For travel ticketed and marketed by Group 1, Group 2 and Group 3 partner airlines MQDs will be equal to one - fifth of the base miles and
Class Bonus miles (when applicable) earned on the itinerary.
The MQDs you will earn when traveling on select partner marketed flights not ticketed through Delta (i.e. the ticket number does not start with «006») as well as when traveling on «exception fares» (such as consolidator, cruise, vacation packages, inclusive tour and other tickets) will be equal to one - fifth of the base miles and
Class Bonus miles (when applicable) earned on the itinerary.
Not exact matches
Fortunately, thanks to the fact that there are tons of opportunities to earn points and
miles with credit card sign - up
bonuses, spending, and other methods, I'm already looking forward to my next first
class and business
class flights!
Premium economy is only slightly less than business, so if you have sufficient
bonus miles, business
class is often the better value.
Like U.S. to Europe, using your KrisFlyer member
miles from the U.S. to the Middle East and North Africa is solid value at 37,500
miles in economy
class, 57,400 in business, and 75,000
bonus miles in first.
Premium economy is only slightly less than business, so if you have sufficient
bonus miles, business
class is often the better value.
Another potential use is to transfer to United which, together with the
bonus from either the targeted United 65,000
miles card or the Chase Sapphire Preferred, will get you ~ 100,000
miles or enough for a business
class trip to Europe.
However, you'd need to spend only $ 100,000 on the American Express SPG credit card to earn 125,000 American Airlines
miles which can be redeemed for a First
Class ticket to Europe after accounting for the 25 % transfer
bonus.
However, paying the annual fee to receive 10,000
bonus miles isn't that economical compared to getting the waiver, since the value of those
miles is roughly S$ 100 for most consumers who redeem it for economy
class flights.
I used my
bonus BA
miles to book a friend a first
class ticket to visit me from Maryland, flying on US Airways.
By comparison, earlier this year I booked a first
class award to Tokyo for just 62,500 AAdvantage
miles, which you could earn from a single credit card sign - up
bonus.
Class - of - service
bonus miles and / or Premier Qualifying Credits, if any, will be credited according to the fare paid, not the cabin flown, and will not be credited on any upgrade.
In the same way that people use credit card sign - up
bonus miles for free flights, you can use them for first
class upgrades as well.
American AAdvantage
miles are especially valuable in redeeming for Cathay Pacific first
class and business
class, but unlike the Best United
Miles Bonus Offers Available Now, it can be harder to earn lots of them through credit card spend, for a few reasons:
While the cost of a first
class transatlantic flight is 120,000
miles more than the sign - up
bonus, it might be worth saving for.
With award tickets starting at 4,000 - 4,500 Avios in economy or 7,750 - 9,000 Avios in business
class for any flight less than 651
miles you'd be able to book 22 flights with that 100,000 point
bonus.
In September 2015, Emirates had a Mileage Plan
bonus offer of 3x
miles when flying first
class and 2x
miles when flying business or economy
class on Emirates flights between certain cities.
When a 40 %
bonus is available, buying the 55,000
miles necessary for a one - way Business
Class award from scratch would cost $ 1,100.
While the cost of a first
class transatlantic flight is 120,000
miles more than the sign - up
bonus, it might be worth saving for.
This award would cost you 115,000 AAdvantage
bonus miles one - way in the first
class apartment.
Class - of - service
bonus Premier qualifying
miles (PQM) and Premier qualifying segments (PQS) will count toward this offer; however, other
bonus PQM / PQS, promotional PQM / PQS, and / or credit card PQM do not count toward this offer.
What I like about the below is that one credit card
bonus would give you enough award
miles to book a one - way ticket in business
class (or round - trip in economy).
Earn up to 175 %
bonus miles in First
Class and Business
Class depending on the fare type.
But while there are lots of great ways to earn
bonus miles, Etihad has squashed one of our favorite benefits on first
class award tickets.
And both United and American are running separate promotions that offer up to 12,000
bonus miles if you have elite status and fly long distances in business or first
class.
The
bonus goes only as high as 3,500
miles per segment for discounted business
class fares on long - haul and p.s. / A321T service.
PPS Club, KrisFlyer Elite Gold and Elite Silver members enjoy a 25 % tier
bonus on the actual
miles flown (not applicable to Economy
Class tickets in G, K, N, Q, V or L booking
classes).
American's customers will get base
miles for the distance flown, an initial
bonus of 25 - 100 % for elite status, a second
bonus of 25 - 50 % for fare
class (e.g., first
class or full - fare economy), and a third
bonus based on a combination of distance and fare
class.
Earn 30,000
bonus miles on First or Business
Class fares, 15,000
bonus miles on Premium or Full - fare Economy fares (Y, B or H) and 5,000
bonus miles on other Economy fares.
The tier
bonus will be based on the total
miles in each booking
class.
I fly only business
class and would like a credit card which will give me the most upfront introductory FF
bonus miles.
Flying far distances, US Airways is much cheaper than Delta (first
class is 30k
miles cheaper, per ticket), along with the transfer ratio with the current
bonuses makes it about 1:0.9, is definitely isn't the best.
Think about this: If you purchase 60,000
miles - plus the 60,000
bonus - for a total of 120,000 United
miles, you'd have enough
miles for a Business
Class roundtrip ticket to Europe, which normally costs between $ 6,000 to over $ 10,000.
For each eligible trip you take during the offer period, you'll earn
bonus miles based on the fare
class purchased.
In addition, we're extending our 2015 AAdvantage
bonus miles promotion that allows you to earn more
bonus miles when you purchase and fly on a First or Business
Class ticket on American and select airlines.
The number of
bonus miles you can earn depends on what cabin you're booked into but the good news is that it appears that all fare
classes will earn...
You will pay $ 2,884.13 for 135,000
miles (includes 35,000
bonus miles + 10 % discount) This equates to 2.13 cents /
mile and 135K
miles is enough for a round trip business
class ticket to India.
The fastest way to earn points and
miles (unless you fly international first
class twice a week) is to collect credit card signup
bonuses.
Bonus miles will be calculated and awarded based on the booking
class bought and the number of trips taken in a specific cabin.
The
class - of - service
bonus will no longer be a separate
bonus, but is part of how we'll calculate the base
miles earned when multiplying the base fare by 5 (and more for elite status members).
Bonus miles range from 5,000 - 30,000 depending on route and
class of service.
Bonus award miles do not count toward Premier ® status and do not apply to class - of - service, Premier bonus miles or promotional Premier qualifying miles (
Bonus award
miles do not count toward Premier ® status and do not apply to
class - of - service, Premier
bonus miles or promotional Premier qualifying miles (
bonus miles or promotional Premier qualifying
miles (PQM).
The American Airlines promotion page reads «For every eligible round - trip you take during the offer period, you'll earn
bonus miles based on the fare
class purchased.
Bronze tier benefits include business -
class check - in; seat selection at seven days before departure; a 25 percent tier
bonus for every
mile flown; dedicated telephone number (UK & US) and Bronze tier luggage tags.
Economy
class flights already earn 100 % base
miles, but with this
bonus they will earn 200 % base
miles!
Information on some fantastic Business
Class fares for summer 2016 for travel between Paris and the US with thousands of
bonus miles available too.
Or if a true first
class seat isn't much pricier, I could pay up and earn
bonus miles for that booking
class.
The number of
bonus miles you can earn depends on what cabin you're booked into but the good news is that it appears that all fare
classes will earn some sort of
bonus.
You'll earn
bonus miles for every eligible round - trip, based on fare
class purchased.
Perviously, all Business
Class fares booked on British Airways but credited to Alaska's Milage Plan earned
miles according to distance travelled, plus a 25 %
bonus.