Consolidated List Of Airline Award Charts And Partner Airline Lists

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.I thought it would be convenient to have a page that TPG readers can bookmark with links to the award charts for the major frequent flyer programs. This is by no means a final list, as I’ll continuously be updating the page (feel free to comment below with the links to any other program or ideas on ways to enhance this post). This list will be part of a resource page which I’ll be launching shortly. If you have any other ideas, please comment below.Air Canada (Star Alliance)Air Canada and Star Alliance Award ChartStar Alliance Upgrade Chart Partner listNotes: Air Canada allows “around the world” routing, which means you can travel to Asia via Europe (and stop while in Europe). See Around The World rewards. Also, most awards increase on July 15, 2011.Air France/KLM (Skyteam Alliance)FlyingBlue Award ChartPartner Award ChartSkyteam Upgrades Notes: FlyingBlue runs Promo Awards, that can be great values at 50% less miles needed. Air France is a transfer partner of American Express.Airtran (soon to be a part of Southwest) - Award information.Alaska AirlinesAlaska Award ChartPartner Award ChartAlaska UpgradesList of PartnersAmerican (Oneworld Alliance)American Award ChartAmerican Upgrade ChartOneworld and Partner Award ChartDistance based Oneworld multi partner Award ChartOneworld Upgrade ChartList of partnersNotes: Amounts shown are for one-way flights. Note: Only American awards can be booked online - you must call to book partner awards, though I recommend using the British Airways and Qantas search engines to find Oneworld availability.British Airways (Oneworld Alliance)British Airways Award ChartBritish Airways + 1 Oneworld Award Chart One Oneworld Partner Award ChartMultiple Oneworld Partner Award Chart Upgrade Mileage Chart List of partners: Oneworld & OtherNotes: I did an entire series on maximizing British Airways miles. They are also a transfer partner of American Express and the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card. General tips, Post 1 – Booking BA Awards, Post 2 – Booking Partner Awards, Post 3 – Oneworld Alliance, Post 4 – Taxes and Fees, Post 5 – Household Accounts, Post 6 – Companion Ticket, Post 7 – Using ExpertFlyer for Partner Award Availability, Post 8 – The Art of the Stopover, Post 9 – Leveraging Miles and Cash Redemptions, and Post 10 - Using Qantas.com to Find Oneworld Award Availability.Cathay (Oneworld Alliance)Cathay and Partners Award and Upgrade Chart (List of partners is available underneath the partner award chart)Sign up for our daily newsletterEmail addressSign upI would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. See privacy policy.Continental (Star Alliance) Continental and Star Alliance/Partner Award and Upgrade Chart for travel booked before June 15, 2011Continental and Star Alliance/Partner Award and Upgrade Chart for travel booked after June 15, 2011List of partnersNotes: Starting June 15, Continental will allow one-way awards. Until then, you can instantly transfer Continental miles to United, before they merge at some point in 2012 (or possibly late 2011). Check out this post on continental.com recent upgrades. I also recommend using the ANA tool for complete Star Alliance availability. Continental is a transfer partner of American Express until September 30, 2011. Continental is also a transfer partner of the Chase Sapphire Preferred card.Delta (Skyteam Alliance)Delta and Skyteam/Partner Award ChartUpgrade AwardsList of PartnersNotes: One-way awards are the same price as roundtrip. Delta has three tiers and the online award engine is broken. See also : Maximizing Stopovers, Open Jaws and Transfers on Delta, Delta.com Quirks and How to Work Around Them, Airfrance.us Now Shows Delta Awards, 10 Tips on Using Delta SkyMiles. Delta is a transfer partner of American Express and they usually have 10-50% transfer bonuses.EmiratesFlight and Upgrade CalculatorList of partnersFrontier - Award Chart. Frontier is a transfer partner of American Express.JetBlue - No award charts, points are a fixed value - around 1 cent per point. More info. JetBlue is a transfer partner of American Express.Qantas (Oneworld Alliance)Qantas and Partner Classic Flights Points Calculator / ChartUpgrade ChartPartner listSingapore (Star Alliance)Singapore Award ChartPartner Award ChartSingapore Upgrade ChartStar Alliance Upgrade ChartPartner listNote: Singapore is an American Express Membership Rewards transfer partner.Southwest- No award charts - fixed value, $1 towards flights is between 60 and 120 points. More info.United (Star Alliance)United and Star Alliance/Partner Award for travel booked before June 15, 2011United and Star Alliance/Partner Award for travel booked after June 15, 2011 United Upgrade Awards after June 15, 2011 Star Alliance Upgrade Awards after June 15, 2011List of partnersNotes: United.com only has a few Star Alliance partners, so I recommend using Continental.com to book awards. I also recommend using the ANA tool for complete Star Alliance availability.US Airways (Star Alliance)US Airways Award ChartStar Alliance/Partner Award ChartUS Airways Upgrade ChartStar Alliance Upgrade ChartPartner listNotes: USairways.com is bad at showing partner awards. All SaverPass awards on continental.com should be bookable using US Airways miles - you just have to call in to secure them. I also recommend using the ANA tool for complete Star Alliance availability.Virgin AmericaFixed value - see more information. Points are usually worth 1.6-2.1 cents towards airfare.Virgin AtlanticVirgin Atlantic Award CalculatorVirgin Atlantic UpgradesPartner ListNote: Virgin Atlantic is a partner of American Express Membership Rewards, but it may make sense to transfer to Continental or ANA because they may have lower point thresholds and/or fees.[card card-name=‘Premier Rewards Gold Card from American Express’ card-id=‘22035076’ type=‘javascript’ bullet-id=‘1’]