New SkyMiles Award Pricing For Travel On or After October 1, 2016
 

Looking like new low level US-Australia 45k coach 95k first/business each way.

If only we had an award chart listed by DL to go on...

It also seems low level can only be gotten on partners via China or ICN. Haven't seen a DL metal low award in quite awhile.

Business class jumped to 95k for O with partners from 80k yesterday. Looks like I snoozed I lost.

USA->Japan now pricing 35k economy and 80k business.

Wow. Glad I snagged my 160k tickets last month! Though I'm guessing this effectively means no more itinerary tweaking for me without coughing up an extra 30k RDM... :td:

Has anyone discovered the new floor for USA-SIN? I would assume also 80k in J as it's usually be in the same 'Zone' as Japan?

Keep climbing :td:

Yes, it's 80k. And it seems this pricing is actually in effect for October 1, 2016 and onward. Flights before then are still at the old levels.

Domestic + Transcon seem unchanged. Hawaii seems unchanged. Europe seems unchanged. India seems unchanged. Caribbean seems unchanged. Northern South America seems unchanged. Southern South America seems to have jumped from 62.5k each way to 75k for Low/Level 1.

As noted, does not go into effect until Oct. 1. 45K for coach is a reduction from the current 50K.

Note this is the Southwest Pacific Zone (not just Australia) --

American Samoa, Australia, Christmas Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna Islands

How do you know it is low-level that has changed, and not just that low-level has disappeared and the level you are quoting are mid-level levels?

The fare codes

Likely due in response to the new american route. Dollar price has come down a little as well

So the response to AA is to increase the award price? :confused:

I posted a couple of screen caps of the VA and KE flight results in the Partner Award sticky: Z and O respectively for business.

Not all is unchanged.
What used to be 35K one way for O until not long ago is now 60K (until Oct 1, 2016 was already a staggering 50K): Hawaii to Asia is now indeed an unbelievably high 60K in low (which practically never exists on DL flights anyway as of Jan 1, 2016 massive and permanent inventory/availability reduction), for just short 6 hour flights (but again, not like any DL or KE flights are ever even available at that).