Best award currencies from Europe to Cairo?
Nov 27, 2015, 11:11 pm
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Best award currencies from Europe to Cairo?
Looking for flights from Europe (Germany in particular) to Cairo -- revenue flights look surprisingly expensive consider the not too long distance. So I'm considering booking award flights.
Question: which airline program (award currency) offers the cheapest redemption in Y? I do have enough miles across a variety of programs (SA, OW, and ST), but none of the programs I'm familiar with offers attractive rates (e.g. for the same AA miles I could go to India rather than Cairo).
So seeking the collective wisdom of the FT community here
Question: which airline program (award currency) offers the cheapest redemption in Y? I do have enough miles across a variety of programs (SA, OW, and ST), but none of the programs I'm familiar with offers attractive rates (e.g. for the same AA miles I could go to India rather than Cairo).
So seeking the collective wisdom of the FT community here
Nov 27, 2015, 11:53 pm
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Look here http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...demptions.html
Does not have all airline ffp's and may not be up to date and does not include a carrier imposed CASH surcharges (=profit)
Does not have all airline ffp's and may not be up to date and does not include a carrier imposed CASH surcharges (=profit)
Last edited by Mwenenzi; Nov 28, 2015 at 12:22 am
Nov 28, 2015, 6:43 am
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"none of the programs I'm familiar with offers attractive rates (e.g. for the same AA miles I could go to India rather than Cairo)."
Yes, but that's not the test for determining whether you are getting good value on a particular redemption. For example, AA charges that same number of miles for PHL-YYZ as for PHL-LAX. But the cash fares to YYZ might be higher than the fares to LAX.
"none of the programs I'm familiar with offers attractive rates (e.g. for the same AA miles I could go to India rather than Cairo)."
Yes, but that's not the test for determining whether you are getting good value on a particular redemption. For example, AA charges that same number of miles for PHL-YYZ as for PHL-LAX. But the cash fares to YYZ might be higher than the fares to LAX.