With a distance - based award chart, you also need to remember that any connecting flights will add to
the total flight distance used to calculate the number of miles required for your award ticket.
Like British Airways, the distance flown is calculated by segment rather than between origin and destination so
the total flight distance can't increase too much or it will bump up the cost.
With a distance - based award chart, you also need to remember that any connecting flights will add to
the total flight distance used to calculate the number of miles required for your award ticket.
The catch is for the 135,000 — 140,000 point price is you need to make sure
your total flight distances are less than 20,000 miles.
Not exact matches
Unlike the other options we have discussed, British Airways Executive Club uses a
distance - based award chart, so the
total number of Avios required to book an award
flight will be determined by the
distance you fly.
As long as connections are less than 4 hours for domestic
flights or 24 hours for international
flights there are few rules to limit constructing your own itinerary, though some carriers specify a maximum
total distance flown.
This example itinerary in business class includes only five stopovers (ITA has an upper limit on the number of
flight segments) and travels a
total distance of 21,556 miles.
You're allowed up to two per one - way
flight, depending on the
total distance traveled.
The
Total Etihad Guest Miles in the Earn Table is based on an example of a one - way
flight from Abu Dhabi to London (the physical
distance between Abu Dhabi and London is 3,409 miles).
With Iberia,
flights are priced by
total distance and can include multiple segments.
However, unlike British Airways, Iberia does not factor in connecting
flights into the
total distance traveled for your trips, so there are both advantages and disadvantages for using Iberia to book American
flights.
So in the example below, a
flight from Edinburgh, Scotland to London, with a stop in London for a week before continuing on to Dusseldorf, Germany, is priced at 4,500 Avios, since the
total distance flown is under 650 miles.
I also earned 400 % of the
flight distance in redeemable miles, for a
total of 27,408 Etihad Guest miles — believe it or not, that's nearly enough for a round - trip transatlantic business - class
flight on Brussels Air!
The
total number of Avios isn't based on the
total distance traveled; instead, it's based on the sum of the individual redemption costs for each
flight.