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Old Nov 26, 2014 | 6:51 am
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Originally Posted by MattyBoll
I am confused about how many miles it takes to travel to different destinations. I have a lot of miles with AA, United, and Delta and sample miles for destinations do not seem to match up when I actually try to redeem miles. For instance, a roundtrip USE<-> SE Asia sample is 80,000 miles but when I go to redeem it is 115,000 + $115 each way. This has occurred on a number of occasions when I actually go to redeem miles for an international flight. Am I doing something wrong? I am newer to redeeming miles in this manner. Your insight is appreciated.
If you're referring to Delta, they have (for now) three award redemption levels and are famous for being one of the stingiest about availability at the lowest level...though the DL forum has excellent advice about ways to construct your searches to better the odds of finding low level.

You will always pay some manner of taxes and fees for an award redemption, from the chump change level for a domestic award to a bit more internationally....and some airlines levy a hefty "fuel surcharge" as well.
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