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Saver Award

Saver-level Award

Definition

The cheapest published points price for a flight or hotel night. Award charts publish two tiers: saver (lower, capacity-controlled) and standard (higher, more available).

Why it matters

Saver awards are the only point redemptions worth chasing in premium cabins. Standard awards regularly require 2x the points for the same seat, destroying any CPP advantage.

Related terms in booking

Saver-Level Inventory

Award seats released at the cheapest published price. Typically 0-4 saver seats per flight, often released 11 months out and then closed within hours.

Stopover

An overnight (or longer) layover on an award ticket, usually allowed once per direction on certain programs. Effectively two destinations on a single award.

Open Jaw

An award ticket where the outbound destination and return origin (or outbound origin and return destination) are different cities.

Round-the-World

A single award ticket that includes multiple long-haul segments across multiple continents. Available on a few programs (Star Alliance, oneworld).