One-way travel using miles
 

Does any frequent flyer program offer mileage awards for one-way travel from Europe to US for less than the number of miles required for a round-trip ticket?

Thanks for your response.

I know (from my own experience) that KLM allows one way upgrades (for half the miles of a round trip upgrade). I'm almost 100% sure they also allow one way reward tickets.

yes - KLM (Flying Dutchman) offers one-way awards (I just did fly a oneway business-class KLM award MIA-AMS-ZRH 10 days ago). costs 50% of a return-award.

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Yes.

I'm a US resident but also Flying Dutchman member, listed with a non-US address. As such I've enjoyed several one way upgrades.

UA will ticket one way awards as an exception for 1Ks.

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Southwest free tickets are usable as two one-ways. No capacity controls, and only a few blackout dates.

Air Canada Aeroplan now does one way rewards (for a slight premium) but doesn't advertise it.

NW let me book an upgrade one way for my grandmother, flying on KLM metal. NW even let me book the fare in two different fare classes, so I could upgrade the one leg.
She got an op upgrade on the other leg! which was just as well since I only had enough miles to get the one way upgrade.

AA offers one-way upgrade awards for half the mileage of a round trip (return) upgrade but, as far as official policy and published award tables go, no one-way travel awards.

I always advise people never to get a round trip upgrade award: it saves no miles while reducing flexibility.

Swiss Airlines offers one way awards for 75% of the roundtrip award level.

If a US airline were to offer a one-way award, it would probably go something like this:

PlanAhead roundtrip: 25,000 miles
PlanAhead one-way: 87,643 miles
Anytime roundtrip: 40,000 miles
Anytime one-way: 134,523 miles

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Of course, it would come with a bunch of nasty verbiage about how sinful it is to throw-away the return award leg.

You can try AA's One World award. Itin requires 2 non-AA carriers, so if needed try an extra home-JFK-YVR/CX flight for possible future use.
Or use the one stopover + one open jaw rule to cover a roundtrip for your next trip.
If I knew your desired cities, I could help you better. Email me. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

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Cathay Pacific (CX)'s Asia Miles program offers the most flexible and widest choices of one-way upgrade or one-way award travels, not just on CX but AA, BA and many other carriers (I think Swiss as well). There are some very good deals if you ask me. Too bad it's not as easy to earn miles with Asia Miles than say most other FF programs in North America.