Award Booking 101

What is award booking and why use an award booking service?

Let’s say you have an Amex, Alaska Airlines, or other travel credit card. And let’s say you’ve started to amass some points by using this card. Here’s where award booking comes in.

Award booking simply means using points to book a trip. Think of it as getting an award for earning all those points.

But like most things in life, if you want more for your money, it's not that simple. This is where an award booking service can help. An award booking service is a company that specializes in using points to book luxury travel and complex itineraries for a fraction of the actual cost.

As an example of what an award booking service can do, let’s say you have 50k Alaska Airlines points. An award booking service can help you maximize those points to fly to Fiji and New Zealand on Fiji Air, round trip on lie-flat seats. To make a dream trip like this one happen, these companies research deals, compare real-time seat availability and pricing, and use tricks like booking with airlines that allow multi-day stopovers. By working with an award booking service, you can rest assured you’re getting the best bang for your buck.