What I would really like to know is where do you find
business class fares across the Atlantic for under $ 2,000?
Just two weeks ago there was a great sale by Delta / Air France / KLM in which you could purchase
Business Class fares across the Atlantic (from numerous US cities) for under $ 1,600 and, alongside those fares, I showed how you could fly, in Business Class, from San Francisco to Europe for under $ 1,100 on British Airways.
$ 2,035 to Europe isn't a great deal but
Business Class fares across the Pacific are usually considerably higher than those across the Atlantic so a saver award to Japan or Hong Kong could be good value here.
Not exact matches
That said,
business -
class flights
across the Atlantic start at 60,000 miles for a one - way ticket, so you'll have to save up a few more miles to afford a round - trip
fare.
Qatar Airways flys all
across Asia from its Doha base and a lot of those routes earn 140 Tier Points too — flying from Europe to Asia on a cheap Qatar Airways
Business Class fare can therefore net you up to 560 Tier Points (just 40 short of Silver status).
This is definitely one of the better
Business Class seat you can book
across the Atlantic and that's what makes this
fare that much better.
Adam came to me a while back and mentioned that, if I happened to stumble
across any
Business Class fares that I thought would work well for earning a bundle of Tier Points, he'd be very interested to know more.
Generally speaking I will not use miles to book First
Class fares across the Atlantic —
Business Class is good enough for me
Use your Delta points to book Virgin Atlantic from
across the U.S. and you'll find award
fares for 30,000 SkyMiles in economy
class each way or 62,500 SkyMiles for business class — or «Upper Class» as the Virgins like to cal
class each way or 62,500 SkyMiles for
business class — or «Upper Class» as the Virgins like to cal
class — or «Upper
Class» as the Virgins like to cal
Class» as the Virgins like to call it.