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Avianca is Colombia's flag carrier and national airline and one of the largest airlines in South America. Although many readers based in the U.S. may have never flown with the airline, savvy points and miles collectors are aware of its loyalty program, LifeMiles.
The program has become quite popular among points and miles enthusiasts due to its numerous sweet spots and excellent flight redemptions on its partner carriers. An unexpected 2024 devaluation worsened some of the best opportunities to redeem miles. But there are plenty of ways to still get value from this program.
Avianca is a part of Star Alliance, meaning LifeMiles can be redeemed for travel on any alliance member airline to destinations all over the globe. Add in the ease with which you can collect LifeMiles and the lack of carrier-imposed fuel surcharges, and Avianca LifeMiles is easily a top choice for booking domestic and international award travel.
In this post, we'll walk through the Avianca LifeMiles award chart and highlight some of the best LifeMiles redemptions.
Page Contents
- How To Earn Avianca LifeMiles
- Avianca LifeMiles Award Charts
- Best Value Avianca LifeMiles Sweet Spots
- Domestic United awards from 6,500 LifeMiles
- Los Angeles to Hawaii in economy from 15,000 LifeMiles
- Northeastern U.S. to Europe for 22,500 LifeMiles in economy, 45k in business class
- U.S. to South America, starting at 35k LifeMiles in business class
- New York to Cairo in business class from 70,000 LifeMiles
- U.S. to Eastern Europe (and beyond) in business class for 70k LifeMiles (or less)
- U.S. to Europe in Lufthansa First Class for 120k LifeMiles
- U.S. to the Middle East in business class for 78k LifeMiles
- U.S. to Australia or New Zealand in business class for 80k LifeMiles
- Europe to India in first class for just 60k LifeMiles
- Europe to Japan in business class for 75k LifeMiles
- Benefits and Pitfalls of the Avianca LifeMiles Program
- Bottom Line
How To Earn Avianca LifeMiles
There are dozens of ways in which you can earn Avianca LifeMiles. The LifeMiles program has no shortage of partners — ranging from other airlines to department stores.
You can earn LifeMiles on all Avianca and Star Alliance flights and credit stays at IHG properties to LifeMiles as well. However, there are even easier ways to amass a significant stash of Avianca LifeMiles.
Transfer flexible rewards points to LifeMiles
Avianca partners with several reward programs, enabling members to transfer their points to their LifeMiles account as follows:
As a partner of multiple bank rewards programs, Avianca LifeMiles is one of the most accessible airline mileage programs. In addition, the list opens up some exciting possibilities for anyone looking to combine flexible points from multiple programs to accumulate enough miles for an award flight.
Related: How To Consolidate Transferable Points for an Award Ticket
Buy Avianca LifeMiles outright — sometimes with a bonus
Avianca is known for running pretty lucrative buy LifeMiles promotions, allowing members to rack up tens (or hundreds) of thousands of bonus LifeMiles when purchasing them outright. It's not uncommon for Avianca to run these promotions at various times throughout the year. However, members can purchase LifeMiles at any time, even if there's no ongoing incentive. Here's the link to do so.
If you plan on purchasing LifeMiles, we highly recommend waiting for one of these promotional offers. Avianca often offers promotions that allow members to get up to a 200% bonus when they purchase LifeMiles.
If you cannot wait for one of these promotions, you can purchase LifeMiles anytime, starting at 3.3 cents per mile. This is a high rate for buying miles, especially in comparison to promotional periods in which LifeMiles are commonly available for much less.
Sign up for a co-branded Avianca LifeMiles credit card
An easy way to earn LifeMiles without transferring points is to apply for a co-branded Avianca credit card. Avianca offers two credit cards for U.S. applicants, each offering a sizable sign-up bonus. Here's a quick overview of the welcome offer and the long-term earning rates.
- Avianca LifeMiles American Express® Elite Card
- Sign-up bonus: Earn 60,000 miles after spending $4,500 in the first 90 days plus an additional 40,000 miles after spending $25,000 in the first 365 days.
- Earning rates: 3x on all Avianca and LifeMiles purchases, 2x on travel and restaurants, and 1x on everything else.
- Annual fee: $249
- Avianca LifeMiles American Express® Card
- Sign-up bonus: Earn 40,000 miles after spending $3,000 in the first 90 days.
- Earning rates: 2x on all Avianca and LifeMiles purchases, 2x on groceries and restaurants, and 1x on everything else.
- Annual fee: $99
- 3x on all avianca airlines and lifemiles purchases
- 2x on travel and restaurants
- 1x on everything else
- 2x on all avianca airlines and lifemiles purchases
- 2x on groceries and restaurants
- 1x on everything else
Avianca LifeMiles Award Charts
Despite changes over the years, LifeMiles remains a strong program. Award flights on Avianca are priced dynamically. Partner awards are based on an unpublished and complicated award chart. We have done our best to piece the data together based on data collected across thousands of searches.
We've summarized some of the LifeMiles prices in two charts: one for flights to/from the U.S. lower 48 to destinations worldwide and another for domestic flights wholly within the continental United States.
LifeMiles award chart to/from the continuous United States
| From U.S. Lower 48 to | Economy | Business | First |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada, Mexico & Caribbean | 6,500-18,000 | 15,000-30,000 | N/A |
| Hawaii | 22,500 (except LAX-Hawaii for 15k and Hawaii-LAX for 16k) | 40,000 | N/A |
| Central America | 12,500-20,000 | 30,000-40,400 | N/A |
| Colombia, Ecuador, Peru | 16,000-30,030 | 35,000-39,200 | N/A |
| Rest of South America | 30,000 | 60,000 | N/A |
| Newark (EWR) - London (LHR) | 22,500 | 45,000 | --- |
| New York (JFK) - Zurich (ZRH) | 27,500 | 55,000 | --- |
| New York (JFK) - Geneva (GVA) | 30,000 | 60,000 | --- |
| New York (JFK) - Lisbon (LIS) | 32,500 | 65,000 | --- |
| Rest of Europe | 35,000-44,000 | 69,000-75,000 | 120,000 |
| Middle East, Caucasus countries, and Northern Africa | 42,500 | 78,000 (except JFK-CAI for 70k) | ~100,000 |
| Rest of Africa | 40,000 | 78,000 | --- |
| North Asia | 45,000-47,000 (except LAX/SFO/SEA for 40k) | 90,000 (except LAX/SFO for 85k) | 120,000 |
| Central Asia | 47,000 | 90,000 | 120,000 |
| South Asia | 47,000 | 90,000 | --- |
| Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania | 40,000 (except LAX-AKL for 35k and AKL-LAX for 36k) | 80,000 | --- |
As you can see in the chart above, LifeMiles prices certain routes differently than other routes between the same regions. For simplicity, we've put price ranges where appropriate to capture the vast majority of prices between each set of regions. But there are times when you may see both lower prices or higher prices than what is given in the table above.
LifeMiles award chart for U.S. domestic flights
For the domestic chart, Avianca divides the United States into three regions and prices awards (sort of) accordingly. Here are the states that are in each region:
- Region 1: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia
- Region 2: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin
- Region 3: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, Washington
| Departing Region | Arriving in Region 1 | Arriving in Region 2 | Arriving in Region 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Region 1 | 7,500 in economy, 15,000 in first | 10,000 in economy, 15,000 in first | 12,500 in economy, 25,000 in first |
| Region 2 | 10,000 in economy, 15,000 in first | 7,500 in economy, 15,000 in first | 12,500 in economy, 25,000 in first |
| Region 3 | 12,500 in economy, 25,000 in first | 12,500 in economy, 25,000 in first | 7,500 in economy, 15,000 in first |
For the domestic U.S. chart, there is some variation as well. As an example, you can snag some short hops in United economy for as few as 6,500 LifeMiles. Conversely, there are cases where you'll have to cough up 13,500 LifeMiles for transcontinental economy itineraries, such as Newark to San Francisco (Region 1 to Region 3).
LifeMiles awards outside the U.S.
While not the absolute best Star Alliance carrier award chart, the LifeMiles award chart still features plenty of sweet spots with ample opportunities to obtain miles. Additionally, the lack of carrier-imposed surcharges makes these sweet spots even sweeter. There are some redemptions where LifeMiles may not have the cheapest price in terms of miles, but using the currency may save you hundreds of dollars in fees.
Unfortunately, the LifeMiles partner award chart is quite complex and convoluted. Here's a look at the previously published Avianca LifeMiles partner award chart. Not all prices are current.
You may be able to zoom in to view award redemptions; however, it's quite difficult to read. That being said, we'll break down some of the sweet spots in this award chart further below.
We suggest using Avianca LifeMiles primarily on partner carriers, as Avianca dynamically prices awards for Avianca flights. The caveat to this is the discount available for booking Avianca award flights well in advance. You can also get a discount on Avianca and partner awards through a LifeMiles+ subscription.
What is not often discussed is that Avianca LifeMiles seems to block certain partner awards. For example, business and first-class seats on ANA that can be found through other partner programs (e.g., United MileagePlus) are often not bookable through LifeMiles. Even seats on United Airlines available to other partners aren't always bookable using LifeMiles. This is one frustrating aspect of the program.
Related: How To Find Partner Airline Award Availability
Best Value Avianca LifeMiles Sweet Spots
Here are some of our favorite Avianca LifeMiles partner award sweet spots:
Domestic United awards from 6,500 LifeMiles
We mentioned this one above, but it deserves a highlight: You can book domestic United awards for as few as 6,500 LifeMiles. And we aren't talking about just a few routes. AwardWallet found over 500 United routes pricing at 6,500 LifeMiles. This even includes short-haul international flights to Mexico and Canada.
The general rule is that your origin and destination need to be less than 500 miles apart — even if you need to connect and end up flying more than 500 miles.
Los Angeles to Hawaii in economy from 15,000 LifeMiles
Who doesn't love the idea of taking a trip to Hawaii? Generally, LifeMiles isn't one of the best ways to fly to Hawaii using points and miles at a general price of 20,000 LifeMiles. However, we found one route that prices differently: Los Angeles to Hawaii prices at a lower 15,000 LifeMiles.
Peculiarly, the route back from Hawaii to Los Angeles costs a bit more: 16,000 LifeMiles.
While there can be better ways to book these same awards, LifeMiles is a top option during a LifeMiles transfer bonus or buy LifeMiles sale.
Northeastern U.S. to Europe for 22,500 LifeMiles in economy, 45k in business class
One of the welcome changes during the recent LifeMiles chart adjustments was a reduction in award rates between the northeastern U.S. and the northern part of Europe. While some LifeMiles awards between the U.S. and Europe cost as much as 44,000 LifeMiles, economy awards on these routes now price at just 22,500 LifeMiles! Eligible routes include Newark to places like London and Dublin.
Even better, you can fly in lie-flat United Polaris business class on these routes for 45,000 LifeMiles. That makes this one of the cheapest business class awards to Europe!
U.S. to South America, starting at 35k LifeMiles in business class
Avianca offers solid redemptions on its partner carriers to South America, especially Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Keep in mind that Avianca redemptions for their own flights can sometimes provide poor value, so we recommend using your miles on partner carriers if you can, including to South America.
However, some decent options remain, such as this flight from Washington, D.C., to Bogota. Unfortunately, this isn't in a lie-flat product, though.
Economy is a solid deal as well, starting at 20,000 LifeMiles.
New York to Cairo in business class from 70,000 LifeMiles
One of the exceptions noted in the award chart above is the route between New York (JFK) and Cairo (CAI). For some reason, this route prices at 70,000 LifeMiles each way — instead of the 78,000 LifeMiles pricing to other parts of Northern Africa and the Middle East.
U.S. to Eastern Europe (and beyond) in business class for 70k LifeMiles (or less)
If you're flying beyond the most northern areas of Europe or flying from the West Coast of the United States, you'll pay around 70,000 miles for business class. Compared to what many carriers charge, this is still a solid deal. This even applies if you mix carriers.
Here is an example itinerary from New York-Newark to Lisbon for 69,000 LifeMiles:
Some other itineraries available are:
- San Francisco to Zurich for 75,000 miles in SWISS business class
- Chicago to Munich for 69,000 miles in Lufthansa business class
- San Francisco to Istanbul for 69,000 miles in Turkish Airlines business class
Why it's cheaper to fly Istanbul nonstop instead of Zurich nonstop from San Francisco puzzles me, as it is a longer flight. This is yet another of the many oddities of the LifeMiles pricing model.
U.S. to Europe in Lufthansa First Class for 120k LifeMiles
Although the old price of 87,000 miles for first class was far more attractive, spending 120,000 for the luxury that Lufthansa First offers is still a deal worth considering. Especially considering that other currencies with excellent pricing (e.g., ANA Mileage Club) pass along Lufthansa's massive (and sometimes unbearable) surcharges.
For context, the same flight purchased with United MileagePlus miles costs 165,000 miles for first class. United also lacks carrier-imposed fees, but the mileage savings by booking through LifeMiles is substantial.
U.S. to the Middle East in business class for 78k LifeMiles
Avianca's Middle East redemptions are also available at a solid price. Being more expensive than flying to Europe and slightly cheaper than flying to South or Central Asia, a business-class ticket on SWISS from the United States to Dubai via Zurich will only cost 78,000 miles.
U.S. to Australia or New Zealand in business class for 80k LifeMiles
Another Avianca sweet spot is the U.S. to Australia, New Zealand, and other Pacific islands in Oceania for just 80,000 miles in business. Considering that the flight can be upwards of 15 hours, this is an incredible deal — especially compared to redeeming 60,000 miles for a business-class ticket to Europe.
Europe to India in first class for just 60k LifeMiles
For travelers who want to get from Europe to India (or vice versa) in luxury, redeeming 60,000 miles to fly Lufthansa first class from Munich to Delhi is amazing value, especially when tickets on this nonstop can retail for more than $6,000!
Other awards offering fantastic value include business-class redemptions between Europe and Asia, letting you fly in premium cabins on some rather lengthy routes for a great price. But, of course, the ability to redeem miles for Lufthansa First Class without ridiculous surcharges takes the cake.
Related: How To Book Lufthansa First Class Using Miles
Europe to Japan in business class for 75k LifeMiles
Flying from Europe to Japan is a solid deal at 75,000 LifeMiles, especially when you consider that you can spend over 12 hours on ANA, one of the top airlines in the world.
Benefits and Pitfalls of the Avianca LifeMiles Program
As with all frequent flyer programs, Avianca has its pros and cons.
Avianca LifeMiles pros
- No fuel surcharges on Star Alliance partner awards.
- The majority of Star Alliance partner awards can be booked online with relative ease.
- No close-in booking fees.
- Can split flights with connections into business and economy, which often saves miles.
- Buy up to 60% of the miles required for an award via LifeMiles + Cash.
- LifeMiles won’t expire if you have qualifying activity in your account within 12 months of the last mile earned. Additionally, transferring points from another program typically counts as a qualifying activity.
- Regular bonuses on purchased miles allow you to buy miles for less than 1.3¢ per mile.
The lack of fuel surcharges and close-in penalties is likely the biggest plus for the program.
Avianca LifeMiles cons
- Contacting customer service to handle reservations is difficult and can be an unpleasant experience.
- Flat $25 booking fee across all awards, which is not displayed until checkout.
- High award change ($150) and cancellation fees ($50 for U.S. domestic itineraries, can be up to $200 for international tickets).
- Avianca doesn’t allow stopovers or open jaws on award flights
Avianca’s call center is challenging to deal with if you need to book an award over the phone. The $25 booking fee is unfortunate and annoying on LifeMiles awards for domestic United itineraries, which are otherwise without fees except the required TSA fee.
That being said, it is bearable when you consider the lack of other fees on award tickets. Conversely, the change and cancellation fees are on the higher side compared to other programs.
Bottom Line
Avianca's LifeMiles program has become popular among award-travel enthusiasts. There are several reasons why travelers like the LifeMiles program, ranging from the multitude of credit card programs that can transfer points to LifeMiles to the lack of carrier surcharges on award tickets.
Additionally, the ability to buy LifeMiles with a lucrative bonus is another reason to love the LifeMiles program. The new LifeMiles+ subscriptions are also intriguing, as some let you avoid the egregious LifeMiles award change and cancellation fees.
Simply put, the Avianca LifeMiles program is one of the best ways to redeem airline miles for flights on other Star Alliance carriers. It doesn't matter whether you're flying domestically within the U.S. or on an international ticket across the world.
Even after recent devaluations, the LifeMiles award chart still offers solid value. The biggest downside may be needing to deal with Avianca's customer service, which can test your patience.
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That awards chart is outdated.
Economy from North America to North Asia (LAX to MNL) is now 47000 miles, not 35000 miles.
Thanks for flagging this. We’ve assigned a full fact-check and update of this post.
Is abyone getting an error message when they sign into their lifemiles account?? I’ve been getting a 403 error message for weeks now and have over 100K points in my acct that I want to use for an upcoming trip. What’s going on?
Try Chrome. It hasn’t worked on Firefox for a week or two; for some reason Chrome is fine.
I have heard decent things about Avianca Lifemiles so I decided to see what their costs were.
On their results for a r/t flight, it showed:
M (the letter M , I believe) 168,778 + USD 1,869
Does that mean it costs 168,778 miles plus $1,869 for this trip (DSM – MFE)?
Thanks
Ed – you likely found a date with ‘view more results’ listings, meaning it didn’t have any award bookings available. That’s essentially showing you options to ‘buy’ (for lack of a better word) flights with your miles. That’s not at all a normal amount of miles to redeem for these flights. You should use a maximum of 25,000 miles for a one-way flight within the US48. However, there are better programs for domestic flights in the US with Star Alliance, such as Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles.
He viajado con Avianca en varias oportunidades desde Argentina a Perú y Colombia. Uno de los inconvenientes que me gustaría que subsanen respecto de la acumulación de puntos, es su vencimiento. Las condiciones económicas y políticas de un país son cambiantes y lo que uno proyecto hacer en los próximos meses puede cambiar drásticamente con medidas del gobierno como por ejemplo ocurre en Argentina con el cepo cambiario (restricciones a la compra de dólares) o impuestos exorbitantes para la compra de divisas extranjeras.
En mi opinión no deberían vencer y eso es un incentivo para seguir adquiriendo productos de la misma compañía. Creo que ambos nos beneficiaríamos con esto. Siempre me ha sido muy placentero viajar con esta aerolínea.
No chance to us lifemiles on Lufthansa business D seat , even I can see plenty of seat on hansa website, does lifemiles blocked partners’ business class ?
Nice way to save some miles and money on business class
Their website is not working. Any flight search comes back as NO flights available. Same thing on their app. They want you to call them and to book it over the phone. Customer service is in Colombia. Enough said.
It has a very good miles redemption program.
Must be one of the best airlines in south america
I have never traveled on Avianca yet, we hope to travel soon.
Yes, Avianca is reliable. Mainly after the separation of the Brazilian side that went bankrupt after that due to the oligopolium and over regulation in this market. We hope that the current government will change that, but for Avianca it arrived late because was already disabled shortly before the change of government that reversed the economy guidelines. Despite the difficulties, the old part of Avianca did better service than the rest of that market.
Como todos los programas, tienen cosas buenas y malas, Entre las que destaco, que las millas vencen a los 12 meses, sin actividad, cuando otras aerolineas son 32 meses y como bueno sus canjes son muy ventajoso, en ejecutiva, el personal muy amable
I am an Avianca silver member, I use Avianca regularly to fly inside South America. Tried to book flights with miles through the page but never could ! I hope it begin to work properly.
Are they reliable?
Great alternative to United MileagePlus
Fuel surcharge is way to hide higher costs and inefficiency. This is not Avianca case definitely.
This article is wrong.
One of the headaches of award travel on Star Alliance carriers is the prevalence of programs that charge hefty fees. Avianca’s award chart is not the most attractive Star Alliance chart out there, but besides United and Copa, LifeMiles is the only program not charging fuel surcharges on any partner awards.”
Eurobonus is not charging fuel surcharges on any partner awards.
Hey Anton, thanks for the heads up. I’ve added SAS to the exceptions.
“The reservations department is difficult to deal with if you need to call an award in by phone”
Spot on! It is nearly impossible to speak to some one who speaks decent English and willing to help there
No fuel surcharges is interesting.
Good program as long as they dont go bankrupt.
Is the award chart in this post still accurate? What I don’t like about LM is the lack of consistency and availability. Would love to see LM’s award prices combined with UA’s routings.
Hey John, Avianca pulled the award chart from their website, so we don’t know how much this reflects the current award pricing. For the most part, the current minimum prices still seem to follow the award chart. Please do share any feedback if you find different prices for specific routes.
I hope they do not bankrupt. I have a flight with them and Avianca is such a great company.
I had status with Avianca when they did a status match, and didn’t really look into their award chart. No fuel surcharges is a big plus!
Great article. Avianca is a great option especially if you fly to and from South America or plan to do so.
Thanks for the useful post and summary. I’ll have to look into Lifemiles now, but am a little bit concerned about the website quality comments.
Can you actually book Lufthansa first using Avianca miles? I thought they blocked access to everyone but Miles and More.
Only in the last couple of weeks before departure, although there are occasional exceptions. The best strategy is to book Biz class further in advance and change to first in the last week.
This provides me with an oppourtunity to maximize my travel to the Carribena, thanks for the article
Makes me happy that Avianca is stepping up to the plate and competing more in the reward travel arena.
What is the best way to use Avianca miles now ? Las time I’ve spent the miles a few years ago .
We’ve just updated this post. There is a list of our favorite redemptions right in the middle.
Thanks for this very welcome update!
Lets go to Columbia!
Have they improved the website? Never been able to make a points booking online…
Marginally. Still not a very good award search experience in my opinion.
Great info! Thanks!
Good introduction to what they do and don’t offer
no transfers from MR I assume?
Any good ideas for “sweet spots” not from the USA but from Thailand?
You say that it can be a hassle if you have to call and book your flights does this offset the money/miles savings enough? In my mind it doesn’t. It should be easy to book with money or miles with any carrier. I don’t have the time to sit and take forever to book tickets. I know that it could be more miles but I’ll stick with carriers I’m more familiar with. Everyone has a trade off somewhere. We all make that choice.
I am happy to have that choice and the options that ya’ll give are invaluable so I can make a more informed decision.
No fuel surcharges is great. And with Star Alliance you can fly Lufthansa, which is a nice airline.
Avianca has great bargains for miles but flying from Spain and not USA so cant find something attractive to use the points for
I agree with the post. I thinks Lifemiles are still very useful though they were really good in the past.
Most Lifemiles “sweet spots” have been due to Avianca not knowing world geography. In the past, they included Guam as domestic US. And all of Russia as Europe.
Even now, if you look at the award chart above, you can notice that the “United States 1” region includes east coast states and Washington. While I assume they mean Washington DC and not Washington state, “United States 3,” the US west region, includes all the continental western states except Washington. Could you book Seattle to Newark for “United States 1”?
Haha wow that’s a great observation. Would be interested to know if that works.
I went into ur post highly suspicious of the claim that an airline doesn’t know geography. And, I was going to push back on Guam, since they’re American citizens. But, then Russia. And finally, Washington? LOL
Regardless it still makes for a nice redemption
If only their website worked most of the time and one was actually able to book any of these…
Good info! Two things to be aware of:
1) Their website is so broken, half the flights I’ve tried to book didn’t work online and then when I called I got it done but just barely, their reps are not much better than the broken website!
2) I added in 1,000 Thank You Points to my account because they were expiring and at first I thought it didn’t work, but the next day it updated with the new expiration date luckily! 🙂
So what are the other airlines that dont charge for fuel? It said avisnka was 1 0f 3
Few years ago I’ve flight on Turkish and Asiana from VKO to SEL via IST in biz class . It was a best way to spend Avianca miles . I took a flight VKO-KHV via SEL ( domestic Russia ) and leave in Seoul . It was much cheaper tHan VKO -SEL , even in economy .
Hope Avian doesn’t read this!
Their miles have been constantly “on sale” for as long as I can remember, so I find it difficult to believe Avianca has any illusions about the workings of their program, nor do I think Avianca is too going to be too concerned about one more post about how best to use their miles to redeem awards.
Lifemiles used to have a fully functioning web booking interface. That has been severely buffed. A typical booking would error out after pax info is typed in.
And, Banco Popular would be light in most folks credit card supply.
IMHO Lifemiles doesn’t have good sweet spots anymore after they killed all the boomers.
It’s just a decent overall program, which is not too bad but also not really outstanding.
It is part of a multi pronged strategy
In general I find the LifeMiles programme very interesting.
Both the earning rate and the miles required for the rewards are quite good compared to other programmes.
Moreover, LifeMiles doesn’t add fuel surcharge on award tickets.
The only concern is its financial situation.
Maybe someone knows something more about this.
This writeup is fantastic and is why I subscribe. Please keep them coming! 🙂
Lifemiles is much devalued from what it was. I would definitely narrow down the “sweet spots” to Lufthansa and any other airline whose surcharges are otherwise unavoidable. Otherwise you’re mostly paying more miles than other ffps.
That is interesting re Lufthansa, as they have an intersting network but I have always been put off by they high charges.
I have flown Avianca numerous times, both internal (Colombia) flights and external – internationally. I have generally been pleased, though the last time it seemed their quality had slipped. Come to think of it, it may have been only because it was an internal flight. Those seem to have lower standards.
Thanks for the great info. This program is new to me, so I am excited to give it a try and hopefully save some $$/miles!!