Expect to pay ~ $ 400 in fuel surcharges and taxes per long - haul
segment on award bookings, but that's still cheaper than paying for a business or first class ticket.
Not exact matches
Certain premium cabin flight
segments may earn different
award miles and Premier qualifying credits than those defined for your ticketed fare class in the chart above (your fare class for each flight
segment is displayed during
booking and when viewing a ticketed itinerary
on united.com).
You can
book this one - way
award and connect anywhere within the US
on United as long as you have no more than 3 flight
segments.
You can
book this flight using Miles & More miles as long as you find Saver
Award availability
on United with no more than 3 flight
segments.
If you're using United to search but plan
on booking with different miles, it may be beneficial to search for your
award segment - by -
segment so you can see more options that might be available.
Even though you don't earn elite miles
on award tickets and I value my airline elite status greatly, there's something extremely satisfying about
booking an expensive domestic flight and only paying $ 2.50 in fees, which is what most carriers charge per
segment on domestic US flights (plus any ticketing fees).
If I manage to find
award availability
on Alaska Airlines for each of those
segments, my one - way trip I would
book on Alaska Airlines would look like this: New York to Seattle (stopover for a few months), Seattle to San Francisco.