I was lucky to find a First
Class Saver Award on one of the 3 inaugural Airbus A321T flights on January 7th (there was a 4th out of LAX but it was a redeye that landed on the 8th, so I don't count... [Read more...] about Review: American Airlines Flagship Check - In / Lounge JFK
If you manage to fins the unicorn that is an international long - haul Business
Class saver award on American Airlines this us what the costs look like:
Here we had a stroke of luck, depending on how you look at it: while the direct service flight from Los Angeles did not show availability for a Business Class or First
Class Saver Award on most dates, a mixed class award connecting through San Francisco was available.
Another great redemption option is for first
class saver awards on partner airlines.
Not exact matches
In fact, the pricing
on Business
class Saver awards is so reasonable that cardholders who normally couldn't afford business
class could easily rack up enough United Miles to fund a round - trip ticket to Europe or Asia in business
class.
The reason we say «if you could» is because finding a Delta
Saver non-stop
award to Israel in any
class of service is an adventure, and you shouldn't count
on it.
The key thing to note is that sometimes all of the economy
saver awards sell out before all of the business
saver awards do — and the price of the economy
award tickets are then actually higher than a business
class award seat
on the same flight.
While
Saver Awards for continental U.S. flights will remain unchanged, the new policy — which you can read about in more detail here — means those who book business or first - class awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak travel se
Awards for continental U.S. flights will remain unchanged, the new policy — which you can read about in more detail here — means those who book business or first -
class awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak travel se
awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg
on most routes, and even more during peak travel seasons.
If you use manufactured spend to put $ 20,000 in purchases
on these cards, you'll have a total of 160,000 miles instead and that is enough for two First
Class Saver awards (40,000 miles per person each way).
Airlines will generally issue a limited number of lower mileage «
saver»
award tickets
on a flight in each
class of service, and then offer additional
award seats to flyers at a premium.
After confirming
Saver class availability for each flight segment by searching them as one - way flights, I now stitched them all together in United's multi-destination
award search tool, making certain to choose the specific flight numbers I'd confirmed availability
on during my one - way searches.
The reason we say «if you could» is because finding a Delta
Saver non-stop
award to Israel in any
class of service is an adventure, and you shouldn't count
on it.
I flew back
on a business
class saver award, which included this Tokyo Narita to Newark flight on... [Read more...] about Review: United Polaris Business Class, Tokyo to N
class saver award, which included this Tokyo Narita to Newark flight
on... [Read more...] about Review: United Polaris Business
Class, Tokyo to N
Class, Tokyo to Newark
While finding
saver level business
class award space
on Hawaiian Airlines can be very tough, there are lots of routes with lie - flat seats if you can find the space.
At the
saver level, business
class awards cost twice the price of economy
awards on the same route, and first
class awards cost three times as much.
Flights between L.A. and Sydney feature a 777 - 300ER with excellent configuration in both first and business
class cabins, but premium
class seats
on this route are virtually impossible to get at
saver award rates.
If you can find
saver space
on Delta, you can get a round trip business
class award within US for 45,000 miles.
As you can see from the calendar, there are no
Saver Awards available in either cabin
class on our original date of July 1.
At the time of writing, most of the economy
award inventory
on United from Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York to Rio has been wiped out, but there are a handful of first
class saver awards available for the final week and a half of games.
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.
If you fly United, that's enough for a roundtrip business
class ticket from North America to Europe
on a
Saver Award and enough for two round trips from North America to Europe in economy
on a
Saver Award.
For example, a
saver business
class award to Europe
on United costs 57,500 miles.
Finding American Airlines Business
Class saver awards across the Atlantic can be next to impossible but, early last year, I was lucky enough to find two Business
Class saver awards between Madrid and LA for travel
on Iberia.
Often, you'll need to travel to some other European city, like Dublin, Brussels, or Madrid, or some place in Germany to save
on miles and / or get a business
class or better
award at the
saver rate of 70,000 miles or less each way.
Well, it's very difficult to find business
class saver awards via partners like United
on this route.
In fact, the pricing
on Business
class Saver awards is so reasonable, that cardholders who normally couldn't afford business
class could easily rack up enough United Miles to fund a round - trip ticket to Europe or Asia in business
class.
Right now, United.com is showing discounted
saver level
awards on partner airlines in business
class to Europe.
A last minute redemption (one week out) worked out for me in June: an optional trip I'd been casually tracking for weeks became possible, in Business
Class, because
saver awards opened up —
on United.
Saver economy
awards from the US to Australia / New Zealand remain unchanged at 40k each way, increase 2.5 k miles each way in business (to 70k), and remain unchanged in first
class (80k)
on flights operated by United.
Despite that, there wasn't a single
saver level first
class award seat
on either flight.
Even better, Singapore Airlines also releases
saver awards on this route which requires even fewer KrisFlyer miles: only 65,000 miles for the roundtrip in First
Class!
Since posting Singapore Airlines Suites
Class Available at
Saver Award Level
on KrisFlyer, I've been getting questions about redeeming for Singapore Suites
on Singapore Airlines, and thought it would be helpful to answer these in a post rather than individual emails.
However, United said it will continue to offer MileagePlus domestic
Saver awards (which are subject to capacity controls) at levels of 10,000 or 12,500 miles one - way for economy
class seats, depending
on distance.
United will continue to offer MileagePlus domestic
Saver awards (which are subject to capacity controls) at levels of 10,000 or 12,500 miles one - way for economy
class seats, depending
on distance.
On one possible departure date, there was only
Saver award space in business
class.
You can't add a business
class saver - level
award segment
on AA to an AA
saver 77W
award?