I've often said that, generally, I can't bring myself to cough up the extra miles needed for a First
Class award ticket when Business Class on most airlines is more than good enough for me (that's not me being low - maintenance, that's just how good the Business Class hard product often is) but I'll happily do whatever it takes not to sit in Economy.
Not exact matches
Specifically, a round - trip economy
class award ticket will cost 20,000 SkyMiles more, while a business
class award ticket will require an additional 42,000 miles
when booking Virgin Australia.
While we often talk about booking United business
class and first
class, this extra economy
award space can be extremely useful
when you need to book a flight but
ticket prices are sky high.
Specifically, a round - trip economy
class award ticket will cost 20,000 SkyMiles more, while a business
class award ticket will require an additional 42,000 miles
when booking Virgin Australia.
This often makes economy
award tickets too expensive to make sense, but the fees are much more reasonable
when you're redeeming for first
class.
When booking economy
class flights, you should always compare the cost of an
award ticket if you transfer Ultimate Rewards points to the cost of using points to book through the Chase travel portal.
The confusion began
when the new
tickets were booked in «Y»
class instead of the original «T.» T is the common code used on
award tickets and Y usually indicates paid coach fare.
You probably can't book a business or first
class award ticket, since those are significantly more expensive in cash terms than
when using miles.
Singapore Airlines requires the fewest number of miles
when booking economy
class award tickets on Alaska Airlines from Zone 1 and Zone 2 at 24,000 and 23,000 miles, respectively.
American has long had a policy that allowed customers to «upgrade» their
ticket to a higher cabin
class closer to departure,
when many airlines typically release more
award space.
Until now, only higher Gold, Platinum, and Diamond Medallion members were eligible for first
class upgrades
when redeeming miles for an
award ticket.
For Economy
Class flyers this will probably make little difference as the British Airways Executive Club already essentially factors in the cost of a fare
when it
awards Avios — that's why the cheaper Economy
Class tickets only earn Avios based on 25 % of the distance traveled.
Certain premium cabin flight segments may earn different
award miles and Premier qualifying credits than those defined for your
ticketed fare
class in the chart above (your fare
class for each flight segment is displayed during booking and
when viewing a
ticketed itinerary on united.com).
When credited to Singapore Airlines SilverKris, P fare
class tickets will earn 110 % of mileage flown towards
award miles and elite status.
When credited to Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer, V fare
class tickets will earn 10 % of mileage flown towards
award miles and elite status.
Benefits of this status include complimentary upgrades to first
class,
when available, from most fares including
award tickets but excluding ultra discounted E fares and Pay With Miles
tickets.
Of course, purchasing miles
when you know that
award space is available can still make sense in such situations as it's usually cheaper than buying a first or business
class ticket outright.
Specifically, you'll usually get the most value from your miles
when you book either last - minute
tickets or
awards in business or first
class flights.
Qantas Points may not be earned on some fare types and booking
classes including Classic
Award flights and flights with a QF flight number on the
ticket operated by Jetstar or Jetstar Asia other than in Economy
classes of Y, B, H, K or L (earn in L
class is eligible only
when travelling on a oneworld ® fare product).
When award space is availble, it's not too difficult to find an economy
class award ticket for 25,000 miles instead of paying $ 500 (valuing miles at 2 cents each), or an international business
class award ticket for 120,000 miles instead of $ 6,000 (valuing miles at 5 cents each).
- By having the BA Visa you also get 10 % off paid BA flights with code: CARDOFFERU - If you spend $ 30,000 in a calendar year on the BA Visa you earn a free companion
ticket that is good for a free companion
award in any
class when you redeem your Avios but it is only good for travel on BA or Open Skies operated flights which means you'll be paying fuel surcharges.
Considering I bought these miles at 1.1 cents a piece, that was like paying $ 330 extra to fly in first
class on most legs of what will be a 25,900 - mile
award ticket - a no - brainer since first
class seats are generally much more spacious and every inch of pitch counts
when you're 6» 7 ″!
↓ Good
Award Comes to an End When US Airways left the Star Alliance to join oneworld on March 31, US Airways Dividend Miles members lost the ability to book what Lucky at One Mile At A Time called, «one of the single best award ticket values in the industry» - US Airways» 90,000 - mile business class award between the U.S. and North Asia using Star Alliance carr
Award Comes to an End
When US Airways left the Star Alliance to join oneworld on March 31, US Airways Dividend Miles members lost the ability to book what Lucky at One Mile At A Time called, «one of the single best
award ticket values in the industry» - US Airways» 90,000 - mile business class award between the U.S. and North Asia using Star Alliance carr
award ticket values in the industry» - US Airways» 90,000 - mile business
class award between the U.S. and North Asia using Star Alliance carr
award between the U.S. and North Asia using Star Alliance carriers.
Conclusion: China Airlines often offers business
class tickets at much lower prices than competitors or has
award availability
when there are few other choices left.