The San Francisco to Rome
Business Class fare cost $ 1,580 and was available on both American Airlines and British Airways.
That round trip
Business Class fare cost me around $ 1,100 (which converted to $ 1,284.83 when I paid for it with my Platinum Amex) and it happens to be one of the fares I used as an example when I promoted the Qatar Airways sale.
Not exact matches
Unsurprisingly, these
fares are often double the
cost of just 2 discounted
business or first
class fares.
A one - way upgrade to
business class between the U.S. and mainland China
costs 36,000 to 55,000 points, depending on the original
fare booked.
Business class fares from North America to Europe 1
costs 90,000 miles roundtrip and 105,000 miles to Europe 2.
Business Class fares on United's Star Alliance partners are more expensive (140,000 miles for a roundtrip booking) so to book one of those with miles bought in this sale would
cost $ 3,150.
Delta Premium, with
fares costing between basic economy and
business class, will feature a variety of amenities on a select group of its international flights.
Per the American Airlines oneworld award chard, a roundtrip
Business Class fare on any of these three routes will
cost 150,000 miles + taxes (which will be low)
If Alitalia only drops out of existence shortly before my trip the
cost of a replacement
fare will be extortionate — insurance will pay for any loss but I don't think it will pay for me to fly on a $ 3,500 — $ 4,000
Business Class fare just because I still want to go to LA.
Using the best currently available rate to buy miles (1.83 cents each) that award would
cost $ 2,105 and, just recently, we've seen
Business Class fares to Europe as low as $ 1,400 (HT: VFTW).
Option (1) was a non-starter as three
Business Class fares to LA were always going to
cost quite a bit (even over the holiday period where you can snap up a bargain or two).
I'm hoping to try out the Singapore Airlines all - premium cabin Airbus A350 - 900ULR when it comes into service in 2018/2019 and, as I'm unlikely to want to (or be in a position to) part with the amount of cash a
Business Class fare between Singapore and New York will
cost (that's the route I'm hoping to book), KrisFlyer miles will be my best option for securing a seat.
A one - way upgrade from economy to
business class costs 50 percent of the price in miles for that ticket if you purchased it at a standard
fares.
One of the key things to remember is that, if you find your preferred European destination doesn't have a nicely discounted
Business Class fare associated with it, you can always use one of the
fares listed above and then use a cheap, separate, short - haul
fare (possibly on a low -
cost carrier) to get you to where you really want to go.
a
Business Class fare can easily
cost in excess of $ 2,000...
Business class fares can easily
cost you over $ 2,000.
Where the one - way
Business Class cash
fare on the Dreamliner would have
cost me at least AU$ 828 an award was far cheaper — I booked a
Business Class seat for 9,000 Avios and $ 13.95 (~ $ AU17.35):
This isn't a
fare that's going to get me the Finnair A350 for the two and half hour flight (the timings of the A350 flights don't work for me), that's how much it's going to
cost to sit in a regular Finnair A320
Business Class seat with just 31 ″ of seat pitch!
I had booked my
Business Class fare with American Airlines AAdvantage miles before the horrendous devaluation so the two legs were
costing me just 60,000 AAdvantage miles.
Outside of good
fare sales the
cost of
Business Class flights from the US to Europe can easily exceed $ 3,000 dollars (or even $ 4,000) so, if you happen to need to travel at a time when those are the going rates, using points from this promotion can be a money saver.
As well as that, any airline or alliance that I choose to fly also needs to be one that regularly offers good deals on the routes I want to fly — as the airlines around the world gradually increase the
cost of award travel it's becoming increasingly important, for those of us with a healthy aversion to Economy
Class, to be able to find great value
Business Class fares to keep our flights comfortable.
You can often find
Business Class fares to Asia and Europe for less than the miles & taxes for the awards would
cost you.
The
Business Class deals aren't that impressive as, if you double up the
costs to get the price for a roundtrip, the final
cost of the awards isn't too dissimilar to a lot of
Business Class cash
fares offered by airlines when the sales are on — and with cash
fares you often have a greater choice of dates and you earn miles as well.
I fully expect there to be an all - out
Business Class fare war in July and August next year so, if you're looking to fly to / from Europe in either of those months, I wouldn't rush to book any awards that would
cost you a lot to cancel.
In some cases it may actually
cost more to buy one of these tickets compared to purchasing a discounted
business class fare that doesn't require an upgrade.
You of all people knows how much
fares cost in certain markets, and this was a well publicised and legitimate
Business Class promotion fare to KUL, that had been previously heavily trailed on Flyertalk and other travel blogs, and that had obviously been mistakenly filed as first c
Class promotion
fare to KUL, that had been previously heavily trailed on Flyertalk and other travel blogs, and that had obviously been mistakenly filed as first
classclass.
Meanwhile, a paid
business -
class fare costs $ 4,416, giving you a redemption value of 3.2 cents per mile (which isn't bad).
The deal was if you purchased a full
fare first or
business class ticket, you got another one at no
cost, other than a $ 39 fee.
I had about 65K AAdvantage miles earmarked for this trip and while I originally planned to fly roundtrip in coach, I was able to book a saver
business class seat for the outbound flight, and a low -
cost Norwegian revenue
fare for the return.
I agree with you stating it wasn't all that usable as the full refundable
fare cost would be generally higher than buying two non refundable
business class tickets.