So my next strategy is to start
searching for award ticket availability.
Read this post about
searching for award ticket availability.
American Airlines is another option for
searching for award ticket availability to redeem with Avios.
You can
search for award tickets on Delta.com and can easily redeem SkyMiles on flights with Delta Air Lines and partner carriers when using their search engine.
To book you need to visit Hawaiian Airlines» website, select HawaiianMiles from the menu, then select Redeem so you can perform
a search for award tickets.
The results page will show me exactly how to transfer my points, how to
search for an award ticket, what fees will I need to pay, etc..
If you are looking for bargains and can travel off season, begin
your search for an award ticket with American or US Airways miles.
Air Canada and Aeroplan are operated separately, so you cant even
search for award tickets on the Air Canada website.
You'll have to
search for an award ticket online to find out the rate in miles.
When you're
searching for award tickets with AAdvantage miles, look for flights operated by AA and not British Airways.
The alternative is to
search for an award ticket.
If the thought of endlessly
searching for award tickets gives you hives, there are numerous award booking services that will do it for you.
Not exact matches
United also makes it easy to
search for and book
award tickets online so you won't have to worry about making any phone calls.
For instance, on the United.com website, the page looks like this, with a little checkbox to search for award travel below the ticket quantity fie
For instance, on the United.com website, the page looks like this, with a little checkbox to
search for award travel below the ticket quantity fie
for award travel below the
ticket quantity field:
Search for Virgin Atlantic availability on virginatlantic.com first, and then call Singapore Airlines at 213-404-0301 to book the
award ticket.
One interesting feature of Aeroplan's website is that you can
search for award availability to multiple destinations at once, similar to how you can enter multiple destinations when looking
for paid
tickets with ITA Matrix.
I don't know where you're flying from, but I
searched availability in July — a peak travel time — from Chicago to Honolulu, and found
award tickets typically available
for between 60,000 and 70,000 miles round - trip.
I tried
searches from each American and US Air hub, on the logic that perhaps a cheap cash
ticket to that hub would allow
for a better
award redemption.
American Airlines is the only Oneworld airline that operates non-stop flights between the United States and Paris, so you can use their website to both
search for award space and book your
award ticket.
First, it will allow you to start
searching early
for award tickets, and keep an eye out
for the routes and airlines that make the trip.
A couple years ago I created the «
Award Maximizer» to help you search for the cost of an award ticket across several different loyalty pro
Award Maximizer» to help you
search for the cost of an
award ticket across several different loyalty pro
award ticket across several different loyalty program.
So, Amex will let you
search for award space, redeem the number of Membership Rewards points if you could transfer, and they'll just buy the
ticket for you.
Quick tip: if you are planning on using miles to upgrade,
search for business class
award space prior to booking your premium economy
ticket.
The only way to book an
award ticket for the proper number of miles is if you can get the itinerary to show up in a standard round - trip or one - way
search.
There's no
searching for award availability with Pay with Points — if a
ticket is available, it's yours.
To
search for a flight to Japan using your miles with JAL, choose «JAL international
award ticket reservation» from the «
award redemption (air)» column on the left.
I'll be writing a post in the next couple days on how to use the Flying Blue website to
search for and book
award tickets as part of a continuing series related to my Award Maximizer search
award tickets as part of a continuing series related to my
Award Maximizer search
Award Maximizer
search tool.
In order to
search for a flight with a partner airline using JMB miles, choose «JMB partner airlines
award ticket reservation» instead of the JAL international
award ticket option.
Quick tip: if you are planning on using your miles to upgrade,
search for Business Class
award space prior to booking your Premium Economy
ticket.
ITA Matrix is what I use to
search for good cash fares but, as it shows what taxes and fees are included in a cash
ticket, it can also be used to estimate the taxes due on an
award ticket.
In this post I'm going to walk you through my
search for an ultra-premium cabin
award and I'll show you the steps I go though when trying to spend as little cash as possible on an
award ticket.
The question to me isn't whether the Southwest flight is «better» or «worse» than the American flights, it's whether the Southwest flight is going to be better by enough, often enough, to justify jumping through their hoops in addition to the ordinary
searches I do
for paid
tickets and
awards on real airlines.
Searching for awards to Australia up front can be the golden
ticket of
award travel (generally, North America to Australia or New Zealand in the North American winter is next to impossible) but every year I try to line up an Xmas week / NYE trip Down Under.
You can only book
award tickets for itineraries that can be found using standard round - trip or one - way
searches
In short, when
searching for award availability, the cost of interisland and North American round - trip
tickets will be 2,500 to 5,000 miles less than HawaiianMiles members who don't have a co-branded card.
I never know my schedule more than a couple months out in advance, so when they settled on a date
for a January 2014 reception in India back in April 2013, I simply
searched for a one - way
award ticket from Los Angeles to Mumbai to get there the day before.
For the recent future, even if you found a good deal on the Delta
award chart, it was hard to actually GET any
tickets, because the
award searching on the website was so bad.
Here is a guide to booking
award tickets in Singapore Airlines Suites, including a list of all Singapore Suites routes, how many miles you need
for an
award ticket, how to
search and find Singapore Suites
award flights, and an overview of the KrisFlyer mileage program.
These are the two best cards
for domestic economy flights since they can be used
for the cheapest or most convenient itinerary without having to
search for award space AND you get all the perks of a paid
ticket like earning miles and status.
Positives: •United.com is great
for searching and booking
award tickets with United and its partners.
IdeaWorks
searched for two
tickets on 280 different dates, at the restricted
award levels.
* In my case, KLM's website is pretty user - friendly when
searching for flexible dates on Delta / partner
award tickets.
You're not going to find 7
award tickets to Hawaii if you're
searching in February and you're trying to book
for spring break next month.
You can use the AirFrance or the KLM website to
search for and book
award tickets with FlyingBlue miles.
It is important to note that you should completely ignore the number of miles quoted
for an
award ticket during your
search on ba.com, alaskaair.com, or etihad.com.