One -
way saver awards in Economy class start at 7,500 miles for a short - haul regional flight and now go up to 154,000 miles for a long - haul, Suites flight.
The second issue is that Singapore Airlines doesn't typically allow stopovers on one -
way saver awards.
One -
way Saver Awards are your best value option, and are what we use in the suggestions below.
One -
way Saver Awards for domestic flights can cost as little as 10,000 miles each way with United.
You can redeem your miles for award flights with United Airlines, starting at 25,000 miles for a round - trip flight or 12,500 miles for a one -
way Saver Award flight.
One -
way Saver Award travel currently starts as low as 12,500 miles within the continental U.S. and Canada.
You can redeem your miles for award flights with United Airlines, starting at 25,000 miles for a round - trip flight or 12,500 miles for a one -
way Saver Award flight.
Here are some sample first / suites class one -
way saver award rates and fuel surcharges from the US: Only A380 flights have private suites, but their «regular» first class is nothing to sneeze at either, it's among the very best in the world!
I think you can book a stopover on a one
way saver award for $ 100.
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.
We'll also take a look at an easy
way to gain access to more economy class
saver level
award space with United.
On a one -
way award, you can only add one stopover to Advantage (standard)
awards but not to
saver awards.
Miles are redeemed one -
way, and therefore you can combine
award levels including Super
Saver,
Saver, and Flex
Awards.
Simply looking at the United
award chart, things are already looking up: it takes just 40,000 miles each
way on flights with Economy
Saver availability, adding up to a total requirement of 80,000 miles.
However, if you can find
award space on Virgin Atlantic and a separate
saver level
award for a connecting flight, there is a
way to make this work.
Pretty much everyone who belongs to a frequent - flyer program is familiar with the ubiquitous 12,500 - mile domestic
saver one -
way award on airlines such as United and American, but what if I told you that you could fly on that very same domestic flight, operated by those very same U.S. - based airlines, for only 7,500 miles?
If you use manufactured spend to put $ 20,000 in purchases on these cards, you'll have a total of 160,000 miles instead and that is enough for two First Class
Saver awards (40,000 miles per person each
way).
So, combine your points to put all 140,000 miles in one account and you'll have enough for two Coach
Saver awards (30,000 miles per person each
way).
to Southern South America: Business
saver awards go from 50,000 miles one -
way to 55,000 miles.
After confirming
Saver class availability for each flight segment by searching them as one -
way flights, I now stitched them all together in United's multi-destination
award search tool, making certain to choose the specific flight numbers I'd confirmed availability on during my one -
way searches.
First
saver awards go from 67,500 miles one -
way to 70,000 miles.
United has a traditional airline
award chart that charges 12,500 miles each
way for a domestic economy
saver award within the lower 48 states.
While
Saver level domestic first class
awards will continue to cost 25,000 miles one -
way in the continental U.S. and 40,000 miles one -
way to Hawaii, routes with premium service are seeing increases.
I do think Hawaiian has good service if you've never tried them before, but
awards from North America to Hawaii are 20,000 miles one -
way at the SuperSaver level, and you're more likely to find them at the 30,000
Saver level.
As an example of how one program works, United normally offers its
saver award seats in the lower 48 states at 12,500 miles each
way, but when a
saver award isn't available, those with a United co-branded credit card or United elite status typically can secure an
award seat at the 25,000 - mile standard
award level each direction, as long as seats are still available for sale with cash.
You will still want to book as early as possible to ensure you can get one of the low - cost
Saver Awards, but, this is one less
way you can get nickel - and - dimed by the airlines if you can not book a flight until the last - minute.
You need 80,000 United Miles for a one
way business
saver award ticket to India.
Yesterday, while most people's attention was focused on the addition of Premium Economy redemptions to the Singapore Airlines
award chart (more on that in a separate post), the airline slipped in a change to the charts in a
way that increased the cost of Premium Cabin
Saver Awards to certain European cities.
You can also reserve one -
way trips and combine different
award levels, like an outbound Super
Saver flight paired with an inbound Coach
Saver or Coach Flex (anytime)
award.
All United
awards are one -
way, which means you can fly a
Saver Award for one direction of travel and return using an Everyday
Award.
United
Saver Awards United Economy
Saver Awards are redeemable starting as low as 12,500 miles for one -
way travel within the continental U.S. and Canada as of January 1, 2018.
The lowest SuperSaver
awards from Hawaii to the mainland are 20,000 miles one -
way, although you may run into
Saver awards for 30,000 miles, too.
Another
way to look at it is that I've used the rules to turn an anytime
award into two
saver awards.
In this instance a one -
way Premium Economy
saver award will cost 65,000 miles while a one -
way Business Class
saver award will set you back 80,000 miles.
United's threshold is 700 miles; any flights of 700 miles or less price out at 10K miles each
way for
Saver awards.
These can be as low as 20,000 miles each
way for a Super
Saver award, but you will find much better availability at the
Saver level for 30,000 miles.
Using this promotion, a round - trip Business Class fare between Manchester and Christchurch will earn over 60,000 KrisFlyer miles and, when you consider that a one -
way Business Class
saver award between London and Sydney is just 68,000 miles (when booked online), that's a pretty good return!
Often, you'll need to travel to some other European city, like Dublin, Brussels, or Madrid, or some place in Germany to save on miles and / or get a business class or better
award at the
saver rate of 70,000 miles or less each
way.
Saver award availability for this route at 37,500 looks tough to come by but you can probably find open Standard
awards for 70,000 miles one -
way.
We each had enough miles for one -
way «
saver»
awards to Europe.
You can redeem AAdvantage miles for
saver awards on AA starting at 12,500 miles each
way (US Domestic travel).
Effective November 1, 2017, many United MileagePlus
Saver awards will be going up in price (listed below, prices all one -
way).
Saver awards for these flights are starting at 80,000 Delta SkyMiles one
way and we just saw a lot of
Saver awards open up but then dry up virtually overnight.
You can get to HI for 17,500 each
way, provided you can find
saver award space.
Since this is a partner
award, it priced at the
saver level, which was 60,000 miles one -
way and only $ 2.50 in fees!
Here's the one -
way business class
saver award chart for Copa travel.
A one -
way economy
Saver award is 20k United miles, while first and business class saver awards are 35k and 45k, respecti
Saver award is 20k United miles, while first and business class
saver awards are 35k and 45k, respecti
saver awards are 35k and 45k, respectively.
For instance, from the US to Europe, a
saver United
award is 57,500 miles one -
way in Business Class, whereas a low - level Star Alliance
award in Business Class should be 70,000 miles one -
way.
You can book 1 free stopover on roundtrip
saver awards and one
way standard
awards.
Wish Delta would do something this simple... I spent better part of a week finding what I thought were
saver level
awards to / from US to Hawaii @ 65k each
way that I could feed to Korean Air or Air France agent.