Not exact matches
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Availability and Pricing
Award pricing is much
more reasonable for premium economy,
with certain dates pricing at 65,000 Skymiles one - way between Detroit and Seoul, Tokyo or Beijing — or even better: 99,000 Skymiles roundtrip for these 3 routes,
with great
availability.
Sure, I have to deal
with limited
award availability, but I travel often enough that over the course of a year I can find a way to use my points in a way that I value at
more than 1.25 cents.
Often
award prices are the same regardless of which airline you fly within the carrier's alliance or how many connections you make, so look around if you don't see
award availability right away or consider accumulating miles
with a different carrier in the same alliance if it has
more a better
award chart.
First class
awards can only be booked as flex
awards, which cost substantially
more than classic
awards, but
with no change fees and much greater
availability than classic
awards.
And yet another governs rates for priority
awards on Cathay Pacific a higher - priced option
with more availability, often called a standard
award on other airlines.
The former do have restrictions and may come in two different
award levels — a cheaper
award with less
availability and a middle level
award with more availability.
Elite
Awards are only available to passengers
with elite status, and simply offer
more availability in economy.
With Ft. Lauderdale's proximity to Miami and most other things South Florida offers this route is a nice bonus for Avios collectors — we suddenly have a lot
more premium cabin space flying in / out of the Miami metropolitan area and that should be good for fares and
award availability (hopefully!)
Luckily, as I didn't really want to part
with any
more cash on this trip, there was also plenty of
award night
availability (although only if I was happy to book 3 or
more nights....
You can book this flight using Miles &
More miles as long as you find Saver Award availability on United with no more than 3 flight segme
More miles as long as you find Saver
Award availability on United
with no
more than 3 flight segme
more than 3 flight segments.
Because there are so few of these rooms they're usually quickly snapped up by these looking to use their Hyatt points and, because the true «standard rooms» are no longer classified as such, no
more award availability needs to be released — the hotel can «honestly» say it has complied
with the World of Hyatt terms.
Paying
with cash, therefore, has to be compared not just to capacity - controlled low - level seats, but also to
more expensive last - seat -
availability awards.
Yes, you still have to pay fees
with Iberia, and they're much
more than those typically tied to United
award flights, but if there's no
availability in business class through other alliances, it might be worth it to you to pay the fee to get your business class saver tickets.
If you never travel, don't spend around $ 800 a month or
more in bonus categories, or don't want to deal
with the hassle of finding
award availability, a cash back card may be right for you.
For those of us on the West Coast, you can often find a
more efficient routing
with another airline, though many people still opt to fly Etihad if they can find
award availability in Etihad's The Residence or First Class Apartments.
But for first class, or if you want to buy a
more expensive
award with last seat
availability, the prices are pretty much the same.
That means your Ultimate Rewards points will go further if you move them to a program
with cheaper
awards, lower fees, and
more availability than another.
I've found
more award availability with Turkish Airlines than Swiss, but still pretty limited overall.
We give the nod to Chase due to United having a
more valuable currency than Delta, Korean's excellent first class
award availability, and being the only program
with a worthwhile hotel partner.
This is due to program devaluations, changes in
award availability, added fuel surcharges
with some carriers, and
more.
With that much lift between the two cities, travelers should have a better chance for
more award seats this summer (especially on Air France, which seems to offer
more award availability than Delta on this route).
With an award calendar that now (mostly) shows reliable results and the availability of one - way flights, Delta now appears to be offering at least some awards that are more competitive with other airli
With an
award calendar that now (mostly) shows reliable results and the
availability of one - way flights, Delta now appears to be offering at least some
awards that are
more competitive
with other airli
with other airlines.
It's worth noting that it's tougher than ever before to find first class Star Alliance
award space on Lufthansa and Swiss (see How to Deal
with No
More Lufthansa Advance First Class Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to open up award space no more than three weeks
More Lufthansa Advance First Class
Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to open up
award space no
more than three weeks
more than three weeks out.
Not to mention, how displeased I was
with the American Airlines
award availability more than 6 months out to nearly every European destination.
That makes booking
with LifeMiles the
more attractive option if you can't find
award availability with non-stop service.
Other Chase cards you can apply for at the same time include the Chase Freedom (15K for spending $ 500 +2.5 K for adding an additional user for a limited time only plus 5 - 10 points per dollar spent in rotating categories), Chase British Airways (Up to 100K signup bonus for a limited time only), the Chase United Explorer (30K signup plus another 5K points for adding a free additional user on the consumer card / 50K signup points on the business card, plus get free luggage, free primary car rental insurance including in the US and Israel, expanded saver and standard
award ticket
availability, priority boarding, and
more), the Chase IHG (
with 60K signup points and a free night every subsequent year upon renewal), the Chase Marriott (
with 50K signup points and a free night every subsequent year upon renewal), the Chase Slate (
with zero balance transfer fees, 0 % APR on purchase and balance transfers for 18 months, and free FICO scores), the Chase Ink Plus (60K signup points plus up to 5 points per dollar spent), and the Chase Ink Cash (20K signup points plus up to 5 points per dollar spent).
Hopefully they'll be
more available seats after March because I think that cheap
award prices and no
availability is worse than an expensive
award chart
with some
availability.
If many
awards cost
more miles, do you think that people
with lots of miles (like you) will have better chances of finding space since some people won't be able to afford the new rates
with the same
availability?
Saver
awards require fewer miles but have limited
availability and come
with more restrictive fare conditions; Advantage
awards require
more miles as there are
more seats available and have less restrictive fare conditions.
Other Chase cards you can apply for at the same time include the Chase British Airways (50K signup points, 1.25 Avios per dollar, and an annual companion
award ticket if you spend $ 30K + in a year), and the Chase United Explorer (30K signup points plus another 5K points for adding a free additional user, and it gives free luggage, free primary car rental insurance including in the US and Israel, expanded saver and standard
award ticket
availability, priority boarding, and
more), the Chase Sapphire Preferred (40K signup points plus another 5K points for adding a free additional user, no fee the first year, free primary car rental insurance including in the US and Israel, plus 2 - 2.14 points per dollar on travel and dining
with no Foreign Exchange fees), the Chase Marriott (
with 50K signup points plus a free night upon signup and a free night every subsequent year upon renewal), the Chase Freedom (which has no annual fee, gives 5 points per dollar in rotating categories, and 10 % bonus points through 2015 if you have a Chase checking account), and the Chase Ink Cash (which also has no annual fee and gives 5 points per dollar on telecom / office supplies and 2 points per dollar on dining and gas)
With elite statuses, you might qualify for earning
more award miles when you fly, seat upgrades, priority check - in, complimentary checked baggage, better
award - seat
availability, discounted and waived fees, and other benefits.
High level airline elite status comes
with many valuable perks such as free domestic first class upgrades (when available), elite security lines, waived fees (such as free checked bags, and free changes to
award bookings), improved
availability of
award seats, and
more.
As I mentioned to Carlos, the poor
award availability during this peak time, especially for convenient flights
with minimal connections, may mean it makes
more sense to buy tickets to be able to depart on a
more convenient day or time, especially when traveling
with a young child.
I agree
with your analysis in general, but I find that
availability for
award seats tend to lean
more to flights going to HKG rather than leaving out of HKG.