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.
Not exact matches
Additionally, even
if your goal happens to be short
flights on American Airlines within the U.S., AA has sharply reduced their
saver award space (which is the space open to partners such as British Airways) so Avios are less useful for those
awards.
While Delta SkyMiles can be tough to use for booking
award flights to Australia because of incredibly high redemption rates, your miles can be useful
if you find
saver level
award space.
Using yesterday's example,
if there were no
Saver level
awards on AA we would be stuck without a
flight to book with BA Avios.
However,
if you can find
award space on Virgin Atlantic and a separate
saver level
award for a connecting
flight, there is a way to make this work.
You can also upgrade your
flight to the First Class
Saver award if you call reservations at least 26 hours before your
flight departure.
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?
If Saver Award space is available on United Airlines, you could transfer 25,000 miles to Singapore Airlines» KrisFlyer program to book the United
flight.
If you happen to find
saver level
award space on American Airlines, Avios are also great for short
flights within the U.S.
If the lowest cost roundtrip available is 50,000, then the return
flight costs 30,000 miles and is therefore a
Saver award.
Use
if: Singapore Airlines allows one free stopover on a round - trip
Saver flight (or 2 free on a Standard
Award flight), which will allow you to visit a new destination.
You will still want to book as early as possible to ensure you can get one of the low - cost
Saver Awards, but, this is one less way you can get nickel - and - dimed by the airlines
if you can not book a
flight until the last - minute.
You can only book American
award flights on Alaska
if American has
saver award availability for these
flights.
If you can find
Saver Award availability on United.com with 2 or fewer connections then you can book the same
flight over the phone.
If these
flights area available as a
Saver Award on United.com then you will be able to call in and book the
flight using Miles & More miles.
If you really need a
flight on a specific date and
saver level space isn't available, cardholders also have guaranteed access to standard level
award space.
Yes, you still have to pay fees with Iberia, and they're much more than those typically tied to United
award flights, but
if there's no availability in business class through other alliances, it might be worth it to you to pay the fee to get your business class
saver tickets.
However, finding a Delta
saver non-stop
award to Israel in any class of service is an adventure, and you can only book a partner's
flight if it has a
saver award available.
Remember, you can only book your
award flight on a partner airline
if there is the lowest,
saver rate available.
If you're interested in visiting during April, you just need to find
saver award flight availability from your city to Chicago (ORD) during one of these dates.
If you are ready to fly on a whim airlines often open up
saver awards as it gets closer to the
flight.
Dan, I know that ANA can only book a United
flight to Tel Aviv
if United offers that
flight as a «
saver award».
Currently there's a workaround
if you book a domestic Delta
flight at the
saver award level to add on a partner
award at the old rates.
If you are ready to fly on a whim airlines often open up
saver awards the day of or the day before a
flight.
Additionally, even
if your goal happens to be short
flights on American Airlines within the U.S., AA has sharply reduced their
saver award space (which is the space open to partners such as British Airways) so Avios are less useful for those
awards.