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British Airways Executive Club is one of my favorite frequent flyer programs when it comes to redeeming miles for short-medium haul flights, that’s because they have a distance-based award chart – so the less you fly, the less you pay in miles. Avios awards within Europe start at around 4,000…
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American Airlines AAdvantage is the only U.S. program remaining that still publishes an award chart – at least for travel on partner airlines. United, Delta, and Alaska have eliminated award charts and instead have dynamic pricing. Most of the time dynamic pricing means that if the cost of a ticket…
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American Airlines’ AAdvantage frequent flyer program is the best overall U.S. frequent flyer program when it comes to redemptions on partner airlines – AA has by far the best award redemption rates and some incredible partner airlines. Delta’s partner airlines are boring and they also charge regularly over 300k+ miles…
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The best way to redeem miles and points is to ultimately redeem them for the flights you desire – yes, there are good and bad redemptions and those that should be booked without question and those that should be avoided – but ultimately, a redemption that makes you happy isn’t…
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The best use of American Airlines AAdvantage miles is when you redeem them on world-class partner airlines like Cathay Pacific, Etihad Airways, JAL, Qatar Airways, Qantas, and a few others. Redeeming AA miles for AA flights is kind of a waste given the fact that U.S. airlines generally suck.. especially…
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Hawaiian Airlines operates flights connecting the various Hawaiian islands and also the U.S. mainland with Hawaii as well as other destinations in Asia and the South Pacific. Hawaiian Airlines is not a member of any airline alliance, but does have partnerships with various airlines, meaning that you can earn and…
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