When I found out that my wife had an upcoming business conference
in Boston to attend, the first thing
I did was to try to find the best redemption of miles to pay for her
flights.
I checked my usual airline carriers: American, United, and
Southwest. I found that American
Airlines offered the best value for the flights she wanted to take. This was great because we have a ton of
American Airlines AAdvantage miles.
Los Angeles to Boston
The cheapest award redemption that I could find was 12,500 American
Airlines AAdvantage miles and $5.60 for taxes and fees to fly from
LAX to BOS. If we were to book
this flight on AA.com,
it would cost $208 for the cheapest rate online. This was cheaper than flights found on kayak.com, where
the lowest cash rate would be $365.
Boston to Los Angeles
The cheapest award redemption that I could find was 30,000
American Airlines AAdvantage miles and $5.60 for taxes and fees to
fly from LAX to BOS. If we were to
book this flight on AA.com,
it would cost us $347 for the cheapest rate online. This rate was cheaper than flights
found on kayak.com,
where the lowest cash rate would be $365.
Our total savings
By redeeming our miles for these flights, we saved a total of $543.80
(after deducting fees) on plane tickets by using 42,500 American Airlines
miles. This cost us quite a
bit of miles for domestic flights.
Just last month, we
booked 2 one-way tickets from Los Angeles to Tokyo for only 50,000 AAdvantage
miles.
We have no regrets with this award redemption; we would rather pay
for a flight with miles instead of cash any day. Paying for flights with our airline miles really help us
save for our financial freedom. We
don’t try to hoard our miles: we earn them and then burn them.
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