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‎Southwest and JetBlue: Fixed value airline programs

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‎Sweet spots

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‎Sweet spots

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Editor: /* Comparing how many miles you need */

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‎Comparing how many miles you need

Editor: /* Using your Ultimate Rewards Points for frequent flyer tickets */

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‎Using your Ultimate Rewards Points for frequent flyer tickets

Editor: /* Southwest and JetBlue: Fixed value airline programs */

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‎Southwest and JetBlue: Fixed value airline programs

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 The value per point is around the same for every flight, but because of the details in the way it is calculated, it still varies within a small range.
-For Southwest, you should get around 1.5 cents per point. Since you can't purchase Southwest flights through the Chase website, the ability to transfer your points to Southwest, makes it possible to purchase Southwest airline tickets, at about the same value per point as purchasing any other tickets through Chase.
+For Southwest, you should get around 1.4 cents per point. Since you can't purchase Southwest flights through the Chase website, the ability to transfer your points to Southwest, makes it possible to purchase Southwest airline tickets, at just slightly less than the normal value per point for purchasing other tickets.
-For JetBlue, you might get a small amount of extra value by using your points through their frequent flyer program. But, typically you'd be better off buying tickets using your Ultimate Rewards points through the Chase website, or saving your points for a future redemption. When you purchase your tickets with Ultimate Rewards points or cash, you'll receive new JetBlue miles for the flight. When you convert your Ultimate Rewards points to JetBlue miles and use them, you won't receive any new miles.
+For JetBlue, most of the time you are better off buying tickets through the Chase website or saving your Ultimate Rewards points for a future redemption, rather than converting them to JetBlue miles to purchase "award tickets" through the JetBlue program. When you purchase your tickets with Ultimate Rewards points or cash, you'll receive new JetBlue miles for the flight. When you convert your Ultimate Rewards points to JetBlue miles and use them, you won't receive any new miles.
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-<li>'''Short flights in the US'''. With British Airways you can fly up to 1,150 miles each way for a total of 15,000 points. With Singapore, many shorter flights on Alaska are also 15,000 miles.</li>
+<li>'''Short flights in the US'''. With British Airways, you can fly up to 1,150 miles each way for a total of 15,000 points. With Singapore, many shorter flights on Alaska are also 15,000 miles.</li>
 <li>'''Hawaii'''. Only 24,000 Singapore Airline miles for Alaska non-stops. 25,000 British Airways Avios on American Airlines non-stops from the Western US (50,000 points for business class). As low as 35,000 Flying Blue miles for Delta flights, but pricing can be variable. 35,000 Singapore miles for any fights on United (60,000 in Business).</li>
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-<li>'''Mexico, Caribbean, and Central America'''. Flights of up to 1,150 miles each way only require 15,000 British Airways Avios (30,000 in Business). Even flights of up to 3,000 miles are only 25,000 Avios. Flights on Alaska to Costa Rica and Mexico can cost as little as 24,000 Singapore Airline miles.</li>
+<li>'''Mexico, Caribbean, and Central America'''. Flights of up to 1,150 miles each way only require 15,000 British Airways Avios (30,000 in Business). Even flights of up to 3,000 miles are only 25,000 Avios. Flights on Alaska to Costa Rica and Mexico can cost as few as 24,000 Singapore Airline miles.</li>
 <li>'''Europe'''. Flying Blue offers {{Link|promo awards|promotional awards}} to Europe that can be a very good deal. Virgin Atlantic only requires 20-30,000 miles to London during non-peak travel times, but you will pay fees of over $500. Using Virgin Atlantic to fly Delta can be an even better deal. The required number of Virgin Atlantic miles is similar and you don't need to pay fuel surcharges.  Flights on Aer Lingus to Dublin, only require 26,000 miles during off-peak times, and don't include expensive fees. Often the best deal is just to pay a higher rate with United and avoid fuel surcharges on every Star Alliance airline.</li>

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 <li>'''United'''. While Singapore often requires fewer miles, United usually requires less miles when heading to Asia, the Pacific, or northern South America (except first class). Plus, United never charges fuel surcharges, regardless of which airline you are flying. Particularly for non-United flights to Europe, or any other flight with expensive surcharges, it may be worth paying more miles with United to avoid these fees. [//www.united.com/web/en-US/apps/mileageplus/awards/travel/awardTravel.aspx Interactive Award Chart].</li>
-Using United miles is also the only way to fly on United, when there is no "saver" space available, whether you are flying domestically, or trying to connect with an international flight that departs another city.
+Using United miles is also the only way to get a frequent flyer ticket on United, when there is no "saver" space available, whether you are flying domestically, or trying to connect with an international flight that departs another city.
 <li>'''Singapore'''.  Singapore often charges fewer miles than United, especially for first class. When flying Singapore Airlines, their own program often provides greater award availability. One drawback is that they only offer round trip awards on partner airlines.  [//www.singaporeair.com/saar5/pdf/ppsclub_krisflyer/charts/SQMI_AwardChart.pdf For flights on Singapore and Silk Air].  [//www.singaporeair.com/saar5/pdf/ppsclub_krisflyer/charts/StarAlliance_RoundTrip.pdf For Star Alliance flights]. [//www.singaporeair.com/saar5/pdf/ppsclub_krisflyer/charts/AlaskaAirlines_AwdChart.pdf For flights on Alaska]. [//www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/us/ppsclub-krisflyer/use-miles/redeem-miles/award-tickets-on-partner-airlines/ For flights on other partners].</li>
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 <li>'''Virgin Atlantic'''. Virgin Atlantic charges low mileage amounts for their own flights, especially during off-peak dates and with companion tickets, but has extremely high fuel surcharges. All flights are priced separately, so you are generally paying for a flight to London, and then a flight from London to your final destination. [//www.virginatlantic.com/us/en/flying-club/miles/spend-miles/reward-flights.html Award Chart].</li>
-Virgin Atlantic uses separate [//www.virginatlantic.com/us/en/flying-club/partners/airlines.html award charts] for each partner. For Delta, they currently only publish mileage information for flights to/from the UK, but you can use Virgin Atlantic points for any Delta flight. Since their prices are sometimes very good (and often better than Delta's own pricing), it is worth doing a search on Virgin Atlantic to check.
+Virgin Atlantic uses separate [//www.virginatlantic.com/us/en/flying-club/partners/airlines.html award charts] for each partner. For Delta, they currently only publish mileage information for flights to/from the UK, but you can use Virgin Atlantic points for any Delta flight. Since their prices are sometimes very good (and often much better than Delta's own pricing), it is always worth doing a search on Virgin Atlantic to check.
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 === Southwest and JetBlue: Fixed value airline programs ===
-Southwest and JetBlue operate "fixed value" frequent flyer programs. That means you don't have to find award availability—you can use miles, instead of cash, for any flight.  While that makes it easy to use your points, it also means that you can never get outsized value from your points, by finding a particularly good redemption opportunity.
+Southwest and JetBlue operate "fixed value" frequent flyer programs. That means you don't have to find award availability—you can use miles, instead of cash, for any flight.  While that makes it easy to use your points, it also means that you can never get outsized value by finding particularly good redemption opportunities.
 The value per point is around the same for every flight, but because of the details in the way it is calculated, it still varies within a small range.
-For Southwest, you should get around 1.5 cents per point. Since you can't purchase Southwest flights through the Chase website, the ability to transfer your points to Southwest, makes it easy to purchase Southwest airline tickets, at about the same value per point as purchasing any other tickets through Chase.
+For Southwest, you should get around 1.5 cents per point. Since you can't purchase Southwest flights through the Chase website, the ability to transfer your points to Southwest, makes it possible to purchase Southwest airline tickets, at about the same value per point as purchasing any other tickets through Chase.
 For JetBlue, you might get a small amount of extra value by using your points through their frequent flyer program. But, typically you'd be better off buying tickets using your Ultimate Rewards points through the Chase website, or saving your points for a future redemption. When you purchase your tickets with Ultimate Rewards points or cash, you'll receive new JetBlue miles for the flight. When you convert your Ultimate Rewards points to JetBlue miles and use them, you won't receive any new miles.

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-On many trips, Hyatt "award" nights provide significantly more value than the 1.5 cents per point you'd get by booking travel on the Chase website. And because Hyatt doesn't adjust the award pricing or limit availability, it is much easier to use Hyatt points for hotel nights than to use frequent flyer miles for award tickets.
+On many trips, Hyatt "award" nights provide significantly more value than the 1.5 cents per point you'd get by booking travel on the Chase website. And because Hyatt doesn't significantly adjust the award pricing or limit availability during periods of high demand, it is much easier to use Hyatt points for hotel nights than to use frequent flyer miles for award tickets.
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-<li>'''It is not hard to receive values of 1.75 cents per point on Hyatt award nights'''. When hotel prices are higher than normal, you uncover a particularly good award rate, you have an opportunity to stay in one of their Category 1 hotels, or there is some sort of special event, points can be worth up to 3 cents or more. You can also get very high value on paper, when you use your points to book Hyatt's most expensive hotels. But, always consider the price that the room is really worth to you, not the price they are asking for.</li>
+<li>'''It isn't hard to receive values of 1.75 cents per point on Hyatt award nights'''.  Points can be worth up to 3 cents (or more) when hotel prices are higher than normal, you uncover a particularly good award rate, you have an opportunity to stay in one of their Category 1 hotels, or there is some sort of special event. You can also get very high value on paper, when you use your points to book Hyatt's most expensive hotels. But, always consider the price that the room is really worth to you, not the price they are asking.</li>
-<li>'''If there are standard hotel rooms available, you can book them with your points'''. Hotels can decide whether they want to make upgraded rooms available.</li>
+<li>'''If there are standard hotel rooms available, you can book them with your points'''. Hotels can decide whether they want to make upgraded rooms available at higher award costs.</li>
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+|4||12,000||15,000||18,000
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-|7||30,000||39,000||48,000||60,000
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