Economy award flights from Washington Dulles (IAD) to Ponta Delgada (PDL)

The lowest one-way economy award each program showed on IAD→PDL, sorted by points.

Program	Points + taxes	Stops	Airlines seen	Seats	Dates seen	Newest observation
United MileagePlusLowest observed	40,000 pts + $5.60	2 stops	UA	2	16	Oct 29, 2026, 17:36 UTC	See dates
Air Canada Aeroplan	40,000 pts + $76.11	1 stop	ACUA	9+	14	Oct 29, 2026, 17:36 UTC	See dates
GOL Smiles	156,900 pts + taxes not reported	2 stops	ACTKTP	9+	16	Oct 29, 2026, 17:36 UTC	See dates

Not seen means AwardTool hasn't observed this cabin on this route in the last 30 days. It doesn't mean the airline has no seats. Dates seen counts departure dates with an open award in that cabin at any price; newest observation is the latest time AwardTool saw one of them. Seats is the count the program reported when we observed it; some programs report at most 9.

Prices are one-way per traveler: the program's points or miles plus taxes and carrier fees in USD, as AwardTool observed them in the observation window. Award space changes constantly. A seat we saw may be gone, and space we haven't seen may exist. Always confirm with a live search before transferring points; most transfers can't be reversed.

How often economy award space showed up

Departure dates in the next 365 days that AwardTool checked for each program in the last 30 days, how many had economy award space at any price, and the latest departure with space.

Program	Dates with space	Share of dates checked	Latest departure with space
United MileagePlus	16 of 17	94%	Aug 7, 2027
Air Canada Aeroplan	14 of 18	77%	Aug 7, 2027
GOL Smiles	16 of 16	100%	Aug 7, 2027

Economy compared with business class, by program

Each program's lowest one-way economy and business-class awards on IAD→PDL, in its own points or miles, and how many times the economy points the business-class award needed. — in the last column means one of the two is a mixed-cabin award or was not seen on 2 or more dates.

Each program's lowest one-way economy award by departure month, in its own points or miles, with the taxes of that month's lowest award and the program's open dates that month under it. A price without taxes had none reported for that month. — means the program showed no economy space that month.

Lowest prices among the dates we observed, by departure month. A record, not a forecast.

Program	Jul 2027	Aug 2027
United MileagePlusmiles	40,0009 dates	40,0007 dates
Air Canada Aeroplanpoints	40,0008 dates	40,0006 dates
GOL Smilesmiles	156,9009 dates	156,9007 dates

Airlines seen in economy

Airlines that appeared on the award itineraries AwardTool observed, and the programs that showed them.

• Air Canada (AC): Air Canada Aeroplan and GOL Smiles
• Turkish Airlines (TK): GOL Smiles
• TAP Portugal (TP): GOL Smiles
• United Airlines (UA): United MileagePlus and Air Canada Aeroplan

Economy on nearby routes

The lowest economy award AwardTool observed on related routes, as each route's page shows it: the return direction, other airports in the same cities, and more routes from Washington Dulles (IAD) and to Ponta Delgada (PDL). One way, in the program's points or miles, with that award's taxes when the data has them.

Route	Lowest observed	Program	Dates seen
Ponta Delgada (PDL) to Washington Dulles (IAD)Return direction	40,000 points + $129.30	Air Canada Aeroplan	13
Washington Dulles (IAD) to Amsterdam (AMS)Also from IAD	10,000 points + $184.50	Virgin Atlantic Flying Club	176
Washington Dulles (IAD) to London Heathrow (LHR)Also from IAD	9,500 miles + taxes not reportedNonstop	GOL Smiles	240
Washington Dulles (IAD) to Madrid (MAD)Also from IAD	9,500 miles + taxes not reportedNonstop	GOL Smiles	199
Washington Dulles (IAD) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)Also from IAD	10,000 points + $184.50	Virgin Atlantic Flying Club	107
Lisbon (LIS) to Ponta Delgada (PDL)Also to PDL	3,000 miles + $24.14Nonstop	TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go	70
Orlando (MCO) to Ponta Delgada (PDL)Also to PDL	30,000 miles + $26.50	American Airlines AAdvantage	33
Boston (BOS) to Ponta Delgada (PDL)Also to PDL	19,100 miles + taxes not reported	GOL Smiles	64

US card points to program miles or points: ratio and typical transfer time

Program	Amex	Bilt	Capital One	Chase	Citi	Wells Fargo
Air Canada Aeroplan	1:1 · Instant	1:1 · Instant	1:1 · Instant	1:1 · Instant	—	—
United MileagePlus	—	1:1 · Instant	—	1:1 · Instant	—	—

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