While the redemption rates with Air France / KLM Flying Blue might not be as competitive as Korean Air or Delta when booking a Korean
Air business class award, there are many more options to earn Flying Blue miles.
As a partner of both Korean Air and Air France / KLM, Chase Ultimate Rewards points are great a currency to earn in preparation for a Korean
Air business class award.
Just as if you were searching for an award flight on Delta, you can use Delta's online award search function to find Korean
Air business class award space:
While the redemption rates with Air France / KLM Flying Blue might not be as competitive as Korean Air or Delta when booking a Korean
Air business class award, there are many more options to earn Flying Blue miles.
Just as if you were searching for an award flight on Delta, you can use Delta's online award search function to find Korean
Air business class award space:
To prevent any surprises while trying to book Korean
Air business class awards, remember that they have both peak season and off season award charts.
Clearly, securing Korean
Air business class awards through their own SkyPass program is the best way to book.
Korean SkyPass is the best airline loyalty program for booking Korean
Air business class awards.
To prevent any surprises while trying to book Korean
Air business class awards, remember that they have both peak season and off season award charts.
Clearly, securing Korean
Air business class awards through their own SkyPass program is the best way to book.
Not exact matches
It's not a bad way to book
business class award tickets, but you shouldn't book economy
class with the Korean
Air SkyPASS program.
If you're hoping to book a
business class award to Hawaii, we suggest using 45,000 Korean
Air SkyPass miles (if you can book a round - trip ticket) to fly with Delta.
Korean
Air SkyPass requires 45,000 miles for a round - trip
business class award ticket which is 15,000 miles fewer than the next closest program, Singapore Airlines.
Korean
Air SkyPass miles will not be a go - to for economy
class awards, but they are a solid way to book
business class awards on Delta flights.
Korean
Air business class is a great way to cross the Pacific, and the regularity with which they release
business class award space makes it one of the more convenient
award booking options.
However, Korean
Air SkyPass will still be your best option for booking
business class awards since their mileage requirements are better than their partners».
The next time you search for
business class award space to Seoul, South Korea on Korean
Air's site, you'll notice they even let you know how many seats are available to be booked with Korean SkyPass miles.
You can book a
business class award on Korean
Air (in the off season) between the U.S. and South Korea for only 62,500 Korean SkyPass miles.
As is the case with first
class, Korean
Air isn't as stingy as many airlines are when it comes to releasing
business class award space.
Unlike booking Korean
Air first
class, you aren't required to use Korean SkyPass miles to book
business class award tickets.
Even so, at the longest distance for Etihad Guest
awards on Royal
Air Maroc (2,001 + miles), New York to Casablanca costs just 22,000 miles one - way in economy, or 44,000 miles one - way in
business class.
Korean
Air SkyPass miles will not be a go - to for economy
class awards, but they are a solid way to book
business class awards on Delta flights.
You could also book an
award flight on Eva
Air to Southeast Asia in one of the nicest
business class cabins out there.
With so many Star Alliance partners you can use to book a
business class award, you won't have any trouble earning enough miles and points to fly with EVA
Air.
Similarly,
Air France / flyingblue opens up more
award space to their account holders than to partners, but adds $ 600 per person of fuel surcharges to
business class award tickets.
One of the most common ways to book
business class award tickets on EVA
Air from the U.S. is through United Airlines» MileagePlus program.
Often overlooked, All Nippon Airways (ANA) Mileage Club is a great way to book Star Alliance partner
award tickets... and booking
business class awards on EVA
Air is no exception.
Each Promo
Award specifies the available dates, route, airline (
Air France and / or KLM) and
class (economy or
business).
Another airline loyalty program you should consider using to book
business class awards on EVA
Air is
Air Canada's Aeroplan program.
If you want to use SkyMiles to book a flight on
Air France, you're going to pay 10,000 more miles for economy
class and 30,000 more miles for
business class than if you booked an
award flight on Delta.
When compared to booking an
award with
Air France / KLM Flying Blue, American AAdvantage could save you $ 35 - $ 155 on economy
awards and $ 35 - $ 465 on
business class awards.
Every month
Air France releases Promo
Awards that allow travelers to book both
business and economy
class award tickets at a 25 % -50 % discount.
For those who love flying
business class, try to find
award space out of Boston on one of
Air France's Boeing 777s.
For example, Delta recently changed its partner redemption rates so that a one - way
business class award to Europe on Virgin Atlantic,
Air France,... read more
Like all Star Alliance members, ANA will not be able to book long - haul
business class and first
class awards on Singapore Airlines (See more under
Air Canada Aeroplan).
For 46,000 Avios, you can book a one - way
business class award ticket on Iberia's partner Royal
Air Maroc.
Even so, at the longest distance for Etihad Guest
awards on Royal
Air Maroc (2,001 + miles), New York to Casablanca costs just 22,000 miles one - way in economy, or 44,000 miles one - way in
business class.
Korean
Air SkyPass requires 45,000 miles for a round - trip
business class award ticket which is 15,000 miles fewer than the next closest program, Singapore Airlines.
As Delta has massively devalued its own
award chart, many SkyTeam travelers are now taking a closer look at Flying Blue as their gateway to not only domestic Delta flights, but also the glamorous
Air France
business and first
class, which is primarily only available to Flying Blue members with elite status.
At the beginning of every month the Flying Blue loyalty program releases discounted
awards for Economy and
Business Class travel on
Air France and KLM flights.
A lot of people prefer the in -
air product of Jet Blue over Southwest for longer flights since it has tv's, free wifi, more leg room,
business / first
class «Mint» cabins, allows you to pick your seat, etc. but both airlines constantly rate among the best for
award availability, making them both solid choices for getting around the country, in terms of finding
award seats.
At the beginning of every month Flying Blue (the loyalty program for
Air France / KLM) releases discounted mileage
awards for Economy and
Business Class travel on
Air France and KLM flights.
There's plenty of good news for airline passengers with big budgets, including the reveal of Delta
Air Lines» Crystal Cabin
Award - winning Delta One
Business class suite and Qatar Airways» new QSuite business class experience, fit for a king and his
Business class suite and Qatar Airways» new QSuite
business class experience, fit for a king and his
business class experience, fit for a king and his family.
American will
award three elite qualifying miles for full - fare first - and
business -
class tickets vs. two at Delta
Air Lines and 1.5 at United Airlines.
Aeroplan has since offered mileage refunds or offered to open up
Business Class award space on
Air Canada to get travelers to their destinations... but neither of those would have been much use to me.
If you are looking for
Business class awards, Avianca Life Miles and
Air Canada Aeroplan offers best value.
You may notice that the
business class flight does not decrease by the entire amount of the U.K.
Air Passenger Duty — this is because there are 2 flights on British Airways with this
award, so there are added carrier - imposed surcharges.
Air Canada's
award chart has some valuable sweet spots, like 110,000 miles roundtrip for
business class flights to Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
This means that there can be some great value to be had if you select the right redemption options — like Cathay Pacific in
Business or First
Class between Europe and Asia (not a hard
award to find), LAN
Business Class from the US to South American and Korean
Air Business Class between the US and Asia.
This quarter, you can save 25 % of mileage
awards on
Air France between Houston, Miami, or San Francisco in economy
class or between Chicago and Detroit and Europe in
business class on
Air France and KLM.