May 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","Boston - London","Business","June","Sept., March","May, July, Aug., Oct.nto Feb.","June,nMarch","May, July","Aug. to Feb."],["#rowspan#","Chicago - Honolulu","First","July","May","Aug. to Nov.","June","July","May, Sept. to Dec."],["#rowspan#","Los Angeles - Shanghai","Business","Nov., Dec.","","Jan.","March","June, Nov., Dec.","Jan., Feb."],["Delta","Atlanta - London","Business","Sept.","Oct.","Aug., Nov. to Feb.","Oct.","","Aug., Nov. to Feb."],["#rowspan#","Detroit - Tokyo","Business","Feb.","","May to Jan.","","","May to Jan."],["#rowspan#","New York - London","Business","Sept.","","Nov. to Feb.","July","Aug.","May, Nov. to Feb."],["United","New York - Frankfurt","Business","May, Oct.","Dec., Jan.,nMarch","Feb.","","","Dec. to March"],["#rowspan#","New York - London","Business","","","Nov. to Jan.","","","Nov. to Feb."],["#rowspan#","Washington, DC - Paris","Business","Feb.","March","Aug., Jan., Feb.","","","Jan., Feb."],["US Airways","Charlotte - San Jose, CR","First","July","March","Aug., Jan., Feb.","","July, Aug., March","Jan., Feb."],["#rowspan#","Philadelphia -nSan Juan, PR","First","","June, Nov.,nDec.","May, July, Aug., *Sept.,nOct., Jan. to March","","","May to Aug.,n*Sept., to March"],["#rowspan#","Phoenix - Honolulu","First","June tonAug., Feb.","May, Oct.,nNov., March","Jan.","June, Aug.,nOct., Feb.","July, Nov., Dec.,nJan., March",""],["<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> Delta. <strong>Starwood:<\/strong> American, Delta, United**, and US Airways. <strong>Diners Club:<\/strong> Delta. *Off-Peak award available for the month of Sept. for 50,000 miles. **Not recommended due to 2-to-1 exchange rate.<\/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#"]]