We impose no limits on the amount of emirates miles available for purchase. Best ways to book etihad business class with points and miles stepbystep by. Dont transfer marriott points to etihad guest milevalue. Book at the best price for you with a choice of flexible fares. Turn miles into cash and spend them in store or online with your visa reward card.
The great value of buying etihad miles when booking awards. By continuing to use our website, you consent to the use of cookies. Use your skywards miles to book flights to any emirates or flydubai destination in any class. Valid for travel and hotel accommodation from 10 april 2019 31 december 2019. Basically, you can bid on a seat in an online auction, you can use a lot of miles, you can call for an upgrade 48 hours out, or you can use miles or cash to upgrade at the airport. If you are redeeming etihad guest miles through etihads website, its a no brainer to pay for 25% of your ticket at the time of booking in cash, given that its an opportunity to pick up miles for 0. Etihad has a whopping four ways to upgrade miles, bidding, push upgrade and instant airport upgrade. Your first stop when looking to book an etihad award ticket should be the american airlines website. Double etihad guest miles double etihad guest miles for first 90 days when you use your card on recurring expenses such as groceries, utility bills or school fees. As reported by view from the wing, etihad airways awards for dates within about a month of departure are now bookable on the american airlines website. However, starwood preferred guest starpoints can be transferred to asiana at onetoone ratio, and come with a 5,000 mile bonus for every 20,000 points transferred. I used pointspay to cash out a small number of miles from a korean air flight which was credited to etihad guest. Etihad miles value redemption options and cash value. Pay for just 50% of the cost of a guestseat using your miles and pay the rest with cash.
With etihad miles, you can book short flights on virgin australia for as few as 6,900 miles in economy and,800 in business class. How to book etihad first class apartment with points to. How to use american airlines aadvantage aa miles in 2019 to book partner airline flights like qatar etihad business or first class flights. Etihad is not in an airline alliance, but has partnerships with several airlines, including aa, for which you can redeem etihad miles. Etihad guest platinum credit card first abu dhabi bank uae. Guest miles when they ship any personal cargo item with etihad cargo such as your cat or dog, a piece of furniture, your car or even your entire book collection so you can have your. You will not earn etihad guest miles on reward flights guestseats fare classes n, i. Etihad guest cheat sheet for using your miles comparecards. To sell etihad airline miles is as easy as buying them which is a big advantage. Alitalia 12,000 miles return in economy and 24,000 return in business from the uk to italy. As it has been notoriously difficult to find and book these awards you had to book over the phone and us phone agents often do not see space available. Some of you may not know but etihad airways is currently in partnership with american airline miles, and so, once you collect just enough american airline miles, you can book the apartment with just a fraction of the actual cash needed to book the flight. Take a flight to somewhere special using miles plus cash and enjoy priority checkin. With a multitude of airlines to choose from, you can fly with your preferred air carrier.
First class between abu dhabi and london will cost you about 88,000 etihad guest miles. You can even use your miles to pay for taxes, charges and extras when you book at, including additional baggage or an extra legroom seat. The key to maximizing miles with the etihad guest program is racking up as many as you can, then leveraging partner programs to get more bang for your buck. April 22, 2014 by million mile secrets million mile secrets. Your loyalty is generously rewarded from the moment you join etihad guest, not just in miles but benefits too. Etihad guest offers the ability to top up miles at an. While their cash fares can be higher than these lowcost options, using etihad miles is a great way to book. Onboard wifi for less surf, stream or share the next time you fly with etihad and save up to 75% off wifi on board. The trick to redeeming american miles on etihad one mile. Book with miles hotels, cars, holiday packages etihad. Lets talk about how you can book this experience with your miles. This would be a blow to the value of american miles, as redeeming for travel on etihad is one of the best uses of aadvantage miles. Simply enter the details of your trip, along with your cabin of travel, to find out how many etihad guest miles you will earn on etihad airways flights booked.
Manage your account and family membership, update your profile, see how youre tracking to the next tier, explore rewards and more ways to earn etihad guest miles. Redeem your wellearned etihad guest miles on your next trip with etihad airways. Search over 300,000 hotels worldwide, pick the perfect hotel for your stay and book using miles or a combination of miles plus cash. Pay for guestseats with less miles etihad guest members will now need fewer miles to book a guestseat.
You can also book alitalia partner airlines with miles, interestingly. Book a flight with etihad guest miles etihad guest. Earn 5,000 welcome bonus miles when you join etihad businessconnect and take two eligible flights enrol. Make sure you have the required amount of points in those accounts. The price in miles is usually heavy heres a calculator.
Book a flight with etihad airways for more freedom and flexibility to change your travel plans if you need to. Lets talk about how you can book this experience with your miles and points. How to book etihad economy, business and first using points. You can also pay just 75% miles plus cash for the remaining 25% of 88,000 miles, which is 66,000 miles plus about 220 usd 0. Since etihad is a transfer partner of both citibank and american express membership rewards, you could have just used those 100,000 points as a direct statement credit and got a better use out of those points. Book your rental car for rent a car with your etihad guest miles stay in comfort with etihad guest miles search over 300,000 hotels worldwide, pick the perfect hotel for your stay and book using miles or a combination of miles plus cash.
One of the overlooked value is on the indian domestic flights on jet airways. Our chauffeur service is not available for instant airport upgrades, and you will only accrue etihad guest miles as per your original ticket. You can also use your etihad guest miles to book a flight with one of our partner airlines. Etihad guest miles can be transferred from american express membership rewards and citi thank you rewards both at a rate of 1. Air new zealand seems pricey, eg 273,000 miles oneway london to auckland in business class. Book seats to dream destinations using any combination of miles plus cash. Fly with etihad and relax with reclining seats, inflight entertainment and tasty meals. Etihad airways boeing 7879 first class middle seats. Start earning miles with our awardwinning programme that rewards you with free flights, upgrades, gifts and so much more. We are always looking for new ways to add value to our loyalty programme and now through this partnership with, we are delighted to give travellers the ability to earn etihad guest miles not only when booking flights, but their accommodation as well.
When you book an american airlines flight with a partner airline, you are subject to. To redeem your miles from germany, call 022 19 24 7195. Collect miles and rewards on flights or purchases with etihad guest. Book your flights with etihad airways book flights and. Earn etihad guest miles with every booking and redeem your miles to. Best ways to book etihad first class using points 2020. Etihad airways and jet airways are close partners for earning and redemption of miles on each other. Although the domestic flights in india can be quite inexpensive, the last minute tickets can become expensive. You can sell etihad miles directly to a customer or to an online miles agent.
Book flights external website opens in a new window. Etihad award flights bookable online with american miles. Signing up for credit cards through partner links earns us a commission. Rent a car or stay at a hotel and earn miles etihad guest. Because, surely, three and a half weeks from then the points would hit my etihad account.
The number of miles you need to book will reflect the normal market price, so if the flight is on sale, youll need fewer miles. There is no minimum or maximum load, and no round number requirement, so you can empty your etihad guest account down to exactly zero miles if you want. We decided to transfer 9k more of withers membership rewards to etihad and to book both our outbound flights with his etihad miles. Remember that youll be booking via etihad guest, which is a transfer partner from citi, capital one, and american express see master list of transfer partners here. Pay with cash selected airports only, credit card or etihad guest miles. Book a flight with etihad guest miles etihad airways. Fly etihad first class cheap using uae credit card sign up. If you are redeeming etihad guest miles through etihads website, its a no brainer to pay for 25% of your ticket at the time of booking in cash, given that its an. Asiana club is an often overlooked option to book etihad because asiana miles are difficult to book. One thing to keep in mind is that if the flight is operated by vrigin australia regional airlines, you might not be able to book with etihad miles. Its not overly difficult to earn miles through the program, even if you dont fly often. How many miles do you need exactly to fly first class.
Also, you can buy etihad miles directly from top mileage brokers. Etihad guest is one of the more leftfield programs for australia points collectors while their partnerships are limited, it is still a very useful program for the ability to easily redeem for etihad flights, even if the cost in miles is fairly high one way to make your etihad points stretch further at least when booking online is to use the option to pay in part miles, part cash. You can even use your miles to pay for taxes, charges and extras when you book at etihad. Etihad guest miles can be redeemed and earned for hotels and car rentals through the etihad travel rewards portal on their website. Book your flight with miles now if you dont have enough miles to pay for your flight, you can either purchase additional etihad guest miles or you can pay for up to 25% of the flight using cash. Use the etihad guest miles you earned in your businessconnect account to book your next stay. Etihad miles may be my new favorite way to book aa flights. To know more, please refer to our cookie policy close. How to fly the etihad apartment using american miles. To book a residence award, youre going to need etihad guest miles since these awards are not open to partners.
A bit over a week ago i wrote about the rumor that american and etihad may be cutting ties, as etihad instead pursues a partnership with united. Redeem them against flights, upgrades or convert into cash. At times aaddvantage was presumably testing things and accidentally made too many partners bookable online, but many additions have been intentional such as with qatar airways, air tahiti nui, srilankan airlines, cape. How not to fly on etihads a380 a cautionary tale no. Members of etihad loyalty program can earn miles on flights most commonly but they can also be bought on the web. Okay, enough about what youll get on this amazing flight. Signing up for credit cards through partner links earns us a. I would transfer another 27k from marriott to etihad so i could cover both of our return flights. Join today and receive 500 bonus miles on your first flight. Thats a lot of cash, so if you want to use miles instead, you have options. Simply choose classic rewards to pay with miles when you book online. Convert miles into cash with a reward card etihad guest. Book with miles hotels, cars, holiday packages etihad guest. Use your miles to book flights, upgrades, hotels and more.