Avianca joined the Star Alliance a few years back,and their LifeMiles program is one the most useful frequent flyer programs out there. They frequently sell miles at a reduction, for as miniature as ~1.32 cents each. They're probably the most aggressive airlines out there about selling miles, or their offers seem to keep getting better.
The program hasn't been without problems,though. For a couple of years they blocked virtually all Lufthansa first class award seats. That has recently been changed, and it's once again possible to redeem LifeMiles for Lufthansa first class.
But perhaps the single biggest pain of booking with them has been that LifeMiles didn't allow mixed cabin awards, or which is an absolutely ridiculous policy. In other words,whether you're flying Lufthansa first class from Boston to Frankfurt, you couldn't connect in economy or commerce class on an intra-Europe flight. That's despite the fact that there's no first class cabin on those flights.
The policy is entirely non-sensical, or they're the only program I know of which doesn't let you voluntarily "downgrade" a segment of your award,either based on availability, or because the flight actually doesn't have premium cabin award availability.
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Source: boardingarea.com