Not exact matches
However, the United
award chart shows that business class saver tickets only
cost 60,000 each way, or 120,000 round -
trip for the same exact
flight, a quarter
of how many miles or points you would have needed with cash back or a statement credit.
For example, you could fly from the U.S. to Paris with a stopover in London for the
cost of one round -
trip award flight.
Award flight tip *: Round -
trip business class
awards from the US - Europe
cost 88,000 miles, just beware
of high fuel surcharges on some partners.
From Seattle, a round -
trip flight to Portland is only 9,000 points (4,500 each way) and brings the total
cost of a Hawaii
award to 34,000 points.
The only information Delta has given is that there will be 5 tiers
of award availability, and that one - way
flights will be allowed at half the
cost of round -
trips.
Most round -
trip coach
award tickets on American, Delta and United start at 25,000 miles, regardless
of the
cost of a purchased ticket on the same
flights.
The best deal available is the ability to snag a round
trip flight to Europe for only 25,000 miles in economy — that's the same number
of miles it generally
costs for a round
trip flight within the U.S. Business class
awards can be a good deal, but taxes are considerably higher especially for
flights departing out
of Europe.
It's possible to find round -
trip awards for less than the standard price
of 25,000 miles, even for
flights that
cost several hundred dollars when booked for cash.
Elimination
of 15 % online booking discount: The online booking discount
of 15 % for all SQ reward
flights booked through their web site made
award trips great value — I was able to book my First Class
flight from Manila to Europe for only 72,250 miles one - way — using United MileagePlus miles for the same
trip would have
cost 115,000 miles!
If you're a beginner finding this first step hard because you don't have a specific travel goal in mind, rather just a larger objective
of scoring an
award flight or reducing the
cost of your next
trip with a few free hotel nights, not to worry!
With the future prices
of flights unknown and finding
awards tickets
costing more than 1 MILLION miles round
trip we decided to book early 2016
trips now to lock in good prices and bring our balances down close to zero.
2) If you don't have enough points for the roundtrip
award flight you want, book a one - way
flight with miles / points and pay for the return («Unlike years ago, when one - way cash tickets
cost as much or more than a round
trip, many destinations now offer one - way cash tickets for half the price
of a round
trip,» the company said).