July 2011: When Redeeming Miles Is Relatively Easy

[["<strong>Airline<\/strong>","<strong>Route<\/strong>","<strong>Class<\/strong>","<strong>Departure Availability<\/strong>","#colspan#","<strong>Return Availability<\/strong>","#colspan#"],["#rowspan#","#rowspan#","#rowspan#","Favorable Odds","50-50","Favorable Odds","50-50"],["*Air France - SkyTeam member","Boston - Paris","Business","July, Jan. to April","Aug. to Dec.","Aug., Dec. to April","Sept. to Nov."],["#rowspan#","Houston - Paris","Business","Aug. to April","","March, April","Sept. to Feb."],["#rowspan#","Los Angeles - Papeete**","Business","Dec., March, May","Feb.","Jan., March","Nov., Feb., April, May"],["American","Chicago - Beijing","Business","Dec. to April","Nov.","Dec. to April",""],["#rowspan#","New York - San Juan","Business","Sept., Oct., Jan. to April","Aug., Nov., Dec.","Sept. to April","Aug."],["#rowspan#","Miami - Buenos Aires","Business","Dec. to March","Nov., April","Dec., Feb., March","Aug., Oct., Jan., April"],["Continental","New York - Copenhagen","Business","July, Aug., Dec. to Feb.","Sept., March, April","July, Aug., Feb. to April","Nov. to Jan., May"],["#rowspan#","New York - Honolulu","First","Jan., March, April","Sept. to Dec.","Jan., Feb.","Sept. to Dec., March"],["#rowspan#","New York - Rome","Business","Nov. to April","July, Aug.","Aug., Nov. to April","July"],["United","San Francisco - Honolulu","First","Aug. to Oct., Jan. to April","July., Nov., Dec., May","Sept., Oct., Jan. to April","July, Aug., Dec., May"],["#rowspan#","San Francisco - Seoul","Business","Dec., Jan.","Nov., Feb. to April","Dec., Feb.","Nov., Jan., March, April"],["#rowspan#","Washington, DC - Su00e3o Paulo","Business","March","Nov., Feb., April","","Nov., Jan. to April"],["US Airways","Charlotte - San Jose, C.R.","First","Jan. to April","","Feb. to April","Dec., Jan."],["#rowspan#","Philadelphia - Paris","Business","","Jan., Feb., April","","Jan., Feb., April"],["#rowspan#","Phoenix - Honolulu","First","March, April","Oct., Jan., Feb., May","March, April","Dec. to Feb., April, May"],["<strong>Major Credit Cards and Their Airline Point-Transfer Partners<\/strong>","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#"],["<strong>American Express Membership Rewards:<\/strong> Air France and Continental. <strong>Starwood: <\/strong>Air France, American, Continental*, United*, and US Airways.<strong> Diners Club:<\/strong> American. *Not recommended due to 2-to-1 exchange rate.","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#"],["<em><strong>Favorable Odds:<\/strong> Award space available for two passengers traveling together about 75% during time period indicated. <strong>50-50:<\/strong> Award space available for two persons about 50% during time period indicated. Worth pursuing if you're flexible.*Due to technical problems, Delta's mileage award redemption will not be shown in this month's issue; for SkyTeam members, we have, however, included Air France via the Flying Blue mileage program. **Not daily service.<\/em>","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#","#colspan#"]]