On the flying front British Airways took a hatchet to the Executive Club earning rates (amongst a lot of other things) earlier this year — Most Economy
Class tickets earn a lot less Avios than they used to.
Not exact matches
Whole
classes also can
earn Tremendous Tiger
Tickets for rewards.
With your dedication you'll
earn that first
class ticket easily, no permission necessary.
With the American Express (R) Premier Rewards Gold Card you can
earn 25K Membership Rewards ® Points after you spend $ 2,000 in the first three months of having your card (this can
earn you one domestic round - trip Coach -
Class airline
ticket).
Because Mileage Bank miles are a bit harder to
earn, it could be easier for you to use American AAdvantage miles to book off - peak economy
class award
tickets for 45,000 miles round - trip on flights operated by American Airlines.
Overall, Upper
Class, full - fare premium economy, and full - fare economy
tickets now
earn more miles, while fewer miles are
earned in other fare
classes.
Even if you fly exclusively in business
class, we calculate that you would need to spend $ 9,167 on
tickets before
earning the pass.
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.
For example, you would need to spend $ 1 million on a 2 % cash back card to
earn a $ 20,000 First
Class ticket to Europe which would cost 125,000 American Airlines miles.
It is only valid for round - trip flights within the continental U.S. in fare
classes A and I, and the companion
ticket will not
earn SkyMiles or MQMs.
And I quickly
earn JetBlue points paying for Mint Business
Class tickets with this card when my wife and I fly between Los Angeles and New York.
KrisFlyer is not a revenue - based rewards program but
earning KrisFlyer and Elite Miles is directly tied to the fare
class of your purchased
ticket and the distance flown.
For business
class tickets, you will
earn the following KrisFlyer and Elite Miles and receive the following benefits.
Economy
class tickets (B, E, H, M, U and Y) will
earn 100 % of mileage flown.
For economy
class tickets, you will
earn the following KrisFlyer and Elite Miles and receive the following benefits.
For premium economy
class tickets, you will
earn the following KrisFlyer and Elite Miles and receive the following benefits.
Whether you book using American, Alaska or Cathay Pacific mileage, and whether you
earn those points directly or transfer them in via a program like SPG or Membership Rewards, there are a variety of ways to
earn and book
tickets on one of the world's best Business
Class services to one of the world's most exotic respites.
Business
class tickets (C, D, J) will
earn 125 % of mileage flown.
Economy
class tickets N (Basic Economy) will
earn zero miles.
If you
earn a few more Ultimate Rewards points, you could even book a one - way business
class award
ticket for 62,500 Flying Blue miles.
Some
classes of airline
tickets don't
earn miles.
You can do that, but the number of base miles you
earn will depend on your
tickets fare
class.
While this isn't the best way to
earn Alaska miles because of the cost, it can help you get those last few miles needed for to book a first
class award
ticket with Cathay Pacific, one of Alaska's best international partners.
Mileage will still be accrued on MileagePlus credit cards and, if you fly with a Star Alliance partner without a
ticket issued by United, you will still
earn miles the old way: distance flown and fare
class.
Now you can take Amtrak to over 500 destinations across the United States and
earn miles for your coach or business
class ticket!
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.
The award miles
earned on these
tickets will also depend on the fare
class.
All paid business
class tickets — sometimes known as Mint Class on JetBlue — will earn redeemable miles at a 125 %
class tickets — sometimes known as Mint
Class on JetBlue — will earn redeemable miles at a 125 %
Class on JetBlue — will
earn redeemable miles at a 125 % rate.
Fuel surcharges are going to be significant if you want to fly British Airways in First
Class, but using your miles is still a great way to access a
ticket that would otherwise cost $ 5,000 or more one - way — especially if you can pair your redemption with a Travel Together Ticket earned by spending on British Airway's co-branded credit
ticket that would otherwise cost $ 5,000 or more one - way — especially if you can pair your redemption with a Travel Together
Ticket earned by spending on British Airway's co-branded credit
Ticket earned by spending on British Airway's co-branded credit card.
(a) Classic Upgrade Rewards can not be used in conjunction with an open dated
ticket, fares ineligible to
earn Points, a travel industry reduced fare
ticket, a prize
ticket or any other promotional offer; (b) Classic Upgrade Rewards can only be requested on the Segments listed on the Itinerary for which the Member has been issued a
ticket; (c) Classic Upgrade Rewards may only be used to obtain an upgrade as follows: (i) Discount Economy, Economy or Flexible Economy to Premium Economy
class or Classic Flight Reward Economy to Premium Economy (where available), (ii) Discount Economy, Economy or Flexible Economy to Business
class or Classic Flight Reward Economy to Business
class (where available), Note: at the time of registration for a Classic Upgrade Reward to Business, Members may also register a request for a Classic Upgrade Reward to Premium Economy (where available).
It is only valid for round - trip flights within the continental U.S. in fare
classes A and I, and the companion
ticket will not
earn SkyMiles or MQMs.
3 % Back or 5 % Back is not
earned on (i) purchases from merchants using Amazon Pay, (ii) purchases made at international Amazon retail sites (including but not limited to Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, or Amazon.co.jp), or any other website operated by Amazon, (iii) purchases made at international Whole Foods Market sites, (iv) purchases of Whole Foods Market or Whole Foods Market 365 products or services through third - party sites such as Eventbrite, Instacart, Google Express and Shipt, (v) online purchases of Whole Foods Market or Whole Foods Market 365 gift cards (including through buyatab.com), event
tickets or
classes, (vi) purchases from certain third - party vendors operating at Whole Foods Market sites, (vii) purchases of massage services at any Whole Foods Market site, or (viii) purchases from Spa@Ink, in each case in Amazon's sole discretion.
Not only will the companion certificate allow you to book domestic first
class tickets and help you
earn MQMs even faster, but you'll receive a complimentary Delta Sky Club membership.
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.
Overall, Upper
Class, full - fare premium economy, and full - fare economy
tickets now
earn more miles, while fewer miles are
earned in other fare
classes.
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.
Otherwise, you should reference the «
Ticket number does not start with 016» section.Footer4 You'll
earn miles based on flight distance5 and the purchased fare
class and / or fare
class flown.2
If we could
earn about 50 % more miles, then we'd have enough for business
class award
tickets.
With United MileagePlus, V fare
class tickets will
earn zero miles.
On AF you
earn 150 % of miles flown on any First
Class ticket.
Moreover, you can always supplement your United miles with the points
earned from the Chase Trifecta, making it easy to quickly accumulate enough miles for business or first
class tickets.
With Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer, V fare
class tickets will
earn 10 % of mileage flown towards award miles and elite status.
Meanwhile cost - conscious travelers, and especially those who fly only once or twice a year, will be more reliant on their credit cards to
earn anything close to enough miles for an international business or first
class 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.
The mileage you
earn will be based on the fare
class of the OPERATING carrier and not the MARKETING carrier of the
ticket.
Delta
tickets earn 25 to 200 percent of miles flown based on fare
class.
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.
That means that if booking a first
class ticket during the promotion periodyou will
earn the following rates:
The amount of miles you
earn varies depending on the airline's specific rules regarding fare
class and the cost of your
ticket.
They could
earn the Avios by flying but, if they booked the cheapest Economy
Class tickets, it would take 57 round trip flights between New York and London to
earn the 100,000 Avios needed for that award (865 Avios in each direction).