

and Europe with points and miles, but you'll need to be careful about which program you use to search for award space and book your ticket. Lufthansa first class is arguably the best way to fly between the U.S.
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Related: How to avoid fuel surcharges on award travel European airlines Regardless, make sure to compare pricing with Avianca LifeMiles on shorter routes and mixed-cabin itineraries. It also recently removed all fuel surcharges and revamped its award chart. If you plan on booking your United flights through a partner like Avianca LifeMiles or Aeroplan to take advantage of lower award rates, you should search directly with that partner program.Īir Canada Aeroplan is a fairly attractive loyalty program on its own, too - especially for business-class flights to Europe or Asia. Even when there is saver-level award space, it's not always easy to identify. One of the (many) downsides of dynamic pricing is that there's less saver-award space available, the lowest pricing tier that's normally required to book awards through partners. More importantly, they're all tilting toward dynamic pricing, which means if you're trying to redeem United miles, you should always search through United and not bother with a partner. legacy carriers are the easiest to deal with because they all have relatively robust and comprehensive search engines.

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