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I recently rediscovered the Aegean Airlines Miles+Bonus program when looking for a flight from El Salvador to Argentina. The cash airfares would have been $700+ but I discovered that I had a small amount of miles still sitting in my Aegean account. Rather than buying a ticket, I redeemed just 12,500 Aegean miles and €36.11 (around AUD59) for a flight with Avianca.
This trip covers a distance of more than 6,000km - but it's still all within Aegean's "South America" zone:
This is one of many examples of long intra-zone redemptions that are exceptionally good value when redeeming Aegean miles. In another example, you could fly from Seychelles to Cape Town in Ethiopian Airlines Business Class for just 21,000 Aegean miles + €55.27 (AUD91). Although this trip via Addis Ababa covers over 7,000km, it's all within the Central & South Africa zone.
The main catch is that you can only have up to one transit per one-way award ticket, so more complex routings cost more miles.
Aegean sells miles. You can also transfer them across from Marriott Bonvoy.
We've put together this guide which explains the basics of buying and redeeming Aegean miles:
This trip covers a distance of more than 6,000km - but it's still all within Aegean's "South America" zone:
This is one of many examples of long intra-zone redemptions that are exceptionally good value when redeeming Aegean miles. In another example, you could fly from Seychelles to Cape Town in Ethiopian Airlines Business Class for just 21,000 Aegean miles + €55.27 (AUD91). Although this trip via Addis Ababa covers over 7,000km, it's all within the Central & South Africa zone.
The main catch is that you can only have up to one transit per one-way award ticket, so more complex routings cost more miles.
Aegean sells miles. You can also transfer them across from Marriott Bonvoy.
We've put together this guide which explains the basics of buying and redeeming Aegean miles: