A Miles &
More Business Class award flight between the US and Europe will cost 105,000 miles roundtrip and, as you can see from this randomly selected set of dates, a JFK to Frankfurt roundtrip will cost around $ 2,500:
Not exact matches
So getting the
Business Platinum card and completing the minimum spending means you'll have
more than enough for 2 round - trip coach
flights or 1
Business Class award flight to Europe.
This is also in line with Donna's goal to fly
business class or first
class as much as possible on this trip, as a
business / first
award booking with a stopover in Luxembourg takes no
more points than a direct
flight back to Chicago would entail.
While Saver
Awards for continental U.S. flights will remain unchanged, the new policy — which you can read about in more detail here — means those who book business or first - class awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak travel se
Awards for continental U.S.
flights will remain unchanged, the new policy — which you can read about in
more detail here — means those who book
business or first -
class awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak travel se
awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even
more during peak travel seasons.
If you want to use SkyMiles to book a
flight on Air France, you're going to pay 10,000
more miles for economy
class and 30,000
more miles for
business class than if you booked an
award flight on Delta.
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A lot of people prefer the in - air product of Jet Blue over Southwest for longer
flights since it has tv's, free wifi,
more leg room,
business / first
class «Mint» cabins, allows you to pick your seat, etc. but both airlines constantly rate among the best for
award availability, making them both solid choices for getting around the country, in terms of finding
award seats.
There were two
more things to consider at this point —
Business Class award availability on the return
flights and the aircraft that British Airways was offering.
Yes, you still have to pay fees with Iberia, and they're much
more than those typically tied to United
award flights, but if there's no availability in
business class through other alliances, it might be worth it to you to pay the fee to get your
business class saver tickets.
Searching about 5 to 6 months out, it was very easy to find
awards for partners, such as ANA or Asiana in
business class but a bit
more difficult for me to find actual United
flights on its own metal.
Unfortunately, this applies to all the cities in the US to which Asiana flies, which makes
flights on their own planes equipped with the new «Smartium»
business class product
more expensive than partner
awards.
One example: It can be nearly impossible to get a
business class award flight from the United States to Australia, but it becomes much
more doable if you have the time and flexibility to go through Hong Kong, Slotnick says.
Negatives: • United miles were devalued on February 1, 2014 so you will need a lot
more United miles if you want to redeem them for international
awards on partner airlines (especially for first and
business class flights).
Now it's frequently the case that Air France will offer its own members 9 or
more business class award space on a given
flight.
However, you may be
more interested in booking
award flights in coach, and you can often get two or even three round - trip economy
flights for the same number of points or miles as a single
business or first -
class flight.