Wall Street Journal
The lowest-priced reward flight with American on average was 25% cheaper in 2024 compared with five years earlier, according to airline-consulting firm IdeaWorks. Comparatively, the price of a rewards flight, in miles or points, across all of the carriers studied rose 28% on average since 2019. The IdeaWorks analysis was based on 600 flight inquiries conducted in March for travel between June and October. The queries searched for the lowest-price fares for certain routes across six carriers: American, United Airlines, Delta, Southwest Airlines, JetBlue and Alaska Airlines.