Another great redemption option is for first class
saver awards on partner airlines.
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.
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.
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.
This will typically be
on a
partner airline, so make sure you get a
saver award.
But here's the very important thing to know: Not all
partners will show up
on an
airline's online
award booking — and the Big Three have some of the worst availability of
Saver (low) level
awards of any
airlines.
Remember, you can only book your
award flight
on a
partner airline if there is the lowest,
saver rate available.
Also, you can use the
Saver Award to book flights
on all
partner airlines (i.e. Star Alliance network
airlines), in addition to United.
Since British Airways has a distance - based
award chart and American
Airlines is a Oneworld
partner, you can use Avios to book any AA flight with
saver level
award availability and have the price based
on the Avios chart.
Right now, United.com is showing discounted
saver level
awards on partner airlines in business class to Europe.
If the hotel you want is in the contiguous US or Canada, that means that you and your
partner can use the 50,000 miles to each fly for free
on saver award tickets
on an
airline like American
Airlines, and then have five free hotel nights at your destination.
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.
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.