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Award flight cost calculator

An award flight isn't free — you pay taxes in cash and the rest in miles. Enter the award price and the cash fare it replaces to see the all-in cost with the miles priced at your program's baseline, and what you truly save.

Sets the baseline value the miles are priced at.

From the award booking page, one way per passenger.

Cash due at award booking. BA and Virgin Atlantic long-haul awards often carry heavy surcharges.

Same dates, same cabin, on the airline's own site.

Pick your miles program, then enter the miles, award fees, and cash fare to see what the award really costs.

Value per mile = (cash fare − award taxes and fees) ÷ miles × 100. The all-in cost prices the miles at the program's baseline valuation: taxes + miles × baseline. True savings = cash fare − all-in cost, which can go negative — most calculators report cash − taxes instead, valuing the miles at $0. Baselines are editorial estimates in two lanes — typical (median achievable, the Frequent Miler / NerdWallet methodology) and maximum (optimized transfers, the TPG / Upgraded Points methodology) — and the verdict judges against typical with a ±10% toss-up band.

Reference data as of 2026-07-01.