Not exact matches
If you're looking for summer
award availability to Europe in business
class you may want to check
out this United route.
When I flew to Tokyo in January I had to position from London to Frankfurt to catch a JAL Business
Class award flight on the 787 Dreamliner and when I had wanted to try
out Cathay Pacific First
Class last year I had to position from London to Zurich to catch that
award flight — London isn't exactly awash with
award availability.
I found that the flights
out of San Francisco has plenty of
award availability in Business and First
Class.
So before you pull
out the credit card to pay the AAnytime rate for a coach or business
class award, we strongly suggest checking the MileSAAver
availability for the next highest
class of service (business or first
class).
And since I was having a tough time finding Lufthansa first
class availability out of NYC on my required date, I fortunately found what I needed
out of Washington DC Dulles (IAD), on the A340 - 300, and I was able to book this Lufthansa first
class award 15 days in advance.
It's worth noting that it's tougher than ever before to find first
class Star Alliance award space on Lufthansa and Swiss (see How to Deal with No More Lufthansa Advance First Class Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to open up award space no more than three weeks
class Star Alliance
award space on Lufthansa and Swiss (see How to Deal with No More Lufthansa Advance First
Class Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to open up award space no more than three weeks
Class Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to open up
award space no more than three weeks
out.
They typically operate two flights a day, and the flights almost always have nine business
class award seats each 11 months
out, and in my experience that
availability sticks around until close to departure.
Delta is actually the best for booking Australia business
class awards, one of the toughest frequent flyer
awards out there, because of their partnership with Virgin Australia (which has the best
availability non-stop between the U.S. and Australia, especially on their Los Angeles — Brisbane flight).
The
award space in business
class on Skyteam members Saudia (from Washington DC or New York, through Riyadh and Jeddah) and Aeroflot (a much better airline than you think, and with great
availability out of New York and DC through Moscow) is better than on almost any airline.
Availability is
out of this world good, at least if you're looking for two (and not more than two) business
class award seats.