Not exact matches
Here are the
redemption rates for round -
trip award tickets booked with United MileagePlus miles, and estimates of the taxes and fees required for these bookings:
ANA Mileage Club will require a round -
trip award but
redemption rates are good and you can book stopovers.
Here are the
redemption rates for round -
trip award tickets booked with United MileagePlus miles, and estimates of the taxes and fees required for these bookings:
The most common
award redemption is a domestic flight for 25,000 miles round
trip in economy class.
Here are the
redemption rates (round -
trip) and a rough estimate of the taxes and fees to book an
award to Paris.
The loss of a cherished
redemption on Thai Airways certainly hurts for those who like to get creative with their
trips abroad, but United's changes to
award rates to / from the U.S. were not too onerous.
This 2 part series outlines how to exploit the distance based ANA
Award Flights to combine many short trips into a single award redemption, by taking the stopovers «at home&ra
Award Flights to combine many short
trips into a single
award redemption, by taking the stopovers «at home&ra
award redemption, by taking the stopovers «at home».
The
award chart shows the same
redemption level — 15,000 miles — for all round -
trip intra-Japan flights in economy class, no matter the distance.
With British Airways, the cost of your
award redemption is calculated based on the number of miles being flown on each segment of your
trip.
You can also use the Travel Codex
Award Maximizer tool to get an idea of
redemption costs between different regions for an upcoming
trip of your own, including the cost of redeeming Asia Miles.
However, using Alaska miles to book a partner
award is only 100K miles round
trip, resulting in a
redemption value of 5.5 cents per point.
One of the most fantastic features of the Dynasty Flyer SkyTeam
award chart is a 70,000 - mile
redemption per round -
trip business class flight between North and South America.
The 56.3 % increase in miles needed for a First Class
redemption between Europe and the Middle East / Indian Subcontinent is a hammer blow to anyone wanting to book Etihad's First Class cabin and, at 230,000 AAdvantage miles for a round
trip First Class
award to Australia on Qatar Airways, that
award just became a whole lot harder to achieve.
I find Aeroplan and ANA to have some of the best search function for Star Alliance
redemptions, or Lifemiles, and British Airways Avios page is usually top notch for OneWorld
awards, especially when searching
trips by individual segments.
You get more value for point
redemptions when booking
award travel, can customize you itinerary to add intentional connections, and they give you the flexibility to book your
trip piecemeal, making your own travel lay - a-way plan.
Without getting too deep into the United
award chart and all of the complexity that it can entail with the excursionist perk, here are some sample
redemptions so that you can see how many miles you might need to acquire for
trips you might want to take.
Though Miles & More
awards carry high fuel surcharges, their
redemption rates are relatively comparable to the main domestic airlines, though occasionally with a bit of a discount, such as 50,000 miles for round -
trip flights between the U.S. and Europe in economy class.
Low level
award redemptions for premium business class international round -
trip tickets can usually be found for 140,000 miles, but Delta occasionally has flash sales where those
awards cost just 110,000 miles.
American Airlines MileSAAver
awards allow for
redemptions to Europe as low as 45,000 round
trip.
The best
redemption to India with this
award chart would be a round
trip business Class
award to India with Cathay Pacific for 120,000 US Airways Dividend miles.
Choice Privileges is the only reward program I know that limits
award redemption to a very short time period: You can book hotels in the US & Canada (almost 90 % of all properties) only 30 days in advance, which makes it really hard to plan any
trips.
I think what while the economy
award redemptions aren't the most valuable, the business class
awards still offer great value despite the fees on a round
trip award.
You can book one - way
awards at half the cost of round -
trip redemptions, and availability on certain routes is quite good.
Best Miles / Points
Redemption: American Airlines flies discounted
award flights to Europe from October 15 - May 15, meaning a round -
trip costs only 40,000 AA miles per person.
The simplest way to do this is to not alter my planned earning and
redemption at all: if all my
trips are already optimized between revenue fares (paid for with cheap Ultimate Rewards points and Flexpoints) and
award trips, then I can convert my Delta transportation voucher directly into airfare for new
trips.
I was up to the challenge of finding the perfect
award redemption and I knew this
trip presented a great opportunity to try out some of the best business and first class seats in the industry.
But with this smart and very simple credit card spending technique I'm getting ready to show you, you won't have to plan your
trip far in advance, or deal with complicated
award bookings and other tricky
redemption scenarios.
- Singapore allows for one - way
award redemption at half the miles of a round -
trip.
A last minute
redemption (one week out) worked out for me in June: an optional
trip I'd been casually tracking for weeks became possible, in Business Class, because saver
awards opened up — on United.
The 54,823 «stray» Dividend miles I had left were difficult to redeem since US Airways did not allow one - way
award redemptions for half the cost of a round -
trip.
If you're one of those people who likes to plan their travel around promotions like this, it's worth noting that between September 7 — November 14 American Airlines offers discounted
award redemptions of 35,000 miles round -
trip per person.
Another sweet spot is an Economy
award redemption from London to the USA East Coast (New York, Washington, Baltimore, and Boston) which only costs 26,000 Avios for the round
trip in off - peak periods (but these flights come with heavy taxes making them not so attractive after all).
515 pm — 615 pm Anti Round - the - World
Trip Redemptions with Scott (MileValue)
Award Stopovers with Drew Macomber (Travel Is Free) Sweet Spot
Award Redemptions with Angelina Aucello (Just Another Points Traveler)
Unlike some of Alaska Airlines» other partner
redemption rates, the Japan Airlines one - way
awards price at exactly half of round -
trip prices.
If you need to go to Japan or elsewhere in Asia that JAL flies, you can get great deals using the JAL
award chart, which offers round -
trip award seats at
redemptions more akin to one - way
awards on many airlines.
Booking
awards: Miles & More basics are laid out in this post, but the key things to keep in mind are that you can only have two stopovers and two open jaws on round -
trip awards, that you can score deals like 30,000 - mile economy
awards between select cities in the US and Europe, and that its
award chart is not the best deal overall, but there are some interesting
redemptions like North America to Hawaii for 40,000 miles round -
trip in economy, domestic business - and first - class
awards for 35,000 / 50,000 miles respectively, and business class to Central and Southeast Asia as well as Australia / New Zealand for 135,000 miles.
People who live in the continental United States can use this sweet spot to get a complete vacation to South America and two half
trips to Hawaii, all on one
award redemption, for fewer miles than simply booking a roundtrip
award between the continental United States!