April 2012: When Redeeming Miles Is Relatively Easy

April 2012
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[["<strong>Airline<\/strong>","<strong>Route<\/strong>","<strong>Class<\/strong>","<strong>Departure Availability<\/strong>","#colspan#","#colspan#","<strong>Return Availability<\/strong>","#colspan#","#colspan#"],["#rowspan#","#rowspan#","#rowspan#","<strong>Handful<\/strong>","<strong>Decent<\/strong>","<strong>Go For It<\/strong>","<strong>Handful<\/strong>","<strong>Decent<\/strong>","<strong>Go For It<\/strong>"],["American","Miami - Sao Paulo","First","Aug., Jan.","Oct. to Dec.","","June, Aug., Feb.","Sept.","Oct. to Jan."],["#rowspan#","New York - Buenos Aires","First","May, June, Feb.","Aug. to Oct.","Jan.","May, July, Nov.,nDec., Feb.","June, Sept., Oct.,nJan.","Aug."],["#rowspan#","San Francisco - Honolulu","First","Feb.","May, June, Jan.","July to Nov.","Feb.","","May to Jan."],["Delta","Boston - London","Business","May, July","Sept., Nov., Feb.","Aug., Oct., Dec.","Sept., Oct.","May, Nov.","July, Aug."],["#rowspan#","Detroit - London","Business","Aug., Oct., Jan.","Nov., Dec.","","Nov.","Dec., Jan.",""],["#rowspan#","Minneapolis - London","Business","Jan., Nov.","Dec.","","Nov.","Dec.","Jan."],["United","Houston - Tokyo","Business","Aug.","Dec., Feb.","Jan.","Feb.","Dec., Jan.",""],["#rowspan#","Los Angeles - Honolulu","First","Aug., Oct.","July, Nov., Dec.","Jan., Feb.","July, Sept.","Nov., Dec., Jan.","Aug., Oct., Feb."],["#rowspan#","New York - Munich","Business","","","Nov. to Feb.","Nov","Dec.","Jan., Feb."],["US Airways","Charlotte - Aruba","First","April, July, Nov.,","Aug., Jan.","","July, Sept., Oct.","April, Aug., Dec.","Nov., Jan."],["#rowspan#","Charlotte - London","Business","Nov., Dec.","","","","Jan., Nov., Dec.",""],["#rowspan#","Charlotte - Mexico City","First","","June, Dec., Feb.","April, May, Julynto Nov., Jan.","","Feb.","April to Jan."],["<small><strong>Major Credit Cards and Their Airline Point-Transfer Partners<\/strong><\/small>","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#"],["<small><strong>American Express Membership Rewards:<\/strong> <em>Delta. <\/em><strong>Starwood:<\/strong> <em>American, Delta, United*, and US Airways.<\/em> <strong>Diners Club:<\/strong> <em>Delta. \n*Not recommended due to 2-to-1 exchange rate.<\/em><\/small>","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#"],["<small><em><strong><span style=\"color: #6699cc;\">Handful:<\/span><\/strong> Award space is available for two people traveling on the same itinerary about 4 to 8 days during the month indicated in the chart (at time of research). Worth pursuing if you\u2019re flexible. \n<strong><span style=\"color: #6699cc;\">Decent:<\/span><\/strong> Award space is available for two people traveling on the same itinerary about 9 to 12 days during the month indicated. \n<strong><span style=\"color: #6699cc;\">Go For It:<\/span><\/strong> Award space is available for two people traveling on the same itinerary about 13 days or more during the month indicated.<\/em><\/small>","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#"]]