Business class fares earn 150 % of base miles flown, but
economy fares earn just 50 % -75 % of base miles.
Note that Premium
Economy fares earn 1.50 EQP on British Airways, Japan Airlines, and Qantas, which may provide a cost - effective path to status.
The lowest
economy fares earn a minimum of 125 Avios, while a flexible first class fare earns a minimum of 1,500 Avios.
Not exact matches
On AA partners however, discounted
economy fares generally only
earn 50 % of miles flown.
However, the companion
fare that Aer Lingus Visa Signature ® Card cardholders can
earn is restricted to
economy tickets on flights operated by Aer Lingus that originate in the U.S. and fly to Ireland.
Plus, there are some new routes for mileage
earning and redemption that are worth exploring, but beware the basic
economy fares that seem to be expanding from third - party sites.
The companion
fare — which cardholders can
earn each year they make at least $ 30,000 in purchases — can be redeemed for a free ticket on Aer Lingus
economy flights to Ireland originating from the U.S..
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.
On this metric, it is fair to say that Trump has
earned his stripes and would likely
fare well as far as steering the
economy effectively is concerned.
The lowest
fare class in premium
economy, business, and first
earn 100 %, 150 %, and 250 % of miles flown, respectively.
When you book flights with British Airways in the lowest
economy fare class, the number of Avios you
earn is equal to 25 % of the miles you fly.
Flexible
economy, premium
economy, business, and first class
fares earn 100 %, 150 %, 250 %, and 300 % of miles flown, respectively.
Companion certificate — Primary cardmembers
earn a $ 99 domestic
economy fare American Airlines Companion Certificate after spending more than $ 30,000 on eligible purchases.
For instance, you can only
earn miles for
fare classes Y, B, H, K, M, L, V, S, N and Q for Cathay Pacific
economy class.
Sure enough, mileage posted to my account equal to what would've been
earned on a Full
Fare Y
Economy ticket:
Start by assessing your travel patterns and booking habits (deep - discounted
economy vs. full -
fare economy or business / first), and reviewing both the redemption side as well as
earning ability of potential programs.
Plus, there are some new routes for mileage
earning and redemption that are worth exploring, but beware the basic
economy fares that seem to be expanding from third - party sites.
9.5.1 A Cabin Class Bonus may apply for travel on an Eligible Flight in Premium
Economy, Business or First class, Jetstar Business Max
fares, and, in the case of British Airways, in World Traveller Plus for travel until 31 July 2015, as specified in the Airline
Earning Tables.
Flexible
economy, premium
economy, business, and first class
fares earn 100 %, 150 %, 250 %, and 300 % of miles flown, respectively.
(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).
The lowest
fare class in premium
economy, business, and first
earn 100 %, 150 %, and 250 % of miles flown, respectively.
When you book flights with British Airways in the lowest
economy fare class, the number of Avios you
earn is equal to 25 % of the miles you fly.
Earn 30,000 bonus miles on First or Business Class
fares, 15,000 bonus miles on Premium or Full -
fare Economy fares (Y, B or H) and 5,000 bonus miles on other
Economy fares.
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.
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.
P (discounted business class) and N (lowest
economy)
fares will
earn zero miles.
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.
Some discount
economy fare classes won't
earn you any Premier Miles or Segments.
After rolling out a new A380 First Suite and Business Class, increasing the amount of KrisFlyer miles needed for many flights and making StarAlliance award bookings available online, my favorite airline is changing
Economy Class
fare categories and the KrisFlyer award miles you
earn!
For example, typically if you fly on Emirates from San Francisco (SFO) to Dubai (DXB) round trip in
Economy Class on a Skywards Flex
fare, you would
earn 6,483 Elevate points.
Do note that some of the deepest Discount
Economy fare classes
earn Points but do not appear as Status Credit
earning classes.
Qantas this week announced changes to its domestic
fare structures, that will result in some
earning changes to the affected
economy classes.
For example, several Qatar Airways
economy fares drop to 25 % mileage
earning, and some business class
fares lose their class of service mileage bonus.
You're not going to
earn much as its a deeply discounted
Economy Class
fare that's being booked but a round trip will
earn 3,278 Avios and 40 Tier Points and they all help!
MileagePlus members flying on United and United Express will
earn Premier qualifying credits toward Premier status based on the flight distance2 and purchased
fare class, with bonuses for paid United PolarisSM first class, United First ®, United Polaris business class, United Business ® or full -
fare United
Economy ® tickets5.
Basic
Economy and certain specialty tickets, including but not limited to unpublished, consolidator / bulk, group, tour and opaque
fares, do not
earn Premier qualifying credits.
In these cases,
earning is based on the first letter of the
fare basis code, which may correspond to an
economy cabin
fare class including Y, B, M, H, Q, U, V, W, S, T, L, K, or G.
On the negative side of things the fee increases are brutal, the drop in mileage earnings for semi-flexible
Economy Class
fares seems a little harsh and the cheapest Premium
Economy Class
fares will now
earn 10 % fewer miles than before.
For example on Korean Air
economy fare bucket codes L, U, Q, N, T only
earn 50 % base miles.
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.
The net effect here is that deeply discounted
Economy Class
fares will
earn more miles while some more flexible
fares will
earn fewer miles.
Among the changes: The number of Avios
earned (that's Executive Club's «currency») will basically be increased for passengers in business and first class — especially in the higher
fare classes — and decreased for those flying on the lowest
economy fares.
If you
earn AAdvantage status using Elite Qualifying Points (EQP), you're actually marginally better off under the new chart because two of the
economy fare classes (S & N) will now
earn 1.0 EPQ per mile rather than 0.5 EQP.
Most
economy class
fares will
earn the bonus.
By this year - end I will have
earned around 20,000 of my 100,000 + American Airlines EQM by flying on British Airways
economy fares.
If you book into
Economy Class cabins
earning elite qualifying miles on American's partners has never been harder — the cheapest
fares on most of American's partners
earn between 0 and 0.25 EQM per mile flown.
This means that an Executive Platinum member, with a 120 % bonus, will
earn over 28,000 AAdvantage miles with this
fare — enough for a Miles SAAver
economy round - trip award anywhere within the contiguous 48 U.S. states.
While we all get equally crushed by the changes to the earnings on most
economy fares, Alaska and BAEC flyers get substantial increases in miles
earned for premium cabin travel — so far there's no sign of a similar increase for AAdvantage members.
Premium
economy fares will
earn exponentially more miles and will be a much better flying experience but will also cost you more than double the price.
The proposed new system would work by basing the number of miles
earned on the price of the
fare paid leaving a lost all
economy class flyers a lot worse off.