Avianca has announced changes to their award chart, these changes will go into effect starting from April 5th. The changes are as follows:
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Colombia
| Routes with reductions |
Before
|
Miles starting April 5th, 2017
|
|
| Within Colombia*** |
8,000
|
7,000
|
|
| Colombia* to Quito and Guayaquil |
20,000
|
18,000
|
|
| Bogota and Cali to Madrid |
70,000
|
60,000
|
|
| Bogota and Mexico City |
30,000
|
25,000
|
|
| Colombia* to Peru* |
22,000
|
20,000
|
|
| Colombia* to Southern South America1* |
30,000
|
27,000
|
|
| Barranquilla, Bucaramanga, Cali Cartagena, Cucuta, Leticia, MedellÃn and Pereira to Los Angeles |
33,000
|
31,000
|
| Routes with increments |
Before
|
Miles starting April 5th, 2017
|
|
| Colombia* to Ecuador*** |
20,000
|
21,000
|
|
| Colombia** to Mexico City |
25,000
|
28,000
|
Central America and Mexico
| Routes with reductions |
Before
|
Miles starting April 5th, 2017
|
|
| San Jose, Guatemala, San Salvador and Panama City to Madrid |
70,000
|
60,000
|
|
| Panama City to Peru* |
24,000
|
20,000
|
|
| San Salvador to Washington, Houston, New York, Chicago and Toronto Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula to New York |
35,000
|
30,000
|
|
| San Jose to Toronto |
35,000
|
30,000
|
|
| Mexico City to Bogota |
30,000
|
25,000
|
|
| Mexico City to Santiago |
45,000
|
44,000
|
| Routes with increments |
Before
|
Miles starting April 5th, 2017
|
|
| Flores to Guatemala City and Guatemala City to Flores |
6,000
|
8,000
|
|
| Central America** to Miami |
28,000
|
30,000
|
|
| Mexico City to Central America* and Colombia* (excluding Bogota) |
25,000
|
28,000
|
Peru
| Routes with reductions |
Before
|
Miles starting April 5th, 2017
|
|
| Peru* to Central America* |
25,000
|
24,000
|
|
| Peru* to Colombia* |
22,000
|
20,000
|
|
| Lima to Madrid |
70,000
|
60,000
|
|
| Lima to Cuzco and Cuzco to Lima |
7,000
|
6,000
|
|
| Lima to Buenos Aires and Montevideo |
25,000
|
23,000
|
|
| Peru* to Los Angeles and San Francisco |
34,000
|
32,000
|
Ecuador
| Routes with reductions |
Before
|
Miles starting April 5th, 2017
|
|
| Ecuador* to Caribbean*, Managua, and San Jose |
22,000
|
20,000
|
|
| Guayaquil and Quito to Colombia* |
22,000
|
18,000
|
|
| Ecuador** to Colombia* |
22,000
|
21,000
|
|
| Quito to Manta and Guayaquil |
5,000
|
4,000
|
|
| Guayaquil and Manta to Quito |
5,000
|
4,000
|
|
| Quito to El Coca and El Coca to Quito |
6,000
|
5,000
|
|
| Guayaquil and Quito to Madrid |
75,000
|
60,000
|
|
| Guayaquil and Quito to Buenos Aires, Santiago and Caracas |
25,000
|
22,000
|
|
| Quito to Los Angeles |
25,000
|
22,000
|
| Routes with increments |
Before
|
Miles starting April 5th, 2017
|
|
| Ecuador* to San Salvador |
22,000
|
24,000
|
|
| Guayaquil to Manta and Manta to Guayaquil |
5,000
|
21,000
|
|
| El Coca to Manta and Guayaquil |
6,000
|
22,000
|
|
| Manta and Guayaquil to El Coca |
6,000
|
22,000
|
|
| Within Ecuador*** |
17,000
|
21,000
|
|
| Ecuador** to Caracas |
25,000
|
28,000
|
North America
| Routes with reductions |
Before
|
Miles starting April 5th, 2017
|
|
| Rest of North America* to San Salvador |
35,000
|
30,000
|
|
| New York to Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula |
35,000
|
30,000
|
|
| Toronto to San Jose, Costa Rica |
35,000
|
30,000
|
|
| New York to Quito, Guayaquil and Lima |
35,000
|
33,000
|
|
| Western North America* to Peru* |
34,000
|
33,000
|
| Routes with increments |
Before
|
Miles starting April 5th, 2017
|
|
| Florida* to Central America* |
25,000
|
30,000
|
|
| Florida* to Southern South America 1* |
40,000
|
45,000
|
|
| Florida* to Southern South America 2* |
40,000
|
45,000
|
|
| Florida* to Caracas |
30,000
|
35,000
|
|
| Dallas and Houston to Caracas |
30,000
|
35,000
|
|
| Toronto and Washington D. C. to Caracas |
33,000
|
35,000
|
|
| West of North America* to Southern South America 1* and Southern South America 2* |
45,000
|
50,000
|
South America
| Routes with reductions |
Before
|
Miles starting April 5th, 2017
|
|
| Rio de Janeiro to Bogota and MedellÃn |
30,000
|
29,000
|
|
| Sao Paulo and Bolivia* to Bogota |
30,000
|
29,000
|
|
| Santiago, Chile a Mexico City |
45,000
|
44,000
|
|
| Buenos Aires and Montevideo to Lima |
25,000
|
23,000
|
|
| Santiago, Chile to Peru* (excluding Lima) |
20,000
|
18,000
|
|
| Caracas to Central America* |
32,000
|
24,000
|
|
| Caracas to Caribbean* |
30,000
|
24,000
|
|
| Caracas to Ecuador** |
30,000
|
28,000
|
|
| Caracas to Quito and Guayaquil |
30,000
|
22,000
|
|
| Caracas to Mexico City |
35,000
|
30,000
|
|
| Caracas to Peru* |
30,000
|
26,000
|
|
| Caracas to New York |
40,000
|
30,000
|
|
| Caracas to Los Angeles |
35,000
|
33,000
|
| Routes with increments |
Before
|
Miles starting April 5th, 2017
|
|
| Asuncion and Santa Cruz to Orlando and Fort Lauderdale |
20,000
|
25,000
|
|
| Brazil* and La Paz to Florida* |
20,000
|
25,000
|
|
| Asuncion, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre to Caracas |
25,000
|
26,000
|
|
| Brazil* to Western North America * |
45,000
|
50,000
|
|
| Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Santiago de Chile to Colombia* |
28,000
|
30,000
|
|
| Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Santiago de Chile to Florida* |
44,000
|
50,000
|
|
| Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Santiago de Chile to Caracas |
25,000
|
26,000
|
Europa
| Routes with reductions |
Before
|
Miles starting April 5th, 2017
|
|
| Madrid to Guatemala, San Jose de Costa Rica, San Salvador and Ciudad de Panama |
70,000
|
60,000
|
|
| Madrid to Lima, Bogota and Cali |
70,000
|
60,000
|
|
| Madrid to Quito and Guayaquil |
75,000
|
60,000
|
Our Verdict
Doesn’t look like partner awards are changing at all. Seems to also be a relatively even mix across the board rather than the previous award charts just being gutted. Would be interested to know others thoughts in the comments below.
