June 2012: When Redeeming Miles Is Relatively Easy

[["<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","Chicago - Shanghai","Business","Nov., Dec., April","Feb., March","Jan.","April","Dec.","Jan. to March"],["#rowspan#","Los Angeles - Honolulu","First","June, Dec.","Oct., March, April","Aug., Sept., Nov.","July, Feb., March","June, April","Aug. to Nov."],["#rowspan#","New York - London","Business","June, April","Nov., Dec., Jan. to March","July to March","","Aug.","Sept. to March"],["Delta","Boston - London","Business","Oct","","Nov., Dec., Jan. to March","June","","Nov., Dec., Jan. to March"],["#rowspan#","Detroit - London","Business","","Oct","Nov., Dec., Jan. to March","June, Aug., Sept., Nov.","Dec., March","Jan., Feb."],["#rowspan#","Minneapolis - London","Business","Nov.","","Dec., Jan. to March","Nov.","Dec.","Jan. to March"],["United","Chicago - Hong Kong","First","Aug., Sept.,","Nov.","Dec. to March","Aug., Oct., Jan.","Sept., Nov.","Dec."],["#rowspan#","New York - San Juan","Business","Aug.","","June, July","Aug.","June, July",""],["#rowspan#","San Francisco - Seoul","First","June to Aug.","","Sept. to March","June, Aug.","","Sept. to March"],["US Airways","Charlotte - London","Business","","Jan., March","Feb","June, Dec.","Nov","Jan. to March"],["#rowspan#","Charlotte - St. Thomas","First","June, Oct., Nov., April","Feb., March","July, Aug., Jan.","June, Dec., April","July, Aug., March","Nov., Jan., Feb."],["#rowspan#","Phoenix - Maui","First","June, Sept. to Feb.","July, Aug., March","April","Aug., Dec., Jan.","July, Sept., Oct., March","June, Nov., April"],["<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. *Off-Peak award available for the month of Sept. for 50,000 miles. **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're flexible.<\/em> \n<em><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.<\/em> \n<em><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#"]]