How to Fly to EUROPE With Points! (Amex Points, Chase Points & More!)
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2024
- Want to travel to Europe CHEAP? I’ll show you how to use credit card points for your flight so you can save TONS of money. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the (almost) free flight! Click “Show More” to see Ad Disclosure.
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Europe is a destination so many people want to go to from the United States. Fortunately, learning how to fly to Europe cheap is easy once you learn how to use credit card points! We’ll look at 3 major airline programs along with some sample itineraries, plus the credit cards you may want to get to make it all happen!
00:00 - INTRO
00:13 - AIR CANADA AEROPLAN: This is still a distance-based airline rewards program, meaning the number of points you’ll need to redeem is based on the distance flown. In the video you’ll find 3 examples of how to fly from New York (JFK) to Frankfurt (FRA), Rome (FCO), and London (LHR). Air Canada is part of the Star Alliance, so you can use your Aeroplan points to fly on partner airlines like ANA, Avianca, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, United Airlines, and others.
To earn Air Canada Aeroplan points, you’ll want to start with the following programs and credit cards:
- American Express Membership Rewards Points: Any Amex credit card that earns these points will allow you to use Amex Transfer Partners, including the Amex Platinum Card, Amex Gold Card, and Amex Green Card
- Chase Ultimate Rewards Points: You’ll want to obtain Chase credit cards that give you access to Chase Transfer Partners. The current options include the Chase Sapphire Preferred, Chase Sapphire Reserve, and Chase Ink Business Preferred.
- Capital One Venture / Spark Miles: You can get any Capital One credit card that earns Venture miles (e.g. Capital One VentureOne card, Capital One Venture Rewards card, Capital One Venture X card) or a Capital One Spark business card that earns miles.
- Bilt Rewards points: The only option at this time is the Bilt Mastercard / Bilt Credit Card.
All of the programs transfer directly to Air Canada Aeroplan.
08:17 - AIR FRANCE-KLM FLYING BLUE: A great airline rewards program to fly to Europe. There’s no published award chart anymore, but they do have a useful calculator located at this link: www.flyingblue.fr/en/earn-spe...
Sample itineraries include Los Angeles (LAX) to Paris (CDG), Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Amsterdam (AMS), and Atlanta (ATL) to Barcelona (BCN).
All 5 major travel credit card rewards programs transfer to Flying Blue (Amex, Chase, Capital One, Citi, Bilt). For Citi, just the Citi Premier Card offers access at this time.
Air France and KLM are both part of the SkyTeam Alliance.
13:31 - UNITED MILEAGEPLUS: This is an excellent U.S. airline for flying to Europe. In the video I go over possible routes from New Jersey (EWR) to Athens (ATH), Miami (MIA) to Vienna (VIE), and Chicago (ORD) to Dublin (DUB). United Airlines is another Star Alliance airline (same as Air Canada).
You can get United miles by transferring directly from both the Chase Ultimate Rewards program and the Bilt Rewards program.
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@@aaront936 True, but this just lyrics from a Motorhead song.
I booked IAH to CDG for 70k points for 2 adults, 2 kids + secured a bassinet for my baby.
And back from FCO to IAH for 83,500 for the same, 2 adults, 2 kids + secured bassinet for my baby. On economy but happy with the value I am getting with flying blue. All flights on Air France.
Well done, Hector! ✈🇫🇷🇮🇹
Awesome tutorial Mark! Nice to see you mix up the originating city. More often videos highlight the coasts. 👊
Thanks! 💯
Oh wow great video as always keep that great content coming
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the step by step video on how to do this! Thank you!
Of course!
Very interesting. Thanks for breaking this down! I’m sure I’ll have to watch this again! Much appreciated.
Glad to help!
So you could have 6 economy flights or one business class for the same 220,000 miles! 😂😂👌
Depends on the itinerary. For some flights, economy may be ~ 40K miles & business class could be ~ 60-70K. When the difference isn't that big, then business class can be an incredible value.
That said, for some people, they prefer *volume / quantity* of flights (i.e. they'd rather take more trips and do not care about how they get there).
For other people, they prefer *quality / comfort* of flights (i.e. they'd rather take fewer trips, but have each one be an elevated experience).
It depends on what you want & value.
Excellent video Mark! Comprehensive yet not too complicated for beginners =)
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Excelente video Mark, gracias! 👍
Con todo gusto!
Thx Mark for this video! Love ur detail graphics make is easier to understand! Hope u can do one for Alaska Airlines to fly on Cathy Pacific, Hawaii, etc. Look 4ward to prt. 2 of this vid.
Glad you found value in it!
This is great! Can't wait to see part 2 and how to fly to Asia cheaply. Thanks Mark
Glad you found it helpful!
Thumbs up for this. Great video!
Thanks! 💯
Thanks for making this video!
You're welcome!
Awesome video thanks mark, maybe do US=Middle East in future. Looking forward
Thanks for the suggestion, Ahmed!
Great video! I’ve been trying to share with a few people the benefits of the points and miles game for free/discounted travel ✈️ 😊
Thanks! Keep spreading the word!
This is an extremely valuable video. Although these videos don't do as well off the bat, their evergreen search-based appeal of them will have a really long tail. I know that personally I'll come back to this video a few times when I'm getting ready to book an international flight! A couple questions for you, Mark, or anyone in the comments:
- Is it mainly recommended to always book one-way flights to get the highest value? Assuming you know your exact date range for your trip and where you'll be flying to and from, I imagine round-trip bookings are fine to do, but I always see people recommending one-way flights mainly.
- Is it ever recommended to book a short-leg flight to a larger airport domestically before booking an international flight to get the best value, or would you just let the layovers account for that?
Thanks for all the valuable content as always!
1. I don't have any objective way of saying 1-way flights will consistently present better value than round-trip flights. I show 1-way fares because:
(a). Many airlines show 1-Way Fares by default with their charts.
(b) 1-Way Fares make it easy to calculate Round Trip fares (often double).
(c) 1-Way Fares allow for more flexibility with origin & destination airports.
(d) 1-Way Fares allow you to use different airlines to make an itinerary. This can be very advantageous if certain carriers offer better routing / pricing / timing than others for certain parts of a trip.
(e) Speaking from a content creator perspective, finding award availability for 1-Way Fares take less time. It takes hours to put a video like this together, and since I’m not acting as a personal travel agent to build a customized trip for someone, I’d rather use the time saved to create more videos on more topics.
2. Yes. Those are called Positioning Flights. They can be very useful at certain times.
@@MarkReese Thank you for the in-depth answer as always! That makes a lot of sense though. The flexibility of your itinerary to book two one-way flights on different airlines could definitely provide a lot of value and that's why I assumed it was talked about so much. But you bring up a good point that from a content creation perspective it also makes a lot of sense to show flights that way. I appreciate you as always Mark!
An observation from when I booked through Flying Blue: check both the Air France and KLM websites, as points/prices for a given flight may be different on each site.
Thanks Andy!
Thanks for sharing Mark. Could you please also add CPP next time, without knowing that you cant tell if the redemtionsare even worthwile!
Perhaps, but for now I don't plan to do so. The focus of this type of video is to make a trip happen at good to great value and save a bunch of cash.
If I see a "good enough" or "average" or "bad" redemption, but it's a trip / experience I really want to have, then I'm going to do it anyway.
I think there's too much focus in this game on point values instead of the experience, even if it's not at "maximum value."
That said, even if I did, the cent-per-point value I get could be different for someone else booking the exact same itinerary at a different time of the year.
@@MarkReese thanks for response. I agree with your general idea but would want redemptions to be at least 1 cpp (1.25 or 1.5 for chase depending on if you have CSP or CSR). If not you're better off with cash or travel portal redemptions
Great video as always Mark! Since Air Canada and United are both in the Star Alliance program, do you prioritize earning miles or points organically via one airline over the other?
I personally don't prioritize earning airline miles organically with any airline program since they're subject to more severe & more frequent devaluations than transferrable bank points.
My family and I booked flights to rome this sunmer with all these airlines!
Awesome, enjoy the trip! ✈
I've had great success with Virgin Atlantic. 35-40,000 points roundtrip, but I'm lucky to be in one of their bigger locations where I can use them (ATL).
Right on! 💯
Can you please make a video about how to book a business class in ANA or Japan airlines step by step? 👍🏼
Perhaps at some point.
Great video Mark! Any experience on Polish Airlines? They seem to be the best redemptions on both United and Air Canada's sites.
Thanks Thomas! I haven't flown LOT.
People have to fly back, it would have been important to say that with most rewards programmes the surcharges from Europe to the US are much higher (and then to mention how to get around it).
Thanks for the feedback!
Mark please do a vid to Japan from LAX with Capital One VX, and fly JAL (Japan airlines).
I don't intend to make videos specific to redeeming to 1 city with 1 card on 1 airline. That wouldn't help very many people.
@@MarkReese sounds like a paid consulting gig in the making!
@@chriseverydailyshow4164 - Nah. I have 0 interest in acting as a travel agent.
@@MarkReese Haha! I'm with you.
A travel agency just opened a business nearby. Didn't realize that was still a thing with newly leased office space. Work from home? Imagine this work along with having to cover rent!?
@ :013 Just awesome, let the fun begin. Let's go places.
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One thing about air Canada is that they have high air transportation charges. 305 in some case.
Need to add that to your chart.
Good point, Jay! 👍 Air Canada (the airline) does impose fuel surcharges on its own flights (and those can be quite high on certain routes). That said, Aeroplan (the rewards program) does not pass on any fuel surcharges, which is why it can be a great option to use Aeroplan points on partner airlines in the Star Alliance (which is what was done in the video) ✈️
Thanks for these videos! All super helpful. Can you tell me if I can transfer signup bonuses from Hyatt, IHG, Marriott credit cards to American Airlines? It seems like it could be possible but I can’t find any information on this.
Yes you can for all 3. However, it often is a bad value.
@@MarkReese Thank you so much for the help!
I flew roundtrip to Amsterdam in February in biz for 130,000 points. I got over 3 cents per point.
Right on, well done! 💯
You forgot to mention the Chase Aeroplan card
Good point, another great way to earn Aeroplan points!
Watching this video on 8/25 and decided to follow along. Tried to book a trip from NYC to Greece with points. No matter which date I chose there were no flights. So I switched to $$ and then about 19 flights showed up for the same dates. Can I assume that not all dates are able to be booked by points?
Correct. Using miles requires searching for award availability, which can take some time & be rather frustrating. Many dates will not be available.
Consider tools like point.me and PointsYeah.
Hi Mark,
Thanks for sharing this video.
I have one question on this scenario where we transfer the points..
1) we see flights are available on rewards in air canada
2) we don’t have enough points, so need to transfer those.
Is there a way we can hold this award availability, by the time point transfer is completed, considering transfer takes anywhere between 24-48 hrs?
I don't think Air Canada's program has a hold feature. If they do, I haven't seen it.
@@MarkReese thanks!
1. When you transfer reward points to airlines, do those points have an expiration date?
2. All airline programs have tiers. For example AAdvantage status - Gold, Platinum, Platinum Pro and etc. Let's say I got American Airlines Citi card that gives 75,000 miles bonus offer, will my AAdvantage status become Platinum thanks to 75, 000 miles bonus offer or I actually have to book flights until I reach the miles for each AAdvantage tier?
1. Yes / no. Once points are converted into miles of an airline program, they're then subject to the expiration policies of that airline program. Some programs do not have miles expire (ever) while others do, and the timeframe can vary. However, the programs also offer ways to maintain the miles via account activity.
2. No. Points earned from signup bonuses do not count towards elite status. A semi-exception is the Southwest Companion Pass (although that's not a true A-List elite level).
@@MarkReese thank you so much Mark!
Kind of been hoarding points I really can’t decide which trip is the best value to take atm 😢😅
Go on the trip(s) that excite you most.
What about us west coasters?
Do searches from the west coast ✌️ The purpose of this kind of video is to show people the thought process & tactics to book award flights so you can apply them to book whatever you like.
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Haha literally just used points to buy plane tickets to Paris this AM
Awesome! 🇫🇷
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So could i leverage the partnership between korean air and air france for a reward flight from korea to usa?
Yes 🇰🇷
@@MarkReese how is that done? Could you do a video>
@@jw0ng23 - I don't plan to do videos on using 1 type of miles to fly 1 airline to 1 destination. Too narrow. I suggest searching travel blogs for people who've done specific trips.
Here are a couple helpful ones:
1. upgradedpoints.com/travel/best-ways-to-fly-to-south-korea-with-points/
2. thepointsguy.com/news/points-miles-south-korea/
@@jw0ng23 - And it's the same process. Search Air France's site using the 'Book with miles' feature and find award availability on Korean Air. Choosing a random date, I found availability from JFK to ICN for 54.5K miles in Economy on 1.18.2024.
NOOOOOO, we are going to Japan :))))))))))))))
Looks like I'll need to make another video 😄🇯🇵
@@MarkReese Yes Sir, please please please.... to Japan only or maybe add a side trip to SE Asia :)
How come these you tubers always book one way with points and not round-trips?. Is it better with just a one way?.
It gives more flexibility as stated in the video. Also there are no benefits to booking round trip thru the examples given, like there are from some round trip domestic flights
1. 1-Way Fares make it easy to calculate Round Trip fares (often double).
2. 1-Way Fares allow for more flexibility with origin & destination airports.
3. 1-Way Fares allow you to use different airlines to make an itinerary. This can be very advantageous if certain carriers offer better routing / pricing / timing than sticking with a single airline the whole time.
4. Many airlines show 1-Way Fares by default with their charts.
@@MarkReese good reply.
Cheap and annual fees really not cheap.
Amex Everyday Card = $0
Capital One VentureOne = $0
Bilt Mastercard = $0
Chase Sapphire Preferred = $95
Citi Premier = $95
@@MarkReese Some people will complain no matter what