Using this promotion, a round - trip Business Class fare between Manchester and Christchurch will earn over 60,000 KrisFlyer miles and, when you consider that a one - way Business Class
saver award between London and Sydney is just 68,000 miles (when booked online), that's a pretty good return!
For example, to upgrade from economy to business on
a saver award between Singapore and the U.S., you'll need 65,000 miles.
Finding American Airlines Business Class saver awards across the Atlantic can be next to impossible but, early last year, I was lucky enough to find two Business Class
saver awards between Madrid and LA for travel on Iberia.
Not exact matches
United is offering an
award sale with 25 % off
saver award flights for Chase United MileagePlus card holders or 20 % off for non-cardholders to several mountain destinations for travel
between June 9th and June 27th.
You can get a 20 % discount on miles used for
saver awards flights if you book by 3/14/18 11:59 pm CST and travel
between 4/9/2018 and 5/20/2018.
to Mainland US / Alaska / Canada: no change, but itineraries
between Alaska and the Mainland US or Alaska and Canada will be charged an additional 5,000 miles on
saver awards or 10,000 miles on standard
awards.
Delta flies 757s and 767s
between JFK and Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle, but finding its business class
award at a
Saver rate is virtually impossible.
Flights
between L.A. and Sydney feature a 777 - 300ER with excellent configuration in both first and business class cabins, but premium class seats on this route are virtually impossible to get at
saver award rates.
The Star Alliance
saver awards don't appear to have been hit too badly... although some
awards between regions not including the US appear to have risen sharply.
Saver awards cost a touch more than SuperSaver (usually
between one - third and one - fourth more depending on the route), while Flex
awards, which do not confer any additional benefits such as American Airlines AAnyTime
awards, cost twice the SuperSaver redemption rate.
When I have a sizeable rewards balance I also transfer over to the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer program (that's how I booked Joanna and I into Singapore Airlines Suites
between Hong Kong and Singapore and the Singapore and London) and I always keep an eye out for American Airlines
saver awards just in case there's an opportunity to transfer Membership Rewards points over to Etihad and book American Business or First Class at a favorable rate.
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.
My family's favorite vacation destination is Hawaii, and via their own version of a «Cyber Monday» offering, United is making it 20 % cheaper to get there on miles if you book a roundtrip economy
saver award by December 8th and travel
between January 7 — March 10, 2018.
Pay attention to the differences in class (economy, business, first, etc.) and to the differences
between standard and
saver awards (as you'll be trying to go for the
saver awards).
Similar to the option
between Houston and Moscow, this is another
award redemption that has become a great value since Singapore started opening up
saver award space in their new first class.
Save 15,000
award miles when you book your next roundtrip Saver Award in United Economy by June 28th, 2016 for travel between August 23rd, 2016 and March 31st,
award miles when you book your next roundtrip
Saver Award in United Economy by June 28th, 2016 for travel between August 23rd, 2016 and March 31st,
Award in United Economy by June 28th, 2016 for travel
between August 23rd, 2016 and March 31st, 2017.
That was pretty unfortunate, given that Virgin Australia is the airline which releases the most premium cabin
saver level
award space
between the US and Australia, making it one of the best uses of SkyMiles.
Discounted
Saver Award is only valid for roundtrip travel
between Mexico and the United States (excluding Hawaii) or Canada.
This discount requires flying a United - operated non-stop
between the US and China or Hong Kong for your transpacific segment, with roundtrip
saver award flights booked
between August 11 and August 22 for travel August 29 through April 30.