how many airline miles from Charlotte, NC to Aruba?
100% Points with a Crew
Award mileage for a one‑way flight from the United States to Aruba typically falls between about 17,500 and 22,500 miles, depending on the airline you use.
Typical one‑way award costs
- United Airlines: roughly 22,500 miles from any U.S. city Points with a Crew
- American Airlines: about 17,500 miles during off‑peak periods (January 12 – March 13 and August 22 – December 15) and 22,500 miles otherwise Points with a Crew
- Delta Air Lines: around 20,000 miles from any U.S. city Points with a Crew
- General Caribbean award pricing: many carriers list a baseline of 17,500 miles for a one‑way North America → Caribbean trip, which includes Aruba Points with a Crew
Points with a Crew United Airlines
Continuing our series on airlines, let’s take a look at United. As we talked about the other day, United is a partner of Chase Ultimate Rewards, so you can use any of the Chase credit card signup bonuses to get United miles. There is also a United credit card (also offered by Chase) that offers 30,000 miles upon signup. Domestically, United is similar to any of the “big” airlines (American, Delta, US Airways, etc.). United’s award chart (pdf) comes in at 25,000 miles required for a domestic round-trip ticket (though it’s only 20,000 if your itinerary is < 700
Points with a Crew Using airline miles to get to Disney Aulani
Today’s reader question comes from Michelle from Here You Leave Today So we have Disney Vacation Club (DVC) and are planning on trips every 2 years starting next year 2016, to Disney Aulani, 2018 is WDW and 2020 is Paris. We are a family of 5 based out of Sacramento California. So we really are looking more for airline points. Suggestion? Let’s start with part 1 of the question, going to Disney Aulani next year. Disney Aulani is on Oahu, so flying in to Honolulu would be the best airport to fly into. One nice thing