March 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","Dallas - Tokyo","Business","April, July to Oct.","Dec.","Nov.","Aug.","April","Sept. to Dec."],["#rowspan#","Los Angeles - Maui","First","","May","March, April","","April",""],["#rowspan#","New York - Barcelona","Business","","","Nov., Dec.","","","Nov., Dec."],["Delta","Detroit - Haneda","Business","","","March to Aug.","","","March to Aug."],["#rowspan#","New York - Tokyo","Business","March, Jan.","June","April, Dec.","July","March, June, Jan.","April, Jan."],["#rowspan#","Seattle - Osaka","Business","July","March, April","Jan.","July","March","April, Jan."],["United","Chicago - Tokyo","First","June, Oct.","March, July, Sept.","Aug.","March","July, Aug., Oct.","Sept."],["#rowspan#","San Francisco - Maui","First","March","May, Aug.","April, Dec.","","May","June to Dec."],["#rowspan#","Washington, DC - London","First","","July","Aug.","June","","July to Sept."],["US Airways","Charlotte - Paris","Busines","","","","","",""],["#rowspan#","Phoenix - Honolulu","First","March, April, Aug. to Oct., Dec.","May, Nov.","","March, Aug. to Oct.","April, Nov., Dec.","May"],["#rowspan#","Phoenix - Maui","First","Oct., Nov.","April, May","Aug.","April, June, July","April, Nov., Dec.","May, Oct."],["<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.*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 then 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 twelve 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#"]]