Can you buy a plane ticket with miles?

Spend miles for flights and take off. You can redeem the award miles you earn for flight awards with our airline partners, which include all Star Alliance partners and other Miles & More airline partners. You can find an overview of the flight awards here.



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Pay with Miles is a benefit of select Delta Amex Cards where you can use miles to pay for all or part of the cost of eligible flights. It is always available as a payment option on all Delta operated flights as long as you have 5,000 miles in your SkyMiles account.

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You need 6,000 to 20,000 miles for a free one-way flight, depending on how far you're flying, which airline you're using and the dates of your travel. A one-way international flight will usually cost 35,000-50,000+ miles. Airline miles and points are generally worth around 1 cent each, but their value can vary.

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You need 6,000 to 20,000 miles for a free one-way flight, depending on how far you're flying, which airline you're using and the dates of your travel. A one-way international flight will usually cost 35,000-50,000+ miles. Airline miles and points are generally worth around 1 cent each, but their value can vary.

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Editorial Guidelines Citi is an advertising partner. We found the average airline mile to be worth around $0.014, with AAdvantage offering the highest value and Southwest and United offering the most user-friendly rewards. The average airline mile across major U.S. companies is worth $0.014.

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100,000 United miles are worth about $1,200.

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Miles and points earned on co-branded hotel and airline travel rewards cards do expire usually if you are not active in redeeming them for 12 to 24 months, depending on the terms of the hotel or airline loyalty program.

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Miles and points earned on co-branded hotel and airline travel rewards cards do expire usually if you are not active in redeeming them for 12 to 24 months, depending on the terms of the hotel or airline loyalty program.

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You can redeem AIR MILES as Cash Miles or Dream Miles — you choose how you want your miles to be divided between both categories. Redeem Dream Miles for travel, merchandise and gift cards. Redeem Cash Miles at dozens of stores.

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Anticipate 20,000 United miles to be worth from $220 to $260 on most fares with a redemption value of 1.1 to 1.3 cents each. In most cases, domestic flights will be your only option as one-way domestic flights start at 10,000 miles but are lower at times.

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You can see the world with 500,000 miles or use them for over 20 domestic round-trip flights (Estimated Value: $8K).

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25,000 United miles are worth an average of $297.5, according to WalletHub data. You will get the best value for your United MileagePlus miles when you redeem them for Travel, but there are multiple redemption options.

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75,000 Capital One Miles Statement Credit Value If you redeem your Capital One miles as a statement credit for recent travel purchases, each mile is worth 1 cent for any redemption. This makes the entire 75,000 miles balance worth $750 in redemptions for flights, hotels, cruises, car rentals, and tours.

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Use 95 AIR MILES® Cash Miles to get $10 towards your purchases instantly in-store or get eVouchers online, good any time!

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