What is dynamic vs saver pricing?
When you book flights with miles, award seats generally fall into two categories:
✈️ Saver (Fixed-price) awards
These:
- Cost a set, predictable number of miles
- Are often the only type bookable through partner programs
- Usually offer the best value
Example:
Avianca LifeMiles can only book saver space on United and most partners.
💸 Dynamic awards
These:
- Change price based on demand (like cash fares)
- Can be reasonable… or extremely expensive
- Often flood search results with high-priced awards
Example:
Delta SkyMiles frequently shows very high dynamic prices.
How seats.aero handles this
We want your search results and alerts to stay useful.
✔️ Saver awards
Always shown.
✔️ Dynamic awards
Shown only if the price is within a reasonable threshold.
If the price is extremely high, we hide it automatically so your results aren’t buried in noise.
Our dynamic-price filter thresholds
We compare the award cost to the flight time. If an award is higher than the limit below, it won’t appear on seats.aero.
| Mileage Program | Economy | Premium Economy | Business | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aeromexico Club Premier | 10,000/hr (max 10h) | 15,000/hr | 20,000/hr | – |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | 7,500/hr | 10,000/hr | 12,500/hr | 15,000/hr |
| Air France/KLM Flying Blue | 5,000/hr | 10,000/hr | 15,000/hr | 15,000/hr |
| Alaska Mileage Plan | <150k | <150k | <150k | <150k |
| American Airlines | <100k | <100k | <150k | <200k |
| Delta SkyMiles | 10,000/hr | 15,000/hr | 20,000/hr | – |
| Etihad Guest | 10,000/hr (max 10h) | 15,000/hr | 20,000/hr | – |
| United MileagePlus | 7,500/hr | 10,000/hr | 14,000/hr | 20,000/hr (max 10h) |
| JetBlue TrueBlue | 10,000/hr | 15,000/hr | 20,000/hr | – |
| Qantas Frequent Flyer* | 7,500/hr | 10,000/hr | 20,000/hr | 25,000/hr |
Notes:
- Flight hours are rounded down and based on block time (not connection time).
- With Qantas, only Classic Plus uses dynamic thresholds. Classic Rewards always show.
How to show all dynamic award prices (disable filtering)
By default, seats.aero hides extremely expensive results.
If you want to see everything — even the overpriced awards — you can disable this filter in two places:
Option 1: Turn it off in Settings
Go to Settings → Preferences, then scroll to Search and toggle Disable Dynamic Filtering.
This will show all dynamically-priced awards in every search.
Option 2: Turn it off per-search (Advanced Filters)
In the Search page, open Advanced filters and toggle Show all dynamic results.
This applies only to that specific search.
Why this matters
Dynamic pricing can inflate award costs dramatically.
Our filter keeps your searches:
- cleaner
- more relevant
- and focused on deals that are actually worth booking
But you’re always in control — and can turn dynamic filtering off anytime.