Promotional awards are like
saver awards on other airlines.
Award space is of course subject to the vagaries of revenue management (protip: anyone who claims that all you have to do is say «revenue management» to get award seats to open up is probably a few fries short of a happy meal), and it does seem like Suites
saver awards on SQ221 from SIN - SYD have been blocked.
Even better, Singapore Airlines also releases
saver awards on this route which requires even fewer KrisFlyer miles: only 65,000 miles for the roundtrip in First Class!
Saver awards on partners work like standard awards.
You can redeem AAdvantage miles for
saver awards on AA starting at 12,500 miles each way (US Domestic travel).
Finding
saver awards on American Airlines (the awards you'll need to find to book this kind of trip) is hard so, unless you can see availability online right now, I wouldn't buy miles with the expectation of booking this award easily.
You can forget about using the miles you buy for premium cabin
saver awards on American Airlines — they're so hard to find they may as well not exist nowadays.
The increases in
Saver Awards on international routes are thankfully pretty marginal.
Finding
saver awards on Delta is always a challenge.
Another great redemption option is for first class
saver awards on partner airlines.
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 available.
If you're lucky enough to find
a saver award on United it will cost you 150,000 miles + taxes and, in this sale, the miles would cost $ 3,375.
If you manage to fins the unicorn that is an international long - haul Business Class
saver award on American Airlines this us what the costs look like:
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.
I was lucky to find a First Class
Saver Award on one of the 3 inaugural Airbus A321T flights on January 7th (there was a 4th out of LAX but it was a redeye that landed on the 8th, so I don't count... [Read more...] about Review: American Airlines Flagship Check - In / Lounge JFK
Then been planning to rebook it one day earlier but the system shows no slot on
saver award on that day.
Not exact matches
Saver Award flights are available on flights operated by both United and their partner airlines, and these are the MileagePlus award types we'll address in this
Award flights are available
on flights operated by both United and their partner airlines, and these are the MileagePlus
award types we'll address in this
award types we'll address in this post.
In fact, the pricing
on Business class
Saver awards is so reasonable that cardholders who normally couldn't afford business class could easily rack up enough United Miles to fund a round - trip ticket to Europe or Asia in business class.
Based
on the best available data, this chart shows the
saver level cost of Delta One
award flights to and from the U.S.
Award prices are based
on a menu of
Saver and Anytime
awards, with a separate menu for partner
awards.
These Reduced Mileage
Awards can save you up to 7,500 miles per person
on round - trip tickets purchased at the
saver level.
> Value: 50,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points are good for $ 625 in travel credit, 2 domestic
Saver award tickets
on United, a possible $ 700 + in Southwest «Wan na Get Away» fares
on some flights, or 2 +
award nights at most Hyatts.
Check out United's
Saver Award homepage for up - to - date promotions
on Saver Award destinations and times.
The reason we say «if you could» is because finding a Delta
Saver non-stop
award to Israel in any class of service is an adventure, and you shouldn't count
on it.
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.
On a roundtrip
saver award, you can add one stopover and one open jaw.
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.
On a one - way
award, you can only add one stopover to Advantage (standard)
awards but not to
saver awards.
Simply looking at the United
award chart, things are already looking up: it takes just 40,000 miles each way
on flights with Economy
Saver availability, adding up to a total requirement of 80,000 miles.
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.
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.
This means when a
saver award is available, you can fly
on an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Las Vegas or Miami to New York City for just 7,500 Avios instead of 12,500 American Airlines miles.
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.
While
Saver Awards for continental U.S. flights will remain unchanged, the new policy — which you can read about in more detail here — means those who book business or first - class awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak travel se
Awards for continental U.S. flights will remain unchanged, the new policy — which you can read about in more detail here — means those who book business or first - class
awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak travel se
awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg
on most routes, and even more during peak travel seasons.
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.
When an airline sells out of its
saver inventory of
award tickets
on any flight, the only option to book with miles is to pay the higher standard or anytime price — which often can be tens of thousands of miles more.
If you use manufactured spend to put $ 20,000 in purchases
on these cards, you'll have a total of 160,000 miles instead and that is enough for two First Class
Saver awards (40,000 miles per person each way).
Airlines will generally issue a limited number of lower mileage «
saver»
award tickets
on a flight in each class of service, and then offer additional
award seats to flyers at a premium.
Just because a zone and a price exist
on an
award chart doesn't mean
saver level
award seats will be available.
The next morning, a flight
on United from San Jose to Newark is available at their
Saver award level.
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.
If you're able to find
saver level
award space
on the dates you need, the process of searching and booking is pretty straightforward and can be completed entirely online.
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.
I remember just a couple years ago flying my family of 4 to Maui for spring break
on AA BOS - DFW - OGG
on saver level
awards.
The reason we say «if you could» is because finding a Delta
Saver non-stop
award to Israel in any class of service is an adventure, and you shouldn't count
on it.
In order to use Turkish Airlines Miles and Smiles
on United, there will need to be United
Saver award space available.
To book an Avios
award,
Saver level seats must be available
on American to AAdvantage flyers.
Check out United's
Saver Award homepage for up - to - date promotions
on Saver Award destinations and times.