It would be good news for some if the airline was to price Premium Economy closer to Economy Class than to Business Class (in terms of miles needed for an award) but it may be bad need for Business
Class award availability if Emirates shrinks Business Class cabins to accommodate the new product.
Not exact matches
So Miles & More will charge you fewer miles for business and first
class awards than
if you used United miles AND you get more
availability.
When searching, it's best to select Business or First
Class, even
if you're primarily focused on Economy
availability, as BA's
award engine.
If there is no
award availability in economy, then redeeming your miles for a business
class ticket still makes economic sense.
Lufthansa generally only releases
award seats to partners within a week or so of departure, so you can book business
class and change to first -
class if availability opens up.
The week I'm prepared to travel (10 — 16 December 2016) there is no First
Class award availability between London and Abu Dhabi («Guest First» has to show as available
if you are to book Etihad First
Class with AAdvantage Miles):
If you're looking for summer
award availability to Europe in business
class you may want to check out this United route.
The aircraft also offers a Premium Economy cabin which, considering how little seat - width the seats in Economy
Class offer, may be a good compromise
if Business
Class is expensive or
if Business
Class award availability is non-existent.
If you search for economy
class by default on a carrier that has four cabins, you will not see first
class award availability.
Because it's not that rare to find Business
Class flights between the US and London coming in at under $ 2,000 and, on top of that,
if you're booking an
award you still have the issue of finding
availability... and that hasn't been easy in recent years.
As stated,
award availability for (saver) business
class to New Zealand on United is not great and you'll need to book far in advance
if you want to even have a chance to snag redemptions with business
class seats between the US and Australia / New Zealand.
Includes: Some great Business
Class fares between the UK and the US, details of amazing American Airlines Business
Class award availability, the latest Amex travel offers you should be signing up for (
if targeted), news of the first major 3Q hotel promotion and a lot more.
American Airlines AAdvantage miles are very hard to use economically thanks to the dearth of premium cabin SAAver
awards, United Miles are ok but 100,000 won't get you a roundtrip Business
Class award to any major long - haul destination (
if you're heading east or west) while 100,000 Alaska Miles will get you some nice roundtrip redemptions on Cathay Pacific and even American (subject to
award availability).
Yes, you still have to pay fees with Iberia, and they're much more than those typically tied to United
award flights, but
if there's no
availability in business
class through other alliances, it might be worth it to you to pay the fee to get your business
class saver tickets.
For those of us on the West Coast, you can often find a more efficient routing with another airline, though many people still opt to fly Etihad
if they can find
award availability in Etihad's The Residence or First
Class Apartments.
But for first
class, or
if you want to buy a more expensive
award with last seat
availability, the prices are pretty much the same.
If you are scrambling to lock in
awards at old rates, you might be having trouble finding Etihad business / first
class award seats even though Etihad shows
availability.
If you are rebooked within the same alliance you could be unfortunate enough to be rebooked on another flight that had award availability at the last minute, which means that if the agent takes the time to rebook you properly, you may remain in an award fare class and not earn mile
If you are rebooked within the same alliance you could be unfortunate enough to be rebooked on another flight that had
award availability at the last minute, which means that
if the agent takes the time to rebook you properly, you may remain in an award fare class and not earn mile
if the agent takes the time to rebook you properly, you may remain in an
award fare
class and not earn miles.
Historically business
class award availability on Fiji Airways isn't especially good, though I've seen a good amount of space lately, especially
if booking in advance.
In the meantime, it makes it a no - brainer to redeem for Cathay Pacific First
Class instead of business class if using US Airways Dividend miles, although the challenge with that is that it's become harder to find Cathay Pacific award availability for two people traveling toge
Class instead of business
class if using US Airways Dividend miles, although the challenge with that is that it's become harder to find Cathay Pacific award availability for two people traveling toge
class if using US Airways Dividend miles, although the challenge with that is that it's become harder to find Cathay Pacific
award availability for two people traveling together.
If you were able to find
award availability in both directions, this first
class roundtrip would cost you 75,000 more AAdvantage miles.
If your travel is to the Middle East, the Maldives, India, or a destination easily served by the UAE, a good alternative if there's award availability for your dates is Emirates A380 First Clas
If your travel is to the Middle East, the Maldives, India, or a destination easily served by the UAE, a good alternative
if there's award availability for your dates is Emirates A380 First Clas
if there's
award availability for your dates is Emirates A380 First
Class.
«For example, 67,500 miles is enough for a one - way ticket in Cathay Pacific first
class between the US and Asia»
If you are lucky enough to find the
award availability in CX
If you've already made definite plans, requested specific vacation dates, booked the rest of your itinerary, etc., there's always the risk of there not being any Lufthansa First
Class award availability for your specific date.
Availability is out of this world good, at least
if you're looking for two (and not more than two) business
class award seats.
It has trouble with some partner
award availability and pulling up
awards with mixed cabins (for instance,
if one flight has a business -
class seat
availability but the next segment only has economy
awards available), though that seems to have gotten better lately.