Not exact matches
While she lacks the 125,000 miles American
requires for a
business -
class flight to Japan, she also has hotel points in the Starwood Preferred Guest program.
All United
flights from the North America region to Hawaii
require the same number of points in either
business class or economy.
Compare that to the 57,500 miles
required per
Business Class seat from the US to Europe, or the 65,000 miles United would charge to go from Los Angeles to Fiji on a
flight of similar length, and it becomes clear that this is a tremendous bargain.
For simply the
flight from Los Angeles to Nadi, 40,000 miles are
required in Economy and 70,000 in
Business Class.
Business class flights within the Central and Southern Africa region
require 30,000 miles one - way.
Flights between Chicago and Belize (BZE), Newark and Costa Rica (SJO), Houston and San Salvador (SAL), Los Angeles and Guatemala (GUA), Houston and Honduras (TGU), Miami (MIA) and Nicaragua (MGA), and New Orleans (MSY) and Panama City (PTY)
require 60,000 miles round - trip in
business class and 35,000 miles round - trip in economy
class.
Business class flights intra Europe
require 25,000 miles one - way.
However, adding a short - haul economy
flight to a long - haul
business or first
class flight may, as in my example, drastically reduce the number of Iberia Avios
required for your award redemption.
In many cases travel on
flights operated by American Airlines will be
require fewer miles, especially in
business or first
class.
Business class award
flights require 90,000 miles, and first
class redemptions
require 165,000 miles.
One - way
Business Class flights on the popular New York to London nonstop route
require 57,500 miles.
If you want to fly from New York to Munich, connecting in London, the
flight in
business class will cost 98,000 Avios,
requiring 66,000 MR points.
In many cases travel on
flights operated by United Airlines
flights will
require fewer miles, especially in
business or first
class.
These routes will
require 190,000 Delta SkyMiles round trip and the new
business class product on the 777 - 300 looks pretty great on Virgin Australia and even comes with a on -
flight bar.
The Avios miles
required for these
flights are definitely less than what it cost you in other loyalty programs for two
business class flights, but you have to pay over $ 2,000.
* Transcontinental
flights with lie - flat beds (EWR - LAX / SFO and BOS - SFO) will
require 35k miles for saver level
business class.
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.
Flying Club
requires 35,000 miles for round - trip award
flights between the U.S. and the Caribbean in economy
class and 60,000 miles in
business class.
Business class requires 7,750 Avios on off - peak dates and 9,000 Avios on peak dates, but because the
flight is rather quick, I recommend saving your miles and flying in economy.
In fact, it often
requires fewer Alaska miles than Avios to book
business class on British Airways
flights, and you can book a stopover for no extra miles.
For reference, I recently booked a Delta One
business class flight that
required 80,000 Korean Air miles (Korean and Delta are both SkyTeam members allowing you to book Delta
flights with Korean Air miles).
In many cases travel on
flights operated by ANA will
require fewer miles than United Airlines, especially in
business or first
class.
Some direct
flights from the East Coast will
require fewer miles such as JFK or Miami (MIA) to CDG will decrease from 25,000 to 22,000 one - way in economy
class and from 62,500 to 57,500 in
business class.
Another option is Cathay Pacific
flights, which
require a steep 100,000 miles in economy, but are a bargain at 125,000 miles for
business class.
The devaluation basically did away with the first zone and made it so that the cheapest short - haul
flight in economy would
require 7,500 miles, and
business and first
class were changed to Zone 2's requirements as well.
The AASaver tier for example will
require 5000 less miles for main cabin
flights to the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico and 10,000 miles less for
business class flights.
For
business class redemptions,
flights to Asia 1 will
require 20,000 more miles, while
flights to Asia 2 30,000 more miles, and 35,000 extra miles for the South Pacific.
For example, this roundtrip
flight on Iberia from Miami to Madrid in
business class requires 100,000 Avios plus $ 935 when purchased from British Airways.
The easier it is to earn miles with an airline, the more miles an airline will
require for the «good stuff», like
business and first
class flights.