If you transfer your points to partners with
valuable award charts, it is not very difficult to achieve redemption values of at least 2 cents / point (often 3 - 4) which widens the value disparity even more.
If you transfer your points to partners with
valuable award charts, it is not very difficult to achieve redemption values of at least 2 cents / point (often 3 - 4) which widens the value disparity even more.
I fly United despite their relatively poor customer service because (1) they get me where I want to go, (2) they offer relatively good elite benefits for my situation, and (3) they had
a valuable award chart.
Alaska is a great airline with an extremely
valuable award chart and a nice set of elite benefits.
Not exact matches
Why # 10: A few reasons I don't rank this card higher, even though you can earn up to 100K Avios as a signup bonus and the card is not subject to Chase 5/24, are that $ 10K spend is required to earn 75K, $ 20K is required to earn the full 100K bonus, and I find Avios much less
valuable than they used to be, due to the various
award chart devaluations over the past few years.
The bonuses are either too small to buy most tickets when converted to cash, or the points are too
valuable to waste on inflated
award charts when converted to miles.
I've also written about a nice opportunity to get free stopovers on domestic flights, making the Alaska Airlines
award chart particularly
valuable: How to Book
Awards on Emirates with Alaska Airlines Miles Alaska Airlines
Awards: Two Domestic One Ways for the Price of One It does take 90,000 miles each way to fly First Class, however, and the big downside is that Alaska... [Read more...]
There's no
awards chart, which makes it hard to figure out how
valuable your points really are.
Any long - haul economy redemption on the EarlyReturns
award chart is a good deal, but flights to Costa Rica are particularly
valuable.
I complained earlier that I don't think the two free weekend nights you get with a Hilton Reserve credit card are any more
valuable after the recent devaluation of the Hilton HHonors
award chart.
Besides the nice 100k sign - up offer and lucrative BA
award chart, there are some other reasons why the Avios loyalty program is super
valuable.
Air Canada's
award chart has some
valuable sweet spots, like 110,000 miles roundtrip for business class flights to Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
That
award chart is particularly
valuable for premium cabin redemptions, since business class and first class
awards cost 2 and 3 times the cost of economy, respectively, instead of the 3 and 4 times charged on the standard Executive Club
award chart.
Alaska recently overhauled its
award chart for domestic economy travel on its own metal, and in a rare win for travelers, actually made the
chart more
valuable.
Its global network and partnerships make the airline's Club Premier kilometers very
valuable, especially since its
award chart is quite reasonable and generally offers a better value than partner Delta Air Lines.
You get access to the Oneworld Alliance of airlines, which includes American Airlines, US Airways, Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines, Iberia, and more, and while the distance - based
award chart can be difficult for some to understand, it also has the potential to be extremely
valuable.
Compare different airline
award charts to get a feel for how
valuable a card's bonus is.
Avianca devalued its Star Alliance partner
award chart in 2014, making LifeMiles less
valuable.
I would never hesitate to speak for Scott, so what I think Scott was trying to say is that certain points (such as American Express Membership Rewards earned on a Platinum card, which was the actual subject of his post) are so incredibly
valuable when used for premium cabin
award redemptions on a regular
award chart that it's almost a shame to not maximize them for that purpose.
With recent devaluations to the United and Delta
award charts, American Airlines miles and US Airways miles are the most
valuable miles for now.
-LSB-...] recent devaluations to the United and Delta
award charts, American Airlines miles are the most
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US Airways miles are the most
valuable miles right now because of how cheap business class
awards are on the US Airways
award chart.
While some regions were hit hard — especially in first class — there will still be a few
valuable redemptions with the new
award chart.
This card allows you to earn 30,000 Alaska miles which are very
valuable due to their current
award chart.
Although we're saddened — but not surprised — by the American Airlines
award chart devaluation, AAdvantage miles will continue to be a
valuable currency.
People love Aeroplan because they offer some pretty great redemption options (90,000 miles for business class to Europe, though they've recently changed their
award chart to be less
valuable)-- see here for details, and they love ANA because with their distance - based rewards you can get some great values (63,000 ANA miles for a business class ticket on Virgin to London which until recently did not require Virgin's outrageous fuel surcharges).
Alaska Airline miles are very
valuable thanks to the Mileage Plan program's generous
award chart, vast partner network, and the ease of redeeming miles online.
Why # 11: A couple reasons I don't rank this card higher, even though you can earn up to 75K Avios as a signup bonus and the card is not subject to Chase 5/24, are that $ 10K spend is required to earn 75K and I find Avios much less
valuable than they used to be, due to the various
award chart devaluations over the past few years.