Phlee

Hi moondog,

The distance b/w SYX and SHA is 1869 km, i.e. equivalent to 15,000 miles per segment for the award flight. Hence the 30,000 miles for the return flight.

Where did you see the rate of 20,000 on the CZ site?

Rgds
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Phlee

Hi again,

New rates came into effect today ... all KrisFlyer (Singapore Airlines)rates are now in the calculator, this includes Saver, Standard and Full rates as well as the StarAlliance:

Singapore to Sydney

Aerolineas Argentinas switched over to a miles based system today, we have added the program to our calculator:

Buenos Aires to Montevideo

Enter any destinations here: www.milez.biz

Cheers
ph

moondog

I was mistaken about the distance, so my bad, but I don't think I was mistaken about the currency. That award costs 30,000 kilometers, no?

Phlee

Hi again moondog,

I think it's just a question of nomenclature, and it's a bit confusing on the CZ site. On the English page it says to calculate the distance b/w airports in "km" to determine the "mileage" for a free award flight.

Basically, the SHA-SYX-SHA is 1869 km X 2, so 2 X 15,000 award points (or miles or kms -- call it what you will) for the r/t flight.

Maybe the wording is clearer on the Chinese page? Sadly, I can't read that.

Rgds
ph

Phlee

Hi everyone,

A quick note to let you know that we have included the "re-engineered" award rates for Aerolíneas Argentinas Plus in our frequent flyer award rate calculator:

www.milez.biz

AAPlus have just switched from a points based system to a miles based system, which makes it easier to compare their rates w/ most other programs.

Here's an example: Buenos Aires to Lima

Rgds
ph

Phlee

We've added the rates of two more Star Alliance programs: Miles & Smiles (Turkish Airlines) and ShebaMiles (Ethiopian Airlines). There are now 11 Star Alliance programs included in the calculator. The main difference between these programs is mainly how they zone the destinations.

Miles & Smiles, for example, zones Nigeria as part of Europe and North Africa, which makes flgiths from Europe to Nigeria pretty interesting: Amsterdam - Lagos

In the ShebaMiles program the Maldives are zoned in Oceania (!), this is likely an error, but flights from Australia to the Maldives, in theory, can be had for 40,000 miles. Sydney to Male

We have also added the full gamut of the regular Miles & Smiles rates, this includes "capacity controlled" and "seat guaranteed" rates.

Phlee

We've added the Star Alliance rates for Miles & Smiles (Turkish Airlines) to our global cross-program award rates calculator. There are now 11 Star Alliance programs included in the calculator. The main difference between these programs is mainly how they zone the destinations. Miles & Smiles, for example, zones Nigeria in Europe/North Africa.

We have also added the full gamut of the regular Miles & Smiles rates, this includes "capacity controlled" and "seat guaranteed" rates (high and low season). This now gives a pretty comprehensive overview of the Miles & Smiles award rates.

www.milez.biz

Phlee

We've added the Star Alliance rates for ShebaMiles to our global cross-program award rates calculator. There are now 11 Star Alliance programs included in the calculator. The main difference between these programs is mainly how they zone the destinations. ShebaMiles, for example, has 4 zones for Africa, but misplaces some islands (cf. Maldives and Sao Tome).

The calculator allows you to calculate and compare rates across over 50 frequent flyer programs.

www.milez.biz

lewinr

in some cases the best rates are still missing because ANA is not supported yet. It will be great if you can add it.

Phlee

Hi,

Does anyone know where I can find the country breakdown for TAP Victoria's award redemption zones for Star Alliance flights?

The following page has the zones, but it does not list which countries belong to which zones:
http://www.tapvictoria.com/en/UseMil...nStarAlliance/

We want to include the TAP Victoria Star Alliance rates in our award rates calculator (www.milez.biz) but need to know the exact definition of the zones in order to do that.

Thanks
ph

Phlee

We have added Egyptair Plus to our global award rates calculator, we now have a dozen Star Alliance programs in the system: www.milez.biz

All Star Alliance destinations are covered ... e.g. Cairo to Los Angeles: http://www.milez.biz/en/list_rates.php?f=cai&t=lax

We tried adding TAP Victoria Star Alliance rates as well but unfortunately the zone information from TAP is very spotty.

ph

Phlee

If you're curious to see how Flying Club rates compare to other frequent flyer programs, have a look at our global award rates calculator: www.milez.biz

We have just added the Flying Club rates to the system, e.g. London to Hong Kong: http://www.milez.biz/en/list_rates.php?f=lhr&t=hkg

Currently, the Virgin Atlantic destinations are included.

ph

djjaguar64

^^^ excellent for us all.

Phlee

Hi there,

Based on the feedback we have received from many users that have used our global award rates calculator we are now introducing the transfer rates add-on:
www.milez.biz

On the results page for the award rates calculation/comparison you will now see a new button "Transfer Rates". Click on that button to see how many points are required to convert from various other loyalty programs into the frequent flyer program of your choice, e.g. Starwood Preferred Guest or Amex.

Try it here:
http://www.milez.biz/en/list_rates.php?f=jfk&t=dme (NY JFK to Moscow)

Please let us know which other loyalty programs should be included as well. We will do our best to add them.

ph

amolkold

Clicking on United, no show of Chase Ultimate Rewards.