It is also possible to upgrade from business class to first class, but there are still restrictions that require you to purchase a J, C or
D business class fare.
Now that
I had my Business Class fare booked it was time to figure out how to get to Helsinki in the most economical way (I knew I would be over in the UK ahead of this trip so I need to book roundtrip travel between London and Helsinki).
Avianca
has business class fares from Los Angeles to Spain on sale.
For example, an MVP Gold member receives a 100 % bonus on award miles, for a total of 200 % in elite qualifying miles and 400 % in award miles on J, C, and
D business class fares.
Not exact matches
They
have 4
classes (for $ 200 over economy
fare, you
have business class comfort).
That said,
business -
class flights across the Atlantic start at 60,000 miles for a one - way ticket, so you'll
have to save up a few more miles to afford a round - trip
fare.
Tip # 3: If you
have a work trip booked on United or a Star Alliance, depending on the
fare class of your cash ticket, it might be worth upgrading to
business class or first
class with United miles.
If you wait for a
business class fare sale and book with Chase points, there's a chance that you'll ues less points with Chase than you
would with an airline mileage ticket, and a ticket booked with Ultimate Rewards comes with all the same benefits of booking a revenue ticket.
If you book in full
business class fare classes C,
D, or J, you'll pay a $ 250 surcharge each way.
Fare sales are even proliferating in the most lucrative segment of the airline market, international premium travel, where the walkup round - trip fare for a business - class seat between New York and London has been in the $ 9,000 ra
Fare sales are even proliferating in the most lucrative segment of the airline market, international premium travel, where the walkup round - trip
fare for a business - class seat between New York and London has been in the $ 9,000 ra
fare for a
business -
class seat between New York and London
has been in the $ 9,000 range.
Business class tickets in the C,
D, J or X
fare buckets will get 100 percent of the miles flown.
If you are buying discounted
fares and think this is your easy path to
business or first
class, it's possible that booking an award ticket
would be just as easy and a better value.
(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).
Note: it is not possible to upgrade to First
class other than from Discount
Business,
Business or Flexible
Business; (
d) Points and Status Credits will be earned only for the
class of travel originally purchased or redeemed, rather than the upgraded
class of travel; (e) the
Fare Conditions applicable to the fare originally purchased or redeemed will apply, irrespective of upgraded class of travel; and (f) special meals may not be available in the upgraded class of tra
Fare Conditions applicable to the
fare originally purchased or redeemed will apply, irrespective of upgraded class of travel; and (f) special meals may not be available in the upgraded class of tra
fare originally purchased or redeemed will apply, irrespective of upgraded
class of travel; and (f) special meals may not be available in the upgraded
class of travel.
While it doesn't really
have classes, the
fares come in 3 types with varying perks:
Business Select, Anytime, and Wan na Get Away.
Basically, the different
fare classes have an EQM multiplier: discount economy is 1x, full -
fare is 1.5 x,
business is 2x, and first earns 3x.
If you can book this aircraft, 50,000 Flying Blue miles for a roundtrip
Business Class fare is a great deal and one I
'd be happy to jump on if I
had any interest in flying to Dubai in May.
Qatar Airways
has been running a promotion to celebrate its 20th birthday that offers some truly amazing
Business Class fares to various corners of the world — the problem for a lot of us
has been that the
Business Class fares were only amazing if you were buying two
fares together (a companion
fare offer).
Business Class fares on United's Star Alliance partners are more expensive (140,000 miles for a roundtrip booking) so to book one of those with miles bought in this sale
would cost $ 3,150.
This is especially true if you
'd be required to pay high surcharges on a
business class fare.
I wouldn't recommend buying these
business class fares.
British Airways also
has a nice
business class sale going on with
fares from east coast cities at just under $ 2,000, but it's a two - for - one sale.
I'm happy that I'm going to get to try out the Iberia A350
Business Class cabin without
having to find a good long - haul
Business Class fare (or burn a lot of Avios / AAdvantage Miles) but I'm delighted that I got such good value out of the 3,000 Ultimate Rewards points I used.
Europeans frequently
have access to transatlantic
Business Class sales where the
fares are well under $ 2,000 roundtrip (like here and here), so why
would anybody pay over $ 3,400 for 115,000 miles in a sale like this one to buy a
Business Class award ticket?
American is still only selling First,
Business and Economy
Class fares on this flight (and all the other 777 - 300ER flights) but I
have little reason not to believe that what we're seeing here is the new layout for the American Airlines 777 - 300ER.....
Silver: Reduced price last - minute upgrade to
Business Class for members who
have accumulated 1,000 Basic Points or more in the last 12 months (some
fares are ineligible).
For me the most important part of this trip was the opportunity to review the Qatar Airways A320
Business Class cabin — getting to visit a South East Asian city that I
've never visited before (and with an incredibly good
Business Class fare) was a very nice added bonus.
Be sure to check the various Qatar websites I
've linked below to see all the
Business Class fares on offer.
That's a pretty good price to pay for a
Business Class fare between Europe and Asia and what made it better for me was that it was for travel on Qatar's A330 and A380 aircraft — I hadn't
had a chance to review the
Business Class cabin on either of those aircraft up until this trip (I reviewed the A380 First
Class product last year).
There are truly fantastic
fares for
Business Class travel between Europe and South Africa... but some compromises do
have to be made.
Premium cabin travel doesn't
have to be horrifically expensive nor does it
have to be purchased with a loyalty currency (Avios) if you're to get a good deal — you can easily pay more for Economy
Class fares to some of these cities so these
Business Class fares really are very good indeed — especially the
fare to Los Angeles.
I
would either put those points towards the next cheap
Business Class fare I find or I may transfer them over to Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer (at 1:1 ratio) and then put them towards a fantastic premium cabin redemption.
Using the best currently available rate to buy miles (1.83 cents each) that award
would cost $ 2,105 and, just recently, we
've seen
Business Class fares to Europe as low as $ 1,400 (HT: VFTW).
Booking deals like this through American Airlines vacations
has long been a good way to save quite a bit on
Business Class fares and now British Airways
has a promotion that looks good too.
SkyTeam and oneworld airlines all
have some very good transatlantic
Business Class fares on offer right now for travel in 2018.
Includes First
Class fares booked in F or A;
Business Class fares booked in J, R,
D or I; Select Economy
Class fares booked in Y, H, K, M, L, W,
V, G, Q, N, O or S on American marketed flights.
Qatar Airways
has published
fares, for
Business Class roundtrip travel between Europe and Australia, starting at just $ 1,340 / # 1,100 / $ 1,215.
It
would take over 14 round - trips with the cheapest Premium Economy
fares and almost 10 round - trips with the cheapest
Business Class fares.
The cities I
've highlighted above are by no means the only cities that to you'll find good British Airways
Business Class fares — that's just a taster.
I
've posted some amazing
Business Class fares before but this one
has to be the best I
've ever seen....
Fantastic news for all British Airways Executive Club members — it looks as if BA
has backtracked on the decision to remove Avios and Tier Point earning from Qatar Airways» «R»
Business Class fares.
I
've been looking for a good
Business Class fare to get back to LA for some time and the other day I finally found one using Google Flights....
As I often suggest travelers take «positioning flights» around Europe (and the US) to make the most of any great
Business Class fares that come around or to make the most of award availability that appears somewhere that isn't your home airport, I thought I
'd share my experience of doing just that at Zurich airport.
I spend a lot of time flying out of Europe nowadays and the discounted
Business Class fares I can book mean that I'm seriously reconsidering the point of
having EXP status.
Firstly, I really didn't enjoy my one and only Virgin Upper
Class experience last year (I called the A330 Upper
Class cabin «probably the worst modern
Business Class product I
've experienced «-RRB- and, while this
fare is for travel on a 787 Dreamliner and not an A330, the Upper
Class cabins on the two aircraft are not significantly different.
SkyTeam and, to a lesser extent OneWorld, airlines
have posted some truly amazing
Business Class fares for travel from the US to Europe from August onwards.
V fare class tickets are not upgradable to premium economy or
business class with miles.
All three US legacy carriers now offer some form of Basic Economy
fares, American
has only just backed away from the idea of introducing cabins with just 29 ″ of legroom, United got everyone excited with its Polaris
Business Class product up until the point we realised that it will be a gazillion years before it's fully rolled out and Delta
has a long haul fleet that makes Mel Brooks look young.
In one of the many good
Business Class promotions that Qatar Airways
has offered there were some great
fares to Kuala Lumpur and, as I
had never visited the city, this seemed like a good time to see what it was like.
Biz Bed (
Business Class)
fares booked in J, R, C,
D, or I; Prem Plus
fares booked in W, E, T; Full -
fare Economy
Class fares booked in Y or B; other Economy
Class fares booked in H, K, L, M,
V, G, Q, N, O or S on OpenSkies operated as British Airways flights.