AAdvantage
American Airlines · oneworld
AAdvantage retains a published partner award chart with fixed mileage costs per region — one of the more predictable award currencies among US programmes.
Award Charts
Business-class redemptions, programme by programme
Per-region award charts for 8 major frequent-flyer programmes. 32 redemption pages with partner-metal options, sweet-spot callouts, cash-fee economics, and per-row sources. Built from the same publishing standard as our open data dashboards.
Last updated · Reviewed by Editorial Team
Award charts decide the actual cost of a premium-cabin redemption — and the same metal (ANA "The Room" on a trans-Pacific 777, Cathay Aria on JFK-HKG, Qatar Qsuite on JFK-DOH) is bookable through multiple programmes at materially different miles + cash totals. These pages document the current chart in operation for 8 major programmes across 4 regions, with partner-metal comparison, sweet-spot callouts, and the cash-fee column that determines whether a redemption is actually worth it.
At a glance
The award-chart programme in numbers
| Programmes covered | 8 |
|---|---|
| Regions covered | 4 |
| Total redemption pages | 32 |
| Last verified | 2026-05-07 |
| Citation policy | Free to cite with attribution; primary sources linked inline per row |
| Verification rule | Every row carries a last-verified date; dynamic-pricing programmes tagged explicitly |
| Editorial standards reference | See /editorial-standards for the publishing rules these pages follow |
Programmes covered
8 programmes, 4 regions each
published fixed
MileagePlus
United Airlines · star-alliance
MileagePlus removed its published award chart in November 2019. Award pricing is now dynamic on every redemption — both United-operated and Star Alliance partner-operated.
SkyMiles
Delta Air Lines · skyteam
SkyMiles eliminated its published award chart in 2015 and is now the most opaque of the major US programmes. Pricing varies dynamically with cash-fare price, both on Delta-operated metal and SkyTeam partner metal.
Aeroplan
Air Canada · star-alliance
Aeroplan rebuilt itself in November 2020 around a distance-based award chart with peak / off-peak pricing tiers. The chart is published and predictable; carrier surcharges on some Star partners (Lufthansa, Air France via codeshare) are the variable component.
Avios
British Airways (and Avios-pooled programmes) · oneworld
Avios prices on a distance-based published chart with Reward Flight Saver structure. Avios are pooled between British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Plus, Aer Lingus AerClub, and (since 2023) Qatar Airways Privilege Club — meaning a single Avios balance can be redeemed via any of the four programmes' booking systems, each with slightly different cash-fee components.
Asia Miles
Cathay Pacific · oneworld
Asia Miles uses a region-based published partner award chart that was restructured in 2023, raising premium-cabin redemption costs on most long-haul routes by 15-30%. Short-haul intra-Asia pricing is largely unchanged and remains the strongest redemption value. Cathay-operated upgrades on revenue tickets are also chart-priced and remain genuinely good value.
Flying Blue
Air France and KLM (joint programme) · skyteam
Flying Blue prices Standard awards dynamically on AF and KL metal. Monthly Promo Rewards (a sale-cycle layer) cut Standard pricing by 25-50% on a rotating set of routes — a regular floor-pricing opportunity. SkyTeam partner awards (Korean Air, Garuda, Vietnam, Saudi, China Airlines, China Eastern) follow more predictable per-region pricing.
Flying Club
Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club uses a distance-based partner chart on its own metal (with Reward Saver tier pricing) plus partner-specific charts for Delta (dynamic) and Air France-KLM (SkyTeam-aligned). The headline historic ANA partnership ended in 2024-Q3 — the famous round-trip ANA First/Business sweet spot is no longer available. The remaining partner network is narrower than other major SkyTeam-affiliated programmes.
How to use these pages
Five practical reading angles
- Pick the programme you have miles in. Each programme card below links to its four regional redemption pages.
- On the regional page, compare the partner-metal options — the cheapest mileage cost is rarely on the home carrier's own metal.
- Watch the cash-fee column. UK Air Passenger Duty pushes London-bound transatlantic redemptions to $350+ regardless of programme; Lufthansa Group surcharges add $200-400; Aer Lingus, Iberia, Finnair, and Qatar all carry materially cleaner cash fees.
- For dynamic-pricing programmes (MileagePlus, SkyMiles), the headline mileage cost is an observed low — peak dates routinely land 50-150% above the floor. Search early.
- Cross-reference the loyalty devaluation tracker for the history of recent chart changes that may make this currency riskier to hold.
Methodology
What we publish and how we verify
Each redemption page documents the current published or observable mileage cost to redeem a one-way business-class ticket from the programme's default origin to a region. Per-row sources point at the programme's own published chart, programme rules page, or recent search-result snapshot from its award search tool. Dynamic-pricing programmes (MileagePlus, SkyMiles) carry an explicit caveat — quoted miles are observed lows, not guaranteed bands.
Verification rule (same standard as the retrofit and loyalty trackers): every row carries a lastVerified ISO date. Rows older than 90 days at refresh time get a mandatory re-check before the next quarterly tracker update ships.
Cabin scope: business class only on the per-region pages. First class redemptions (where the partner programme charts exist) are addressed in the editorial copy where relevant; premium economy is mentioned as a fallback when business space is unavailable. Round-trip redemptions follow the same chart proportions as the one-way costs documented here.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Which programmes are covered?
8 programmes today: AAdvantage (oneworld), MileagePlus (Star Alliance), SkyMiles (SkyTeam), Aeroplan (Star Alliance, distance-based), and Avios (oneworld pool — BAEC, Iberia Plus, AerClub, Qatar Privilege Club). Adjacent programmes (Asia Miles, Flying Blue, Virgin Flying Club) are tracked in the loyalty devaluation tracker but not yet in the per-region redemption pages.
How are mileage costs verified?
Every redemption row carries a `lastVerified` ISO date and a click-through source URL pointing at the programme's own published award chart, programme rules page, or — for dynamic-pricing programmes — a recent search-result snapshot from the programme's own award search tool. Quoted miles for dynamic programmes are observed lows, not guaranteed bands.
Why does the same redemption cost differently across programmes?
Each programme prices the redemption against its own chart structure — published-fixed (AAdvantage), distance-based (Aeroplan, Avios), or pure-dynamic (MileagePlus, SkyMiles). The same metal (e.g. ANA "The Room" trans-Pacific) is bookable through multiple programmes, often at materially different combined miles + cash totals. The drill-deep per-region pages compare the options.
How current is this?
Pages refresh in place when the underlying programme charts change. Each redemption row carries a last-verified date — rows older than 90 days at a refresh cycle get a re-check before the next quarterly tracker update ships. Most-recent verification: 2026-05-07.
How does this relate to the loyalty devaluation tracker?
The /reports/loyalty-devaluation-tracker captures the most-recent material change to each programme — when chart restructures landed and what changed. The /miles pages capture the current chart in operation. Use them together: the tracker explains the history; the redemption pages document the present.
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