Flying Club is the name of Virgin Atlantic’s frequent flyer program. One of the challenges of valuing this program is that mileage requirements for free flights vary by specific departure location, requiring a more city-to-city analysis. For example, it costs 50,000 miles (standard rate) to fly from LAX
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What is the Value of Starpoints® from the Starwood Preferred Guest® Program?
The Starwood brand encompasses the following 9 brands: Sheraton, Four Points, the W, Aloft, The Luxury Collection, Le Meridien, Westin Hotels, Element, and St. Regis.
Free nights start as low as 2,000 Starpoints® for category 1 hotels
What is the value of AirTran Airways A+ Frequent Flyer Miles?
Members of AirTran Airways A+ Rewards program earn credits for flight segments. And of course you can earn more credits if you use the AirTran Airways A+ Visa Card. GetDebit has attempted to estimate the monetary value of a single AirTran Airways A+ credit.
Here are some of
Frequent Flyer Mileage Valuation Comparison
In order for GetDebit to accurately rank the dozens of credit cards with frequent flyer programs, it is necessary to calculate the dollar value per mile for each of these programs. We have written numerous articles about each, but below is a table which summarizes our estimated values for
What is the value of JetBlue’s TrueBlue points?
In September, 2009, JetBlue announced some major changes to its TrueBlue frequent flyer program, requiring GetDebit to completely re-evaluate our estimate of the worth of JetBlue’s TrueBlue points. Previously, we had estimated JetBlue points to be worth about $0.0120 per point. With the changes to the program, that
How Much Are BA (British Air) Miles Really Worth?
Last Updated: 5/5/2011
British Airways offers their Executive Club loyalty program, where frequent flyers earn BA miles which can be applied for free flights or upgrades. Analyzing the value of miles is always tricky business since assumptions like whether
What is the value of Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Miles?
Note: this post addresses the older version of the SWA Rapid Rewards program which is no longer offered. Unless you are an airline historian, you should really be reading our new post, “How Much Are Southwest Airlines Points Actually Worth?“.
To earn a Standard Award good for
What is the Value of Continental Airlines OnePass Miles?
The Continental OnePass frequent flyer program offers both SaverPass and EasyPass fares for many global destinations. SaverPass fares require far fewer miles to obtain flights, but suffer from limited availability. Conversely, EasyPass fares, while requiring significantly more miles, have no availability restrictions. Given how much more
What is the Value of ANA Miles?
The schedule to earn ANA international flight awards is somewhat complicated. Here are some of the basics of how it all works:
- Unlike many other frequent flyer programs which base their mileage redemption requirements on the region you are flying to (for example, flying from the US to Europe
What is the Value of Delta SkyMiles Points?
At a high level, estimating the value of Delta Skymiles® is a 3-step process:
- First, obtain the miles redemption schedule from Delta…easily done.
- Next, make some assumptions around what portion of travel will be done during periods of low, moderate and high demand, as the Delta Skymiles® program charges different amounts of points