Most award tools start with a route. You already know you want to fly to Tokyo, and they tell you what Tokyo costs. The award map works the other way round: you give it the airport you fly out of, and it prices the entire reachable world against the published award charts of 33 frequent flyer programs, then colors every destination by the cheapest way to get there. The trip you end up taking is often one you would never have thought to search for.
Every pin is a one way award from your home airport, priced across every program in your filters and not just the one whose miles you happen to hold. Because each program prices its partner airlines off its own chart, one physical flight carries as many different prices as there are programs that sell it, and the cheapest is frequently a program you have never used, reached with a transfer from a credit card currency you are already earning. Rank the same results in a table with the Award Explorer.
What is an award map?
An award map plots every destination you can reach on points from a single home airport, with each place colored by what the cheapest redemption costs. It answers the reverse of what an award search answers. Rather than pricing a route you have already settled on, you start from the airport you fly out of and take in the whole reachable world at once: which cities are cheap on miles, which are expensive, and which no program can price at all. AwardsPlanner builds the map from the published award charts of 33 frequent flyer programs, so a pin's color is the lowest price any program in your filters charges to get you there.
How do I find every destination I can fly with my points?
Set your home airport, pick the cabin you want to fly, and the map draws a pin on every city the award charts can price from there. Narrow it with the program, airline and stops filters to answer a more specific question, such as where your Amex points reach nonstop in business class. Clicking a pin opens the full list of programs that sell that destination, with the price each one charges.
Which frequent flyer programs does the award map cover?
The map prices 33 programs, including Aer Lingus AerClub, Aeromexico Rewards, Air Canada Aeroplan, Air France/KLM Flying Blue, Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards, American Airlines AAdvantage, ANA Mileage Club, Avianca LifeMiles and more. Every major transferable currency reaches at least one of them, so most of the map is bookable with Amex Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards, Citi ThankYou, Capital One Miles, Bilt Rewards or Wells Fargo Rewards.
Are the award map prices one way or round trip?
Every price on the map is a one way award from your home airport to that destination. Double it for a rough round trip figure, and remember that a handful of programs price round trips at less than twice the one way rate.
Does the award map show live award seat availability?
No. The map answers what a seat costs, not whether one is open on your dates. It reads the published award charts, so it can show you the whole reachable world at a glance in a way a live search never can. Once the map has told you where to look, check the airline or program directly for space on your dates.
Why do some destinations show no price?
Some awards are priced dynamically, which means the program publishes no chart number for them and the cost tracks the cash fare. Those programs still appear in a destination's list, marked as dynamic, but they never set a pin's color. For programs without a published chart at all, such as Avianca LifeMiles and Air France/KLM Flying Blue, the prices shown are estimates.
Do the prices include taxes, fees and fuel surcharges?
No. The map shows the miles a program charges, not the cash you also pay at booking. Carrier surcharges vary enormously between programs on the same flight, so a cheaper award in miles is not always the cheaper booking overall. Compare the out of pocket total before you transfer points.
Why does the same flight cost different miles in different programs?
Each program prices its partners off its own award chart, so a single physical flight has as many prices as there are programs that sell it. That gap is the whole point of the map: the cheapest way to fly a route is often a program you have never held miles with, reached by transferring from a credit card currency you already earn.
Can I filter the award map by cabin, airline or number of stops?
Yes. The map shares its filter bar with the Explorer table, so you can filter by cabin, by loyalty program, by the airline that actually flies the route, and by how many stops you are willing to take. Nonstop only is the fastest way to see which destinations are genuinely one flight from home. Economy is free; premium economy, business and first are part of Pro.
Is the award map free to use?
Yes. The economy map is free for everyone, with every filter and every destination breakdown. Pro adds the premium cabins, so the same map in premium economy, business and first, and applies the cardmember discounts from your saved card profile. Award prices for individual routes are also free to browse on the route pages and program pages linked below.
The map prices these 33 programs. Each linked program has its own page with its award chart, transfer partners and sweet spots.
Already know where you are going? These route pages compare every program's price for a single city pair, and they are free to read.
