First, Aegean offers mileage as low as 25 % of the distance flown for
discounted economy class tickets, although it can grant as much as 150 % for full fare tickets.
SWUs have long been the single best benefit of the AAdvantage program — paying for deeply
discounted economy class tickets and then finding yourself in Business Class across the Atlantic is a particularly nice experience.
Passengers flying on
discounted economy class tickets would be shifted across to a revamped version of Asia Miles where members can earn miles that are redeemed for future travel but do not earn any sort of tier status with an airline.
Not exact matches
Special offers vary but usually you get a
discount up to 30 % of the airfare price or free upgrade to business
class in case if you bought a full fare
economy class ticket.
If you are a traveler that often books the cheapest
economy class ticket, then there can also be strong value in redeeming points through the ThankYou program's travel portal thanks to the 25 percent
discount offered by this card.
It does have a restriction on
economy class awards, so that could be as much as 20,000 LifeMiles
discount on a roundtrip
economy class ticket to Colombia, or 18,000 miles to Central America.
Every month Air France releases Promo Awards that allow travelers to book both business and
economy class award
tickets at a 25 % -50 %
discount.
You will generally receive a 25 - 50 %
discount on
economy and business
class award
tickets from Europe to specific cities.
(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).
At the beginning of each month, FlyingBlue releases Promo Awards that
discount economy and business
class tickets 25 % to 50 % for flights between Europe and North America.
To receive
discount, the purchase of the qualifying First, Business, or Premium
Economy Class ticket / s on a participating airline must be made over the phone through American Express Travel (Platinum Travel Service, Business Platinum Travel, or Centurion Travel Service) and paid in full with an American Express Card in the U.S. Platinum Card Member's or U.S. Centurion ® Member's name.
Full - fare
tickets require 100 percent of the miles required for an award
ticket to upgrade (i.e., if an
economy award between London and Bahrain is 24,000 miles one way, you'll need 24,000 miles to upgrade to the next
class), and
discount fares require 150 percent of the miles.
Discounted economy -
class tickets will earn one point per qualifying mile and «deep
discount»
economy tickets will earn one - half point per qualifying mile.
Here's the current
discounts: Save $ 65 on World Traveller (
economy) Save $ 130 on World Traveller Plus (premium
economy) Save $ 200 on Club World (business
class) and First Class tickets Increas
class) and First
Class tickets Increas
Class tickets Increased...
Discount can only be redeemed for
Economy or Premium
Economy class award
tickets only.
Taking advantage of some of the
discounts on award
tickets mentioned below, you could fly within the U.S. in
economy class for 15,000 miles (~ $ 234 in miles) or from the U.S. to Europe in business
class for 105,000 miles (~ $ 1,638 in miles).
Discount applies to
Economy and Business
Class return
tickets.
Last year Delta introduced a revenue component to its SkyMiles program, which means that higher - paying passengers earn more miles, so the more you pay for your
tickets, the more bonus miles you get (premium
economy, business, and first
class tickets will earn more miles than
discount economy).
For award
tickets, you can receive a 50 %
discount on first
class bookings and a 30 %
discount on business
class or
economy class bookings.
Emirates is also offering a 10 percent
discount on first and business
class tickets, and a 5 percent
discount on
economy class tickets from U.S. cities to Dubai and onward, when purchased at www.emirates.com/AS using the promotion code USALK14.
For example, North America to Germany is 30K miles to upgrade (one way) if your
ticket was purchased in any of the
discounted economy class fares.
If you buy a
discounted economy ticket, though, youll end up paying nearly the same amount of miles to upgrade as you would to buy a first
class ticket in the first place.
This is a huge reduction in miles for
economy class fares, but it is only fair, as American Airlines also plans to award customer traveling on the cheapest fare (
discount economy tickets fare) fewer miles as the
ticket is likly to be inexpensive.
FYI, for new subscribers to the Alitalia newsletter, there is a special offer, which you can find on the Alitalia home page: Register for our newsletter by December 31, 2014, and receive a 10 % e-coupon
discount in
Economy Class valid for your next transatlantic
ticket purchase on Alitalia.com's US site for travel until March 27, 2015 on Alitalia operated flights originating in Boston, Miami, or New York (JFK *).
This used to be a pretty lackluster perk since it was basically 2 - for - 1 companion deals on full - fare premium
tickets, but Amex improved it dramatically in 2017 by changing it into a
discount on premium
economy, business - and first -
class tickets.
When a customer chooses to book a flight or a flight segment that is only available in a lower cabin
class than the desired cabin
class (for example downgrading from First to Business
class, Business to
Economy class or Premium
Economy to
Economy) no
discounts or refunds will be applied to the total price of the
ticket.