Consider the following examples to see the value of this new redemption option compared to transferring points and redeeming
traditional award tickets.
Perhaps in part of this, 2017 felt rather mediocre for a good two - thirds of the calendar before shifting into overdrive
for traditional awards season.
I would never suggest earning, let alone buying, rewards currencies speculatively: if your account balances are high enough, you'll be better off simply transferring your Membership Rewards or Ultimate Rewards points to Avios and
booking traditional award tickets.
And over time categories such as the Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You were eliminated in favor of more
traditional awards including actor and actress, which dialed up the star power.
A nomination for Plaza would honor a weirder, funnier, more surprising bit of acting than
traditional awards bait while still indulging the spectacle of an actor out there on her own.
Traders from Russia and CIS region took part in online voting, which resulted in Grand Capital winning two awards — «Best Micro Forex Broker» and «Best Standard Forex Broker» during the Expo's
traditional award ceremony.
Another good subject was talking about the difference
between traditional award programs (United, American, etc.) and revenue - based ones (Southwest, Virgin America, or Jet Blue).
Compare this to
traditional award charts that determine your milage requirements based on the different regions you are traveling to.
Had we booked a more
traditional award ticket by redeeming miles, the taxes and fees to travel to Europe would likely still be at least $ 500 and could even exceed $ 1,000 if we flew British Airways, which tends to have the most availability.
If you're looking to book international flights in premium cabins, those fares tend to be quite a bit higher than domestic first, so while you'll still get two cents per points in value, you'll likely need fewer points or miles to
book traditional award tickets.
Traditional awards were given in each division.
Great photo opportunities for the magazine, but not really
a traditional Awards event, or that practical in real life.
While Fox Searchlight may not have initially envisioned «Demolition» as
a traditional awards contender, the distributor may have second thoughts depending on the film's reviews.
You can usually use your miles to get greater value if you book
a traditional award ticket, and I value my Alaska miles at 2 cents each.
Delta has announced that
the traditional award chart will remain, but it will have five price levels instead of three.
The Hilton Honors program is also eliminating
the traditional award chart in favor of variable award pricing but officials there have promised that award pricing will not exceed what has been available up until now.
So in the future, United awards will operate on a hybrid system with
a traditional award chart for Saver Awards and dynamic pricing for Everyday Awards.
Instead, they'll be introducing what can for now be called a «hybrid» loyalty program: miles earned for flights will depend completely on the revenue cost of tickets flown and on your elite status, while at the same time you'll — maybe — be able to redeem miles according to
a traditional award chart.
When Air New Zealand came out with changes to its frequent flyer program from points to dollars in 2004, I worried about what it would mean for the future of frequent flyer program value, although they kept both a points as money idea and
a traditional award chart (with saver awards also continuing to be made available to partner airlines).
With
the traditional awards, the CUAA would add three awards of special recognition and inaugurate the Peter Cooper Award for Public Service; that according to Leeper, «We're hopeful that this will be the first of a tradition that we'd like to start today.»
We've all received
the traditional award certificate at some point in our lives.