Award Booking Service
Booking flights with miles is an opportunity to save bundles of money. Award booking however, isn’t usually simple like booking a normal flight.
We’ve booked hundreds of trips over the years for customers.
Leverage our experience to save time and hard-earned miles.
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How it works
Step 1
Fill out the Award Booking Request Form
We’ll work with you to figure out the parameters of the search.
Step 2
Kick back and relax; we'll send you award options to choose from!
We’ll do the searching so you don’t have to stress about it.
Step 3
We help you book the award
We will send detailed booking instructions via video to help coach you through the process. We do this to help protect and secure your information, and reduce the headaches it can cause to coordinate logins (those codes they send to phones can make it challenging for us to get access).
You can let us know at any time if you’d like us to take over and book for you, however.
It’s an immense pleasure to just have someone else handle the heavy optimization of all this stuff. I’ve been using MileValue for flights to Scandinavia for years, and it makes the planning burden so much lighter. Saves me time, saves me headache–they’re also very prompt and think of all the details. Appreciate it!
– Lizzie S, February 2020
I want to sing praises for our booking agent Kevin. He just booked travel for me to Italy. This is my fourth booking attempt with MileValue to Europe using points from our credit cards. They were successful in three out of four trips. This past year, we tried to book through MileValue for a trip to Switzerland and Germany for the Christmas Markets. It was a last minute booking so it was partly our fault that it wasn’t successful. Trying to book flights ourselves using points was a nightmare and took many hours/days.
Kevin was professional, polite, kind, prompt, and always agreeable, nothing rattled him.
-Sally C, January 2020
I am writing this review of MileValue after using their service to book a trip to South America. I found them to be really great to work with and they really went the extra mile to get my trip booked. I initially started trying to book the trip myself and discovered that there were so many options that I soon got discouraged and looked for a booking agent to help out. I found MileValue and they took over. I worked with Sarah and she was amazing to work with. She was very responsive, laid out my options and helped me make the best choices for my travel. I ended up with exactly what I wanted, business class for the out of country long legs and great flights in the US. Sarah really worked to get the best deals and helped me with the best deal on airline points. She also answered many questions and was super patient. I highly recommend MileValue!
Thanks Sarah! You are great!
–Martin M, December 2019
Pricing
Frequently Asked Questions
No. You are required to pay if the mutually agreeable parameters for payment in the first email are met.
That means if we find an award that meets your requirements, you must pay even if you change your mind and decide not to book. But if we do not find an award that meets the terms we sit in the beginning of our communication, then you do not have to pay the closing fee.
Awards are only bookable 11 months in advance.
The $50 to pay for the effort of the search, which is labor intensive even if we’re not successful.
First, check your spam folder as occasionally emails from us may end up there.
We strive to answer requests very quickly. In rare cases, one slips through the cracks. If you haven’t heard from us in 48 hours, reply to the confirmation email you got.
The average price is $275 for a two person booking($150 for the first passenger, and an additional $125 for every other passenger).
- Itineraries that are more complicated due to multiple destinations, or that require more than one award because of the miles you have or the route you want to take, can cost more.
- The final price will be agreed upon in advance by email before we begin searching.
We will charge the card on file once we’ve done a successful award search. If you’d prefer to pay with another card, you will receive an invoice via email that is payable with a credit card. Cash and checks are not accepted forms of payment.
This is a tricky question, as it depends on so many variables such as what points you have, where you’re looking to travel, and the class of service you want to travel in. In general, for transcontinental flights, you’ll need 40,000 or more points in the same account each way for economy, 60,000 or more for business class, and 100,000 or more for first class per person.
These amounts will vary depending on your destination and with what points you have. Some destinations will require more, while others will require less. Keep in mind that not all points are transferable to all partners, and not all points transfer the same. Having 120,000 Marriott points, for example, means you would only have about 50,000 airline miles to use.
Be aware that there is often a fee to combine points if your points are split between multiple people. Again, this varies depending on the type of points that you have.
If you’re not sure if you have enough points, please reach out for one of our free credit card consultations. We will happily be able to advise if we believe you have enough points for the trip. If not, we can point you in the right direction to getting the points that you need