Announcements

We are thrilled to announce that Finnair Plus is now fully integrated into AwardFares, giving you a concrete new advantage in your award searches! This integration is a game-changer. With Finnair Plus now using Avios as its currency, you have a powerful new way to book flights on oneworld airlines. The Avios you earn with British Airways, Iberia, or Qatar Airways are now more valuable, as you can use AwardFares to search for and redeem them through Finnair’s program.

The SAS EuroBonus Millionaire challenge may be over, but the journey to incredible travel experiences with your EuroBonus points is just beginning! Dozens of adventurers took on the challenge to fly with at least 15 different SkyTeam airlines in pursuit of one million EuroBonus points. At AwardFares, we want to celebrate your participation and help you make the most of your hard-earned EuroBonus points.

We’re thrilled to announce a major expansion to AwardFares—we now support GOL Smiles! That’s right, you can now search award flights on GOL, Brazil’s largest airline, using your hard-earned Smiles miles directly through our platform. In addition, GOL is not part of any major airline alliance but has over 57 global airline partners, making Smiles an incredibly rich program full of sweet spots and redemption opportunities.

Ready to unlock the secrets of Virgin Australia Velocity and score incredible award flights? Whether you’re a points pro or just getting started, AwardFares helps you find great redemptions in a matter of seconds. We’ll break down the program’s award chart and show you how to find sweet spots (it’s easier than you think). Let’s get ready to go Velocity award hunting!

Our team at AwardFares is thrilled to launch a highly anticipated feature: Dark Theme! Now, you can go award hunting in the dark, making those late-night searches for the perfect flight redemption even more enjoyable (and a little easier on the eyes). Who knows, maybe you’ll even find a red-eye flight you don’t completely dread!

Etihad Guest, the renowned frequent flyer program of Etihad Airways, now integrates seamlessly with AwardFares, bringing you even more opportunities to maximize your travel rewards. What sets Etihad Guest apart is its flexible earning and redemption options, along with generous stopover programs in Abu Dhabi and frequent special promotions. Additionally, its innovative features like Milesbooster and Family Membership make it easier and faster to accumulate and redeem miles.

We’re thrilled to announce a major update to AwardFares that makes finding the perfect seat on your award flight easier than ever before! Our improved Seat Maps feature now offers detailed seat availability for flights operated by:

We’re thrilled to share that Aeromexico Rewards has now joined the lineup! Finding the best ways to use your points for Aeromexico flights just got easier. AwardFares lets you effortlessly search for the most rewarding redemption options on Aeromexico and explore award travel opportunities with other airlines in our comprehensive search engine.

We’re glad to announce a major expansion to AwardFares’ award search capabilities – Virgin Atlantic Flying Club is now on board!

We have some thrilling news to share that we believe will make your award travel planning even more exciting and efficient. After much anticipation and hard work, we are proud to announce the integration of JetBlue TrueBlue awards into AwardFares!

The days of refreshing search pages and missing out on dream deals are officially over. We’re thrilled to announce two game-changing features that will heavily simplify how you find the best deals and maximize your points: Price Alerts and Max Price Filters.

Although 2023 is almost ending, our team is still working full-thrust to deliver convenient new features every week. This time, we are completely revamping our Journey Planner experience, allowing you to work on multiple journeys in parallel and share journeys with friends and family via URL (even to anonymous users!).

We’re thrilled to announce that AwardFares now supports the Flying Blue program! This exciting integration means that our users can now effortlessly track and redeem their Flying Blue miles for flights with Air France, KLM, and a host of other partner airlines. With its incredible Promo Rewards at crazy rates, multiple transfer partners, and the future incorporation of more airlines and routes (e.g., SAS), Flying Blue stands as one of the best programs to look into during 2024.

Delta SkyMiles has been one of the most acclaimed frequent flyer programs in the United States, carving out a reputation for its flexibility, lack of blackout dates, and a wide array of redemption options. Despite recently upsetting a large portion of their members with major changes for 2024, it remains among the best options to redeem award flights on SkyTeam airlines and stands firm for great earning options and seat availability.

We are thrilled to unveil a set of game-changing features that will redefine the way you explore and book award flights. In this occasion, we are introducing award prices and mixed-cabin award searches.

We are happy to announce that now it is possible to perform searches with AwardFares without and account! Previously, users needed to register to the platform to be able use the tool.

We’re glad to finally release a couple of new features that we’ve been working on for quite a while! Today we’re releasing three brand new features: