A special note here: Cathay
Pacific premium cabin awards are a very popular redemption when using Alaska miles due to their significantly below market prices.
Not exact matches
If you'd like to visit some South
Pacific islands, KrisFlyer miles can be a great choice over United miles if you want to book a
premium cabin award seat.
Keep in mind, that while the
awards may not be particularly cheap, Cathay
Pacific has one of the nicest
premium cabin products in the world so quality makes up for quantity to an extent here.
Those aren't terrible prices to pay for
premium cabins on the likes of JAL or Cathay
Pacific but, once again there's no guarantee you'll find
award availability on dates where cash fares are higher than that cost.
American Airlines AAdvantage miles are very hard to use economically thanks to the dearth of
premium cabin SAAver
awards, United Miles are ok but 100,000 won't get you a roundtrip Business Class
award to any major long - haul destination (if you're heading east or west) while 100,000 Alaska Miles will get you some nice roundtrip redemptions on Cathay
Pacific and even American (subject to
award availability).
Effective April 28, British Airways has devalued their
award chart for
premium cabin awards (
Premium Economy, Business and First class
awards) Only positive change in this devaluation is the introduction of off - peak
awards on British Airways
awards (not applicable for partner
awards like Cathay
Pacific).
The American Airlines flights to Hong Kong have virtually no
award space on them on that moment, but I would rather fly Cathay
Pacific's
premium cabins than American Airlines» anyways as they are much superior products — read my trip report when I flew Cathay
Pacific First Class from New York to Hong Kong.