There is not as much Japan
Airlines First Class Award space open between the US and Tokyo as there was in February, but a smattering remains.
Not exact matches
Landing a premium
class award ticket in
First or Business class on Singapore has traditionally been a difficult task for North American points and miles collectors due to the common Singapore Airlines practice of offering first and business class award space almost solely to members of their own KrisFlyer pro
First or Business
class on Singapore has traditionally been a difficult task for North American points and miles collectors due to the common Singapore
Airlines practice of offering
first and business class award space almost solely to members of their own KrisFlyer pro
first and business
class award space almost solely to members of their own KrisFlyer program.
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.
Well, United
Airlines may call its domestic premium cabin «
first class», but it codes
award space as business
class.
If you are looking for Singapore
Airlines award space, be aware that you can not book Singapore Suites or
first class awards with Aeroplan miles.
Right at the end of last month American
Airlines opened up a surprising amount of Business
Class award space for flights between the US and various European cities -
award space which, by and large, is still available - and now some
First Class award space appears to have opened up as well.
Though Delta isn't known for offering a generous amount of
award space to its partners, I was able to find four
first -
class award seats available in August from Denver to Maui via Los Angeles and Seattle using the online
award search engine for Alaska
Airlines, which you don't even need an account to use.
Well, United
Airlines may call its domestic premium cabin «
first class», but it codes the
award space as business
class.
While it makes it easier to search for Singapore
Airlines award space online (United blocks it) it nevertheless prohibits
award travel in
first or business
class on Singapore
Airlines on flights operated by the Boeing 777 - 300ER or Airbus A380 - 800.
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
airlines such as Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa, Emirates does not have a regular schedule for releasing
first class award space to their partner
airlines.
Please check our previous report, Best American
Airlines First and Business
Class Redemptions, on how to search the award space and the type of the premium class
Class Redemptions, on how to search the
award space and the type of the premium
class class seat.
The program of Air France and Flying Blue offer some awesome perks such as the only
airline program that can book
first class award space on Air France!
Membership Rewards points were, for a while, the easiest way to accumulate miles in some programs like Singapore
Airlines KrisFlyer for better access to their business and
first class award space.
So if you're planning last minute or way in advance you still shouldn't have trouble finding
space, but this isn't an
airline that's always going to have business or
first class award space.
As of yet Singapore hasn't opened up
first class award space to their partner
airlines, though only time will tell if they do.
Since Singapore
Airlines adjusted their
award chart a week ago, they have started to open up saver
award space for travel in their new
first class.
@ eponymous coward — My biggest fear with
airlines eliminating
first class is that for the most part,
airlines don't release as much business
class award space as they release
first class award space, since they actually sell business
class.
The real advantage is that Singapore
Airlines makes some premium cabin
award space (Business
Class and
First Class) available for redemption with its own miles.
Right now, Business
Class and
First Class space on American
Airlines» A321T service between New York and Los Angeles and San Francisco has some periods of time with very regular
award space.
Japan
Airlines offers one of my other all around favorite
first class products in the world, and they're pretty good about releasing
award space last minute as well.
As I explained yesterday in my post about booking domestic
awards with American
Airlines miles,
award space is wide open in
First Class from New York to Los Angeles or San Francisco.
For $ 25 per flight (on select, but most,
airlines I'll monitor the
award space in either economy, business or
first class, or a specific seat assignment or fare code.
Yesterday I wrote about a discovery that shocked me: American
Airlines is releasing consistent MileSAAver
award space on its flagship and newest plane — the 777 - 300ER — in Business
Class and
First Class between Los Angeles and London.
Right now Cathay Pacific
First Class and Business
Class award space is wide open to American
Airlines members if you know how far out to search for each.
The American
Airlines flights to Hong Kong have virtually no
award space on them on that moment, but I would rather fly Cathay Pacific's premium cabins than American
Airlines» anyways as they are much superior products — read my trip report when I flew Cathay Pacific
First Class from New York to Hong Kong.