Royal Jordanian RJ Award Redemption Live
Jan 27, 2022, 2:17 pm
#1
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Royal Jordanian RJ Award Redemption Live
Seems to be very much in line with recent Ow partner redemption launch levels. I've seen both ME-Africa and NA-ME. Haven't looked for long though.
Jan 27, 2022, 2:59 pm
#3
Join Date: Aug 2020
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The day of outsized value like CX and JL F is over imo. The benefits of Alaska miles are free stopover and easy to earn (mileage based still). But I also just bought 5m AA miles for 20k so I'm just burning Alaska on domestic flights for now.
Jan 27, 2022, 3:07 pm
#4
Join Date: Jan 2021
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Quite brutal 
Royal Jordanian (US -> Africa)
Economy 50,000 (Same as AT)
Business 120,000 (More than AT)
Royal Jordanian (US -> Europe)
Economy 50,000 (Same as AT)
Business 120,000 (Same as AT)
Royal Jordanian (US -> Middle East)
Economy 42,500 (Less than AT)
Business 85,000 (Less than AT)
Didn't take a chance to look at award charts for non-US based flights yet but doesn't look great
Royal Jordanian (US -> Africa)
Economy 50,000 (Same as AT)
Business 120,000 (More than AT)
Royal Jordanian (US -> Europe)
Economy 50,000 (Same as AT)
Business 120,000 (Same as AT)
Royal Jordanian (US -> Middle East)
Economy 42,500 (Less than AT)
Business 85,000 (Less than AT)
Didn't take a chance to look at award charts for non-US based flights yet but doesn't look great
Jan 27, 2022, 3:53 pm
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Isn't the maximum number of miles you can purchase capped at 150K per year?
Jan 27, 2022, 4:06 pm
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Jan 27, 2022, 9:31 pm
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Flew AMM-LHR (just my luck, equipment change from 787 to A321)
I was very impressed with RJ absolutely amazing service and experience. Lounge in AMM has an ice cream machine and coffee bar.
If AS put in the same seats RJ has on the A321 in F it would be a game changer.
Would definitely use AS miles to fly them again.
I was very impressed with RJ absolutely amazing service and experience. Lounge in AMM has an ice cream machine and coffee bar.
If AS put in the same seats RJ has on the A321 in F it would be a game changer.
Would definitely use AS miles to fly them again.
Jan 27, 2022, 9:33 pm
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Jan 27, 2022, 10:24 pm
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Award Wallet ran an article on RJ today. It lists the oneworld partners yet to have award availability.
Award Wallet Article - RJ awards Mileage Plan
The article is "okay" but exhibits a very major flaw. It compares award redemption rates for BA, JL & AA with AS and concludes that AS is not competitive. What it fails to address is that each currency is different nor does it address the "vig" on BA. It is a kiwi & kumquat comparison.
I recently flew an AS 6 segment itinerary covering 9,580 miles over 36 hours and earned 23,950 RDM on a base fare of $152. If I had flown that on AA, I would have earned 760 RDM. Award Wallet is telling me to redeem on AA for a better redemption.
James
Award Wallet Article - RJ awards Mileage Plan
The article is "okay" but exhibits a very major flaw. It compares award redemption rates for BA, JL & AA with AS and concludes that AS is not competitive. What it fails to address is that each currency is different nor does it address the "vig" on BA. It is a kiwi & kumquat comparison.
I recently flew an AS 6 segment itinerary covering 9,580 miles over 36 hours and earned 23,950 RDM on a base fare of $152. If I had flown that on AA, I would have earned 760 RDM. Award Wallet is telling me to redeem on AA for a better redemption.
James
Jan 27, 2022, 10:38 pm
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The article is "okay" but exhibits a very major flaw. It compares award redemption rates for BA, JL & AA with AS and concludes that AS is not competitive. What it fails to address is that each currency is different nor does it address the "vig" on BA. It is a kiwi & kumquat comparison.
Jan 28, 2022, 1:19 am
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Wow, any chance you could give details on that itinerary? I don't think I've seen anything close to that good cpm
Jan 28, 2022, 9:22 am
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Jan 28, 2022, 9:26 am
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it's also *completely* irrelevant to this thread's topic of the value proposition of AS redemptions on RJ, but that's another story
Nov 17, 2022, 11:58 am
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Currently have booked IST-AMM-CAI utilizing a stopover for 40k total in Y. I'm looking to change that and go CAI-AMM-DXB. I see saver level for CAI-AMM (17.5), and AMM-DXB (17.5), but when I use the multisearch on Alaska I can't get anything to pop up.
Am I missing a rule on the AS award chart? Each one way is 17.5 (Y) or 35 (J) for each flight individually and all flights are on RJ. I do see on the award chart that Egypt appears to count as Africa (small photo) for award travel and should be 20k miles but when searching it shows up at 17.5.
edit: based on the award rates they treat Egypt-Amman as a Middle East-Middle East, and there are no intra-stopovers allowed. Problem solved!
Am I missing a rule on the AS award chart? Each one way is 17.5 (Y) or 35 (J) for each flight individually and all flights are on RJ. I do see on the award chart that Egypt appears to count as Africa (small photo) for award travel and should be 20k miles but when searching it shows up at 17.5.
edit: based on the award rates they treat Egypt-Amman as a Middle East-Middle East, and there are no intra-stopovers allowed. Problem solved!
Last edited by ellipsicon; Nov 17, 2022 at 3:09 pm