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May 22, 2017 | 1:18 pm

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Originally Posted by kathylisbeth

Thanks for the answers. I do have most of my points in Chase Ult Rewards so that's why I haven't specifically been looking at airline programs. Sounds like I need to choose my route then choose my airline then I'll have my answer.

Yep that's what I would do - come back with a route and we can offer advice.

With UR you should expect:

1) BA: Off Peak and Peak pricing
2) Southwest: Directly correlated to ticket price (revenue-based redemptions)
3) UA: Saver and Standard Award levels (no peak or off-peak dates)
4) KE: Off Peak and Peak Pricing
5) SQ: Saver and Standard Award levels (no peak or off-peak dates)
6) AF/KLM: Saver and Standard Award levels (no peak or off-peak, however AF/KLM does publish monthly FlyingBlue Promo award levels here: https://www.flyingblue.com/promo-awards.html these are both route specific and date-restricted)

So Southwest is the only one where airfare pricing (and therefore sales) directly impacts award mileage required but as you can see each of the other major UR transfer partners do have multiple levels and some have a date component.

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