This means
when a saver award is available, you can fly on an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Las Vegas or Miami to New York City for just 7,500 Avios instead of 12,500 American Airlines miles.
United is in the Star Alliance network, which means it has many other airline partners whose members can use their miles to book flights operated by United
when a saver award is available.
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.
Not exact matches
You'll want to stick with the
Saver Award level to get the most value
when redeeming your United miles.
When it comes to United, it's all about
Saver awards.
You can sometimes get more value by being flexible and booking
Saver or partner
awards when cash tickets are expensive.
Although Delta doesn't publish its
award chart, it's easy to figure out what the lowest (
saver) price for a particular route is, and, especially if you plan your travel a few months in advance, Delta can be generous
when it comes to releasing space in the economy cabin.
Availability for those
saver - level
awards is usually plentiful, and, at peak summer travel season
when cash prices are extremely high, that can get you a value of more than 2 cents per SkyMile.
When an airline sells out of its
saver inventory of
award tickets on any flight, the only option to book with miles is to pay the higher standard or anytime price — which often can be tens of thousands of miles more.
Airlines balance a multitude of different factors
when deciding how many
award seats to release at the low level (
saver) and higher levels.
We have been using Ultimate Rewards the last couple of trips, though think we got luck on UAL in 2015
when there was some 1st
Saver Award availability.
Since business travel plummets during holiday weeks, airlines often make first - class
awards available at the
saver award level even
when economy seats are selling like hotcakes.
Make sure you know which
award rates apply to your exact dates
when planning a booking and always keep in mind that
saver awards will be harder to come by.
Upgrade rates are no longer included in the Hawaiian Airlines
award chart, but cost roughly 25,000 miles for flights
when First Class
Saver awards are available and 50,000
when only Flex
awards remain.
When I was trying to put together a South America trip about 1.5 years ago I found a ton of
Saver awards to Brazil and Chile in first and biz.
Savers awards are the relatively cheap prices that most people reference
when discussing
award bookings and that have limited space.
Aside from the sign - up bonus, the best benefit of this card is access to Reduced Mileage
Awards that let you save miles
when booking
saver - level flights to select destinations.
When I have a sizeable rewards balance I also transfer over to the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer program (that's how I booked Joanna and I into Singapore Airlines Suites between Hong Kong and Singapore and the Singapore and London) and I always keep an eye out for American Airlines
saver awards just in case there's an opportunity to transfer Membership Rewards points over to Etihad and book American Business or First Class at a favorable rate.
The best value can be achieved by redeeming for
Saver awards when they're available.
Arrival miles are also good to use
when the lowest or
saver redemption rate is not available for an
award flight using another program's miles, but the cash ticket price is low.
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!
You can get 50 % discount on miles,
when you redeem your KrisFlyer miles for an Economy
Saver award ticket on singaporeair.com and
when you book and travel before July 10, 2015 to selected destinations.
So what do you do
when you can't get a ticket to Paris on a
saver award?
Since Delta doesn't include
saver award seats in
when you're booking an
award at a level higher than
saver, they charge you additively.
And yes, I flew using two
award tickets for only 60,000 miles each just three weeks before departure
when American Airlines
Saver Awards opened up.
But for complicated itineraries or
when it looks like
Saver awards are hard to come by, here's how to piece together your United
Award:
After not finding much of anything in the
Saver Award category (I have plenty of miles, but why book Standard
Award when you can book
Saver Award?)
Saver level first class
awards were available 5 out of 7 days from March 12 - 18 traveling west, but only 2 days
when traveling east.
When it comes to United, it's all about
Saver awards.
For a limited time, enjoy a discount of 5,000 miles on roundtrip MileagePlus
Saver Awards in United Economy
when you travel from the U.S. (excluding Hawaii) or Canada to Mexico.
Because Delta does not publish an
award chart, it can be difficult to know
when you have found the cheapest «
saver»
awards that are made available to partner airlines like Alaska.
Saver level
award availability for flights is almost completely non-existent and the flight times are challenging enough as it is even
when paying cash.
When Air New Zealand came out with changes to its frequent flyer program from points to dollars in 2004, I worried about what it would mean for the future of frequent flyer program value, although they kept both a points as money idea and a traditional
award chart (with
saver awards also continuing to be made available to partner airlines).
Has anyone been able to figure out
when the
award saver flights would get posted?
In other words do
saver awards have a fixed number of miles required regardless of
when they become available?
Save 15,000
award miles when you book your next roundtrip Saver Award in United Economy by June 28th, 2016 for travel between August 23rd, 2016 and March 31st,
award miles
when you book your next roundtrip
Saver Award in United Economy by June 28th, 2016 for travel between August 23rd, 2016 and March 31st,
Award in United Economy by June 28th, 2016 for travel between August 23rd, 2016 and March 31st, 2017.
I see availability on both for Delta
Saver awards...... but
when calling Korean...... they can't see or haven't received this availability.
When redeeming miles for travel on Alaska Airlines, customers can book round - trip or one - way
awards in three tiers, including Super
Saver,
Saver, and Refundable.
For a limited time, enjoy a discount of 15,000 miles on roundtrip MileagePlus
Saver Awards in United Economy
when you travel from the U.S. (excluding Hawaii) or Canada to Europe.