While you might not fly directly on all these airlines, they have
valuable partner flight options.
Not exact matches
You won't earn tier points or a tier bonus on these
partner flights, but you will earn
valuable Avios points.
And Southwest may not have any airline
partners, but Rapid Rewards members who take 100
flights or accrue 110,000 qualifying points can earn a Companion Pass, which may be one of the most
valuable airline perks ever created.
4,500 or 7,500 Avios for expensive, short - haul
flights is one of the great bargains in domestic travel, and makes British Airways one of the most
valuable transfer
partners for Chase Ultimate Rewards points, which you can quickly and easily transfer over in increments of 1,000 Avios.
The four most
valuable ways to redeem Starpoints are the following: award stays; Nights &
Flights; airline
partner transfers; and SPG
Flights.
You won't earn tier points or a tier bonus on these
partner flights, but you will earn
valuable Avios points.
The most
valuable of these three options will most likely be the Chase Ultimate Rewards program because you can directly transfer your points to Southwest, United, British Airways Avios (American and Alaska Air
partner flights), or Flying Blue and Singapore Air to book a
partner flight on Delta.
Search around for a transfer
partner that offers a
valuable award
flight for your trip, and you'll likely be able to get more value out of your points than you would by booking travel directly through Citi.
Earning 5x Ultimate Rewards is much more
valuable than earning Rapid Rewards or Marriott points if booking
flights or stays out of pocket (especially since both programs are transfer
partners of Ultimate Rewards).
Between those two airlines, I have a very wide range of availability for
flights both domestically and internationally so those
partners are very
valuable to me.
Despite some heavy fuel surcharges by Lufthansa and most of its European
partners, the Miles and More program has enough sweet spots to make it very
valuable, and award
flights could be a true bargain under the right circumstances.
For the time - being, Alaska Airlines is still a
partner, and many people who are forced to fly Delta for work (e.g., those who live in hubs like Atlanta or Minneapolis) credit their Delta
flights to Alaska to earn much more
valuable miles.
Its made a name for itself, though, by offering key perks that travelers crave: extremely
valuable partners, instant transfers, and an ability to use your points on any
flight at any time even when award seats aren't available.
Points in the Starwood hotel's Preferred Guest program are widely considered to be among the most
valuable points currencies available in part because they can be transferred to miles in 31 different airline programs and in turn, used for award
flights with all of these airlines»
partners.
In fact, an argument could be made that Avios are even more
valuable for short - haul
flights here in the U.S. on one of the
partner airlines, as redemptions start at just 7,500 Avios.
Yes, plus Alaska miles are
valuable for
flights on Alaska
partners such as Emirates and Cathay Pacific
In addition, the high fuel surcharges often charged on award
flights operated by British Airways make these points most
valuable when used on
partners like American Airlines, US Airways, Alaska Airlines, Aer Lingus, and others (see How to Redeem Avios Without Huge Fees and Surcharges).
Lesson 7: If your dream trip is to Europe, focus on Star Alliance carriers Because American charges fuel surcharges on BA and Iberia
flights to Europe, their miles are less
valuable for
flights to Europe than United miles, as they do not charge fuel surcharges on any of their
partners to Europe.
This is the best ThankYou Points transfer
partner, and the other options like redeeming the points for 1.25 cents each toward any
flight aren't nearly as
valuable.