At the time, American Airlines required 70,000 miles for a round -
trip partner award ticket to fly to Southeast Asia.
Not exact matches
Korean Air
partner award tickets aren't easy to book, and you can only book round -
trip tickets.
Or transfer the points to
partners like United Airlines for travel such as a round -
trip award ticket within the US and Canada or a 1 - way flight to Europe.
You can fly on Star Alliance
partner Austrian by booking with a frequent - flyer program such as United MileagePlus from 60,000 miles per round
trip or even by booking via Avianca LifeMiles, also for 60,000 miles per round
trip, though without the $ 75 close - in
award ticketing fee that United charges within 21 days of travel.
Round -
trip economy
award tickets to Europe on United (or their Star Alliance
partners) will cost you 60,000 United miles.
While one - way
awards on Alitalia are annoyingly priced at 60 percent of a round -
trip ticket, they simply aren't available on
partners.
Non-domestic one - way
awards cost 60 percent of the miles of round -
trip tickets on China Airlines and aren't allowed on
partners
Virgin Atlantic offers international service and has several
partners, but it's
award chart requires a lot of miles, it collects massive fuel surcharges, and it often requires round -
trip tickets.
How to Book an
Award Ticket: If you're rich in American Airlines AAdvantage miles, you can use 160,000 of them to book round -
trip travel on its
partner, Air Tahiti Nui.
They never charge fuel surcharges, they allow free date changes, they have very flexible routing rules, they allow one - way
awards for half the mileage, they have a short - haul
award for 20,000 miles, they allow for a stopover and an open - jaw so that you can really maximize an
award trip into multiple free
trips, they have an around - the - world
award to visit tons of cities on one
award ticket, and they have dozens of
partners to fly on, most of which can be booked on their website.