Selling first class seats can really swing the financial performance of a flight, so holding back those seats until the airline is sure they won't go to paying passengers makes good sense.
For our return, I noticed that Delta was
selling first class seats on the perfect itinerary home for just a hair under $ 400: $ 392.10, to be precise.
Not exact matches
If you're transferred to revenue management, Bagshaw says you should ask how many
first -
class seats haven't been
sold yet, then «politely» ask when they'll be released for passengers who want to upgrade.
Even when airlines don't
sell all of their
first -
class seats on a given flight, it might not be easy to use miles for an upgrade.
If a parent wanted to purchase a full - fare
first class return ticket for their infant, to use with an approved - for - flight car
seat, I have a hard time believing that Malaysia Airlines would refuse to
sell that ticket.
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first launched in 2002, of the three best
selling premium seven
seater SUVs in the world today (BMW X5, Mercedes GL
Class, and Audi Q7), only the BMW X5 was on offer (since 1999).
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of dollars that international
first and business
class seats can
sell for.
Now that American Airlines started
selling a new premium economy
class of
seating this month on its
first 787 - 9s, the company has detailed the timetable for retrofitting its other wide - bodies with the new cabin.
Since business travel plummets during holiday weeks, airlines often make
first -
class awards available at the saver award level even when economy
seats are
selling like hotcakes.
«The Premium Economy rows are being blocked prior to its
first departure as its own
class of service; therefore when the
class of service goes on sale, the
seats will be unblocked and
sold as Premium Economy,» a spokesperson from the airline told The Points Guy.
I only found 1
seat though, and ExpertFlyer was showing F2 (and went down to F1, meaning Cathay Pacific was only
selling 1
seat in
First Class).
95,000 miles one way is a lot to ask, but considering only Qantas
First Class offers a better
seat to Australia, and these
seats sell for $ 8,000 + roundtrip, it's still a very good value for your miles.
I know it's a very small data point, and it's a Saturday in October... but not a single
first class seat sold on either flight?
But you should just be able to go to an online travel agent or Cathay Pacific's website and see how many
first class seats they'll still
sell you on a flight.