Not exact matches
It's expanding
premium seating on its widebody aircraft for U.S.
flights, in part because of large demand from corporate travelers seeking lower prices
on premium service, according to Kjos.
Families should not be stuck paying hidden fees, or buying «
premium»
seats, simply because they wish to be
seated together
on crowded
flights.
Nonetheless, this is where you'll get the most value for your points, particularly when it comes to
premium cabin award
seats on long - haul
flights.
This is all nice, but doesn't particularly separate the
flight from others I've flown in
premium seats, like a trip in Main Cabin Extra
on Virgin America.
It allows you to get any available
seat on any
flight, but you'll pay a
premium award rate tied to the current cash price of the ticket.
As mentioned previously, Norwegian's
premium cabin
seats are only available
on international long haul
flights with the Dreamliner.
Airlines will generally issue a limited number of lower mileage «saver» award tickets
on a
flight in each class of service, and then offer additional award
seats to flyers at a
premium.
Some redemptions, particularly for
premium cabin
seats on international
flights, can get over five cents per point.
In January 2015, Lufthansa will fly retrofitted Airbus A340 - 600s with
premium economy from Munich to Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Tokyo, and in April next year, the carrier's largest aircraft, the Airbus A380 - 800, will have these
seats on flights connecting Frankfurt to Johannesburg, New York, Miami, Houston, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Singapore.
Qantas is also discoutning prices
on premium economy and business class
seats, meaning you can enjoy the long - haul
flight in comfort starting at $ 2,149 round - trip.
Flights will operate
on Airbus A330 - 200 aircraft with 293 economy
seats and 21
premium economy
seats.
You'll start your trip with a
premium economy
flight, offering you priority check - in, luggage handling and boarding, before enjoying your spacious
seats, extensive entertainment
on personal screens and meal service selected from a menu!
Virgin America passengers who earn 50,000 points per year get gold - status perks: three free checked bags, a 100 percent bonus in points and first choice
on premium seats 24 hours before a
flight.
But I will always see if they can bump me into first class
on the next
flight or give me a
premium economy
seat.
Award
flight tip *: Dynamic pricing for award
flights on select routes means
premium seats can cost twice as much.
Flights between L.A. and Sydney feature a 777 - 300ER with excellent configuration in both first and business class cabins, but
premium class
seats on this route are virtually impossible to get at saver award rates.
As the inbound leg to the world's current longest A380
flight, a
premium economy
seat on the Sydney - Dallas
flight is worth the double cost from coach but won't set you back the $ 8,000 in business class.
Unlike their true
premium economy
seats on long haul international
flights, these Main Cabin Extra
seats are not a separate class of service.
A
premium economy fare (about $ 1,300 round trip) also includes a checked bag, a carry -
on bag, in -
flight meals, advance
seat selection and in -
flight movies.
United is very similar to American in that they do not offer a true
premium economy product
on domestic
flights, but they do offer extra legroom
seats which are called Economy Plus.
Advertised from price is based
on economy - class
flights from selected gateways, but
flights from other gateways and business and
premium economy - class
seats are available for additional cost.
Attempting to set its sassy self apart from Southwest's no - frills
flights, Virgin's announcement stated that it will be, «the only carrier at DAL to offer a consistent, upscale product
on every
flight with three classes of service [first,
premium economy, economy], as well as wi - fi, in
seat power outlets, confirmed
seating and touch - screen
seat back entertainment.»
Seriously, if your customers can't book
premium seats on Lufthansa or Singapore, why even bother with modernizing your fleet, or improving your customer service, (or even improving something as benign as your in -
flight food)?
Using AAdvantage miles to redeem for
premium - class
seats on long - haul
flights can net an even better value.
Getting a
premium class
seat on a Lufthansa
flights is much easier if you're a Miles & More member.
Several U.S. airlines, including Delta, and United, offer
premium economy
seats on most if not all
flights, and American Airlines will join that group soon.
Korean Air offers an excellent product, reasonable prices and a lot of availability, with anywhere from two to four
premium cabin award
seats on many
flights.
Singapore joined the ranks of other airlines, such as Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, Lufthansa, JAL, Qantas, Air New Zealand, Cathay Pacific, EVA and others this summer when it launched its fourth class of service with
premium economy
seats on flights from Sydney to Singapore in August.
(Photo: Alastair Hay - Campbell, Vice-President Southwest Division for Singapore Airlines, trying out a new
premium economy
seat launching this month
on SQ
flights from SFO and LAX)
Business Class offers the typical (European) economy class with empty middle
seat on single - aisle planes and fully flat
seats on long - haul
flights, competitive with other network carriers,
premium meals that you can pre order and even lounges at their key airports.
Flies to 132 destinations in 35 countries, Norwegian Air only offers
premium and economy
seating to help keep costs low
on narrow - body
flights.
Premium Select travelers will get noise - cancelling headphones, pre-departure drink service, upgraded meal service, free in -
flight entertainment selections
on a 13.3 - inch screen, in -
seat power ports, and Delta's Sky Priority treatment (expedited check - in, baggage and security screening, and
premium boarding).
Germania have a service guarantee and their in -
flight experience includes an in -
flight entertainment system, complimentary
on board snack and the option to upgrade to
premium seating ensuring a pleasurable and stress - free travel experience.
The carrier offers
premium economy
seating on all
flights from its US gateways — including San Francisco, LAX, Houston and JFK.
Wan na Get Away Fare Redemptions: Although I often talk of the value of transferable points thanks to the flexibility they give you to top up accounts and book
premium international tickets
on a whim, Rapid Rewards represents the flip side of award tickets where you know you are getting a great (semi) fixed value
on award tickets of about 1.8 - 2 cents each
on Wan na Get Away (leisure) fares and you can redeem them for any open
seat on a
flight, just as if you were buying it.
China Airlines»
premium economy class
seat on the A350 is nicer than many business class products
on domestic
flights.
However, in November American finally began coding its domestic
premium cabin as «business class,» which means you can now use Avios to book
seats up front
on domestic AA
flights at the middle, business - class price, which is much more reasonable.
Seats are cramped compared to other Asian carriers
on this route and the metal IFE boxes under the
seat in front are a really poor idea, however
seat C was missing one.Food and beverage was perfectly OK, in fact better than the
premium economy cabin offer
on my return
flight.
The staff were really good
on the
flight, flying out to Hong Kong we flew the other
flight which was in a 777 - 300, if you have the choice between an A380 and a 777 - 300 then go for the 777, all of the
seats in
premium economy are far better than this row.
These
seats should not be sold as a
premium offer, both aisle
seats are literally 3 feet away from a toilet each serving close to 50 passengers
on a full
flight.
These are exceptional
premium economy
seats - I bid to upgrade to Business
on the overnight
flight LAX to SYD to have the lie - flat bed, but for the return this was perfectly fine.
On this
flight from Dubai to Sydney, I had
seat 12K, which was very private, due to the big partition, and the fact that it is in the very small 3 row (12
seat) business class cabin at the front of the upper deck, which was way smaller then the other 8 row cabin in front of the
premium economy section.
In international route developments, JetBlue sees possibilities for Europe with new planes, more Mint; American's new
premium economy
seating spreads to more routes; Delta kicks off Seoul service from its home base; Norwegian begins Barcelona
flights this week; United drops a U.S. - South America route and Avianca adds one; and Etihad goes all - A380
on a key U.S. route.
These
premium economy
seats cost from $ 20 to $ 200 more, depending
on the duration of the
flight.
I flew to Japan in
premium economy in a reclining easy - chair
seat onboard JAL
flight 001 and returned in business class
on flight 002.
p.s.
flights are ONLY
on SFO, LAX and EWR... they feature lie flat
seats in biz and more
premium economy
seats than other 757s.
But nonetheless, BA's Executive VP Simon Talling - Smith reached out to TravelSkills with some interesting info: When it comes to configuration, BA is putting all
premium class
seats (14 in first and 97 in business) at the front of the plane,
on both the main and upper decks — this makes for a quieter
flight, and faster boarding / deboarding.
Now, 24 hours before the
flight, I came to realize that my MVP Gold benefits don't count
on this
flight (i.e. not able to choose a
premium seat, no possible upgrade, no free drink).
I know last year a lot of
seats opened last second even over Christmas time but many were in
Premium Economy and a lot of the
premium seats were
on that second Cathay
flight direct from HKG to ORD (which is probably why it got dropped).
Worse
seat /
flight of my life and I got charged a
premium!!?? My next
flight on Embraer 175 after this was like being in a lazy boy chair compared to this.