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
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.
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.
Economy class tickets N (Basic
Economy) will
earn zero miles.
(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).
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
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.
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).
Economy Class tickets booked into fare code «U» will now
earn miles equivalent to 75 % of the distance flown (compared to 100 %) and some of the cheaper
Economy Class fares (fare codes T, E, N, G & R) will
earn 5 % fewer miles from 1 November.
Discounted
economy -
class tickets will
earn one point per qualifying mile and «deep discount»
economy tickets will
earn one - half point per qualifying mile.
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.
The very cheapest
economy seats (booked in
classes S, N Q & O) do not
earn miles or count towards the sectors needed to move up the club's tiers, but there are still seven
economy class ticket rates that do.
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.
Promotions such as these are great ways to boost your miles & points balances and, even though travel in
Economy Class doesn't
earn anywhere near the amount of miles that a Business or First
Class ticket does, these are still free miles (as long as you were taking the flight anyway).
Clearly if you're booking an
Economy Class ticket this isn't anything to get excited about but, if you're booking a Premium
Economy fare or higher, the
earning s can be substantial.
Book your paid
ticket online for travel to any of the more than 150 places we fly to and
earn double Qmiles in Premium
Class or
Economy Class from now until 19 September 2017 for travel between 15 September 2017 and 31 May 2018.
Just getting one of those cards can
earn you enough miles to cover your trip in
economy and getting the bonuses from a couple of them can get you really close to having a business
class ticket waiting to take you to Israel.
Still, getting 2 cents per point opens up many great opportunities for
economy flights or cheap business
class flights and can result in some very cheap
tickets to get across the country and you get to
earn reward points or EQMs for the flights.
Economy class tickets (Y, M, M, K, and N fare
classes) will
earn a 25 % bonus.
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).
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).
For US domestic travel, you can buy
tickets at 1.25 cents / point, which is good value for
economy class tickets — and
earns you mileage and elite credit to boot!
The only way to
earn 100 % of miles flown is to buy a more expensive
economy ticket or a business or first
class ticket which will
earn both base miles plus a bonus.
A flight from Seattle to Los Angeles is 954 miles and used to
earn 954 base miles for an
economy class ticket.
Previously, you would
earn significantly fewer miles if your cash
ticket was in a low fare
class, but Flying Club members now
earn 100 percent miles on all
tickets, and all awards have fuel surcharges several hundred dollars lower on
economy class award
tickets.
Many
economy fare
classes will
earn fewer miles whereas business and first
class tickets on American Airlines will
earn more.
From November 13, Virgin Atlantic will significantly increase the number of miles you will
earn from flying in Upper
Class or flexible Premium
Economy tickets.
If you booked a Breaking Deals
Economy or Business
Class ticket prior to 8 July 2015 (fare class E or Z), the number of Etihad Guest Miles you earn would be determined by the earning rate at the time of booking - 0.5 Etihad Guest Miles per mile flown on E (instead of 0.25), and 1.3 Etihad Guest Miles per mile flown on Z (instead of 1
Class ticket prior to 8 July 2015 (fare
class E or Z), the number of Etihad Guest Miles you earn would be determined by the earning rate at the time of booking - 0.5 Etihad Guest Miles per mile flown on E (instead of 0.25), and 1.3 Etihad Guest Miles per mile flown on Z (instead of 1
class E or Z), the number of Etihad Guest Miles you
earn would be determined by the
earning rate at the time of booking - 0.5 Etihad Guest Miles per mile flown on E (instead of 0.25), and 1.3 Etihad Guest Miles per mile flown on Z (instead of 1.15).