Those of you who don't know why the excitement — there hasn't been a Star Alliance Air New Zealand
business class award availability in years.
Back then, there was excellent non-stop
business class award availability in the summer 2015 for two people in both directions to the following cities:
Not exact matches
If there is no
award availability in economy, then redeeming your miles for a
business class ticket still makes economic sense.
It looks to me like Lufthansa has just recently released quite a bit of partner
award availability for travel from the US to Europe this summer
in Business Class.
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.
The biggest problem that almost everybody will tell you is that SAAver
award availability in business class to Europe usually is not good at all.
Delta has excellent
award availability that often surpasses both American and United, even
in business class for more than one passenger.
Availability in the other direction (Auckland to Doha) is pretty good do and,
in this case, there are actually 4
Business Class awards available on the very first Qatar Airways non-stop flight between Auckland and Doha:
If you're looking for summer
award availability to Europe
in business class you may want to check out this United route.
When I flew to Tokyo
in January I had to position from London to Frankfurt to catch a JAL
Business Class award flight on the 787 Dreamliner and when I had wanted to try out Cathay Pacific First
Class last year I had to position from London to Zurich to catch that
award flight — London isn't exactly awash with
award availability.
British Airways guarantees that it will release at least 2
Business Class seats on every flight so, as this route has just be loaded
in the past few hours,
award availability should be plentiful right now....
In order to upgrade using Avios there simply has to be Business Class award availability on the flight in question..
In order to upgrade using Avios there simply has to be
Business Class award availability on the flight
in question..
in question....
Chicago actually has even better
availability than Los Angeles because
Business Class awards are also available
in January.
The aircraft also offers a Premium Economy cabin which, considering how little seat - width the seats
in Economy
Class offer, may be a good compromise if
Business Class is expensive or if
Business Class award availability is non-existent.
American Airlines appears to be more interested
in discounting its
Business Class cabins (often to a great extent) than it is
in opening up
award availability on a number of its routes....
The 777 - 300 offers 52
Business Class seats while the Dreamliner has just 28 so, not only is the route losing First
Class, it will also see a significant drop
in Business Class capacity from 15 December — that's not good for prices or for
award availability.
Because it's not that rare to find
Business Class flights between the US and London coming
in at under $ 2,000 and, on top of that, if you're booking an
award you still have the issue of finding
availability... and that hasn't been easy
in recent years.
As stated,
award availability for (saver)
business class to New Zealand on United is not great and you'll need to book far
in advance if you want to even have a chance to snag redemptions with
business class seats between the US and Australia / New Zealand.
I was doing some research for another blog post I have
in mind and I came across a discrepancy between the British Airways website and Iberia's website when it comes to
Business Class award availability.
Secondly, this sees a significant decrease
in the number of
Business Class seats available on the route and that's not going to be good for upgrades or the already pathetic
award availability.
American Airlines charges 57,500 miles
in each direction for a
Business Class award on airberlin (taxes and fees come to under $ 100) and, unlike not too long ago, you can now search for airberlin
award availability on AA.com.
It would be good news for some if the airline was to price Premium Economy closer to Economy
Class than to
Business Class (
in terms of miles needed for an
award) but it may be bad need for
Business Class award availability if Emirates shrinks
Business Class cabins to accommodate the new product.
Yes, you still have to pay fees with Iberia, and they're much more than those typically tied to United
award flights, but if there's no
availability in business class through other alliances, it might be worth it to you to pay the fee to get your
business class saver tickets.
I tracked
award space on British Airways and seat
availability in business class (thanks, ExpertFlyer).
There's plenty of
award availability, even
in business and first
class.
I found that the flights out of San Francisco has plenty of
award availability in Business and First
Class.
If you are scrambling to lock
in awards at old rates, you might be having trouble finding Etihad
business / first
class award seats even though Etihad shows
availability.
Getting two nonstop
business or first
class seats on a non-stop flight to Paris during warm weather would not normally be an easy proposition, but the born - again Delta Airlines
award chart still shows awesome
availability to Paris and other European cities
in the late summer 2015.
There is excellent non-stop
business class award availability for two people
in both directions to the following cities:
Virgin Australia offers the most
award availability in business class between the U.S. and Australia, as well as the best routing.
Korean Air offers excellent
business class and first
class award availability, and the service
in those cabins is exemplary.
There appears to be a very poor Delta
business class, nonstop
award availability in Europe from Seattle.
On the redemption side, the
award chart to / from Europe isn't too bad (62,500 miles for a transatlantic one - way
in business class) and you get access to much better
availability on AF / KL's own flights that when booking with Delta.
There's also been some great
business -
class award availability from the west coast to Europe, and some new routes from the US to the UK will be opening up
in the coming months.
In the past 6 months they've added excellent transfer partners in Korean Air (cheap transatlantic Skyteam awards, cheap Hawaii awards, and awesome first class award availability) and Aegean (cheap Star Alliance business class awards
In the past 6 months they've added excellent transfer partners
in Korean Air (cheap transatlantic Skyteam awards, cheap Hawaii awards, and awesome first class award availability) and Aegean (cheap Star Alliance business class awards
in Korean Air (cheap transatlantic Skyteam
awards, cheap Hawaii
awards, and awesome first
class award availability) and Aegean (cheap Star Alliance
business class awards).
They typically operate two flights a day, and the flights almost always have nine
business class award seats each 11 months out, and
in my experience that
availability sticks around until close to departure.
Historically
business class award availability on Fiji Airways isn't especially good, though I've seen a good amount of space lately, especially if booking
in advance.
American has excellent
award availability to London on most of their routes, both
in first and
business class.
At the time, there was a single date
in all of 2014 with first or
business class award availability at the saver level.
In the meantime, it makes it a no - brainer to redeem for Cathay Pacific First
Class instead of business class if using US Airways Dividend miles, although the challenge with that is that it's become harder to find Cathay Pacific award availability for two people traveling toge
Class instead of
business class if using US Airways Dividend miles, although the challenge with that is that it's become harder to find Cathay Pacific award availability for two people traveling toge
class if using US Airways Dividend miles, although the challenge with that is that it's become harder to find Cathay Pacific
award availability for two people traveling together.
The
award space
in business class on Skyteam members Saudia (from Washington DC or New York, through Riyadh and Jeddah) and Aeroflot (a much better airline than you think, and with great
availability out of New York and DC through Moscow) is better than on almost any airline.
For instance, there is plenty of
award availability both on United and other Star Alliance carriers between Melbourne and Los Angeles
in both economy and
business class the last week
in January...
- Cardholders have access to book standard
award availability as long as there is a seat
in coach,
business, or first
class for sale.
Sometimes, a
business / first
class award only has
availability on one segment with the rest
in economy.