Here we had a stroke of luck, depending on how you look at it: while the direct service flight from Los Angeles did not show
availability for a Business Class or First Class
Saver Award on most dates, a mixed class award connecting through San Francisco was avail
Award on most dates, a mixed class
award connecting through San Francisco was avail
award connecting through San Francisco was available.
After confirming
Saver class
availability for each flight segment by searching them as one - way flights, I now stitched them all together in United's multi-destination
award search tool, making certain to choose the specific flight numbers I'd confirmed
availability on during my one - way searches.
Searching with flexible dates allows you to find the best
availability of
Saver Awards, which are typically available
for half of the miles a Standard
Award requires.
Thankfully,
Saver Award availability in Economy does exist
for Justin's departure date.
There is no
saver level
award availability on American on the four days preceding the game, or the three days following the game
for the return flight.
Finding
Saver Award availability with Delta is always an adventure, especially during the summer, so don't get upset if you cant find anything
for the dates you want.
It is known
for its limited
saver award availability and an
award booking website that is not always accurate, so many frequent flyers scorn the airline on principle.
As stated,
award availability for (
saver) business class to New Zealand on United is not great and you'll need to book far in advance if you want to even have a chance to snag redemptions with business class seats between the US and Australia / New Zealand.
Search
for Saver Award availability first on united.com and then ana.com.
These can be as low as 20,000 miles each way
for a Super
Saver award, but you will find much better
availability at the
Saver level
for 30,000 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.
The only problem is that finding reward seat
availability — especially
for saver awards — can be an issue.
Saver level
award availability for flights is almost completely non-existent and the flight times are challenging enough as it is even when paying cash.
American has had really poor
saver award availability recently, especially
for international premium classes, which means British Airways is often the only transatlantic
award option.
Search
for Saver awards availability (first column).
Other Chase cards you can apply
for at the same time include the Chase Freedom (15K
for spending $ 500 +2.5 K
for adding an additional user
for a limited time only plus 5 - 10 points per dollar spent in rotating categories), Chase British Airways (Up to 100K signup bonus
for a limited time only), the Chase United Explorer (30K signup plus another 5K points
for adding a free additional user on the consumer card / 50K signup points on the business card, plus get free luggage, free primary car rental insurance including in the US and Israel, expanded
saver and standard
award ticket
availability, priority boarding, and more), the Chase IHG (with 60K signup points and a free night every subsequent year upon renewal), the Chase Marriott (with 50K signup points and a free night every subsequent year upon renewal), the Chase Slate (with zero balance transfer fees, 0 % APR on purchase and balance transfers
for 18 months, and free FICO scores), the Chase Ink Plus (60K signup points plus up to 5 points per dollar spent), and the Chase Ink Cash (20K signup points plus up to 5 points per dollar spent).
Searching
award availability to AMS / CDG / BCN
for spring of next year (just
for fun) and there is NOTHING on AA at AA
saver rates.
XN is an economy
saver award for elites and provides additional
availability over fare class X which is the economy
saver award for non-elites.
There is more
saver award availability earlier in the month
for SF > AKL than
for DC > AKL so I'd like to try to use one of those earlier dates.
Please Note: This is an extremely popular route
for award flights, and there is limited
availability on each flight at the «
saver» level where you can book
for 25,000 Avios.
Other Chase cards you can apply
for at the same time include the Chase British Airways (50K signup points, 1.25 Avios per dollar, and an annual companion
award ticket if you spend $ 30K + in a year), and the Chase United Explorer (30K signup points plus another 5K points
for adding a free additional user, and it gives free luggage, free primary car rental insurance including in the US and Israel, expanded
saver and standard
award ticket
availability, priority boarding, and more), the Chase Sapphire Preferred (40K signup points plus another 5K points
for adding a free additional user, no fee the first year, free primary car rental insurance including in the US and Israel, plus 2 - 2.14 points per dollar on travel and dining with no Foreign Exchange fees), the Chase Marriott (with 50K signup points plus a free night upon signup and a free night every subsequent year upon renewal), the Chase Freedom (which has no annual fee, gives 5 points per dollar in rotating categories, and 10 % bonus points through 2015 if you have a Chase checking account), and the Chase Ink Cash (which also has no annual fee and gives 5 points per dollar on telecom / office supplies and 2 points per dollar on dining and gas)
Award availability on Alaska matches what you'll see on Alaska's own website (
for redemptions at the low /
saver level).
You can book such an
award by searching on United
for availability and calling Singapore Krisflyer to book any United
Saver award.
I see
availability on both
for Delta
Saver awards...... but when calling Korean...... they can't see or haven't received this
availability.
A question on waiting to see
Saver Award availability: I booked 2 award tickets with Alaska to Hawaii for the last week of Dec 15 (11 months in adva
Award availability: I booked 2
award tickets with Alaska to Hawaii for the last week of Dec 15 (11 months in adva
award tickets with Alaska to Hawaii
for the last week of Dec 15 (11 months in advance).
I can see the flight as a «
saver award» on united.com because I have a united chase explorer card, even though
for non-cardholders, united.com shows no
availability.
Anyway, if there is no
saver award space on AA and if you can not find
availability on partner airlines, you're better off saving your miles than using twice as many
for an AAnytime ticket.
* You can also use Delta's website to search
for availability but keep in mind that in order to book a Delta flight with either of the Ultimate Rewards Skyteam partners, there must be
award space available at the
saver level on Delta.