↓ Good Award Comes to an End When US Airways left the Star Alliance to join oneworld on March 31, US Airways Dividend Miles members lost the ability to book what Lucky at One Mile At A Time called, «one of the single best award ticket values in the industry» - US Airways» 90,000 - mile
business class award between the U.S. and North Asia using Star Alliance carriers.
And if you're redeeming for a Cathay Pacific
Business Class award between the U.S. and Japan, South Korea or Mongolia, then it makes more sense to use American AAdvantage miles, since it would be 100,000 AA miles for those destinations (classified as «Asia 1» in the AAdvantage Partner Award Chart).
A JAL
business class award between the U.S. and Japan costs just 80,000 miles roundtrip!
You need 40K Delta Sky miles for one way economy ticket between India and North America and 95K miles for one way
business class award between India and North America
The highlight of this month's Promo Awards is either the KLM
Business Class award between Europe and Toronto for 93,750 miles or the Air France
Business Class award between Europe and Cayenne for just 75,000 miles.
A one - way
Business Class award between North America and Europe costs 50,000 miles while a First Class award for the same trip costs 62,500 miles....
The highlight of this month's Promo Awards is probably the 75,000 mile roundtrip
Business Class award between Europe and Havana (see it before its complete ruined) and the discounted award to Dubai isn't bad either.
A roundtrip
Business Class award between the US and Europe costs, at best, 115,000 miles and, if you were to buy miles in this promotion to buy such an award, they would set you back approximately $ 3,094.
An Off - peak
Business Class award between New York and London will cost 100,000 Avios + $ 1,169 in taxes and fees for one person:
The highlight of this month's Promo Awards is definitely the 50,000 point roundtrip
Business Class award between Europe and Dubai.
I'll search for
a business class award between Los Angeles (LAX) and Hong Kong (HKG) because these two cities have four flights a day; there's a good chance that business class award space will be available.
For example, here are two options for
a business class award between North America and Europe: pay 140,000 miles and no fuel surcharges to United, or pay 88,000 miles and ~ $ 500 to ANA.
From a positive point of view those with foreign - based MileagePlus accounts (or at least those with UK MileagePlus accounts) can now buy enough miles for two roundtrip
Business Class awards between Europe and the US on United operated flights (115,000 miles each).
Business Class awards between the Middle East and the South Pacific (Doha — Auckland) cost just 45,000 AAdvantage Miles / person one - way.
Miles & More is offering 50 % off roundtrip
Business Class awards between Dallas Fort Worth and 56 European destinations and 50 % off roundtrip
Business Class awards between Washington Dulles and 6 European destinations.
One - way
Business Class awards between Europe and the Middle East will cost 42,500 AAdvantage Miles (an increase of 42 %) and First Class awards will cost 62,500 (an increase of 56 %).
It's not easy to snag economical
business class awards between the US and Europe, so I'm not too surprised the price isn't increasing more.
Not exact matches
This month's
awards are for
Business Class flights
between Europe and either Boston or NYC:
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.
Japan Airlines offers «Limited Days of the Week»
awards for
business class tickets
between the U.S. and Japan.
An inexpensive way to get a taste of Qatar's
business or first
class is with an
award between the Middle East and Asia 1 (Japan or Korea).
In this post I'll show a few simple changes to a round - trip flight
between New York and London that can lower the fees for a
business class award from $ 1,124.56 to $ 391.86.
This month's
awards are for
Business Class flights
between Europe and either Boston or NYC:
Awards between New Zealand and Australia (including the Pacific Islands) come to 20,000 Flying Club miles in economy and 30,000 miles in
business class, which is pretty reasonable.
Recently, some international
business class award space
between Australia and Singapore has been available to partners for
award bookings.
A
business class ticket on Cathay Pacific
between Los Angeles and Hong Kong falls into Asia Miles
award Zone D (5,000 to 7,500 miles) and costs 120,000 miles per roundtrip.
Yet, a longer flight
between Dallas and Hong Kong, which falls into the multicarrier
award Zone 6 (7,501 to 9,000 miles), costs only 85,000 miles in
business class.
Strategically located
between the Central
Business District and Tian Fu Square, Fraser Suites Chengdu couldn't be better placed for executives and family members.This mixed office, retail and serviced residence development includes a high - end shopping mall and offices too - everything a business or leisure traveler could need, right on their doorstep.Hospitality and guest services at Frasers Suites Chengdu are second to none, with a 24 - hour concierge and personalized daily housekeeping.Step outside this striking property, created by award - winning international architects, and you are only moments from world - class department stores and key commercial bu
Business District and Tian Fu Square, Fraser Suites Chengdu couldn't be better placed for executives and family members.This mixed office, retail and serviced residence development includes a high - end shopping mall and offices too - everything a
business or leisure traveler could need, right on their doorstep.Hospitality and guest services at Frasers Suites Chengdu are second to none, with a 24 - hour concierge and personalized daily housekeeping.Step outside this striking property, created by award - winning international architects, and you are only moments from world - class department stores and key commercial bu
business or leisure traveler could need, right on their doorstep.Hospitality and guest services at Frasers Suites Chengdu are second to none, with a 24 - hour concierge and personalized daily housekeeping.Step outside this striking property, created by
award - winning international architects, and you are only moments from world -
class department stores and key commercial buildings.
The Cathay Pacific
award chart is ideal for
business class travel, since the difference
between economy and
business is not much.
Book a round - trip
business -
class award for 50,000 AAdvantage miles for nonstop travel on JAL
between San Francisco and Tokyo Haneda.
Delta flies 757s and 767s
between JFK and Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle, but finding its
business class award at a Saver rate is virtually impossible.
For example, economy
awards between the U.S. and Hawaii increase from 40,000 to 45,000 miles; and
business class awards on United
between North America and Europe go from 100,000 to 115,000 miles.
Virgin Atlantic has great
award redemption values for flights
between the U.S. (especially Eastern U.S.) and Europe in both
classes, economy and
business, although outrageous Heathrow Airport fees and fuel surcharges in Upper
Class make business class TY redemptions on Virgin a less attractive op
Class make
business class TY redemptions on Virgin a less attractive op
class TY redemptions on Virgin a less attractive option.
At the beginning of each month, FlyingBlue releases Promo
Awards that discount economy and
business class tickets 25 % to 50 % for flights
between Europe and North America.
Not only does British Airways
awards 140 Tier Points for
Business Class flights across the Atlantic but it also
awards 140 Tier Points for
Business Class flights
between the two US coasts — here's Philadelphia to Los Angeles for example:
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:
Flights
between L.A. and Sydney feature a 777 - 300ER with excellent configuration in both first and
business class cabins, but premium
class seats on this route are virtually impossible to get at saver
award rates.
BA.com showed
Business Class award availability on most Cathay Pacific flights
between Tokyo and Hong Kong on my chosen date but, rather than just book the flight with the best timings, there was one last thing to take into consideration.
Take a look a these screenshots from American Airlines — all show
Business Class award availability on non-stop flights
between various US cities and London Heathrow:
When you consider that it costs 135,000 — 155,000 Flying Club miles to fly round trip
between the West Coast and Europe in
Business Class on Virgin Atlantic or Delta some of these ANA
awards look amazing.....
A Miles & More
Business Class award flight
between the US and Europe will cost 105,000 miles roundtrip and, as you can see from this randomly selected set of dates, a JFK to Frankfurt roundtrip will cost around $ 2,500:
One of the sweet spot in the current
award chart is the
business / first
class awards between India and South Pacific.
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.
Earn 500
award miles per
Business class segment or 750
award miles per First
class segment on Acela Express trains (no connecting flight required)
between New York's Penn Station and the following train stations: Boston's South Station, MA; Boston's Back Bay Station, MA; Boston's Route 128 Station, MA; Washington D.C.. For reservations for the Acela Express markets listed above, call Amtrak at 1 -800-USA-RAIL (1-800-872-7245) and be sure to provide your MileagePlus number to receive
award mileage credit.
The remaining two
Business Class promo
awards are for travel
between Europe and the Middle East:
The best
business class redemption is a 90,000 - mile
award seat
between the continental U.S. and South America.
For the past few years two of the big «sweet spots» in the AAdvantage program have been the cost of
Business and First
Class award tickets, on Etihad, for travel
between Europe and the Middle East.
The cost of a
Business Class AAdvantage
award between the US and London has increased from 50,000 to 57,500 miles each way.
If you're hoping to use the miles from this promotion to book a
Business Class trip
between the US and Europe on American Airlines it will cost you 115,000 AAdvantage Miles + taxes (for a round - trip
award).
For example, miles can be transferred to ANA Airlines of Japan, and 104,000 ANA miles can be redeemed for a round - trip
award flight in
business class between the United States and Africa on any of ANA's Star Alliance partners such as Lufthansa, Turkish, Ethiopian, or South African Airlines.