An award ticket in Lufthansa business class costs the same
amount as an award ticket in Austrian business class, and I have to assume a majority of my readers would appreciate knowing with which their miles are better spent.
Not exact matches
You'd never be want to pay for those seats using Flexperks or Arrival points
as you'd have to spend ungodly
amounts to cover the cash cost of the
tickets) To me, the flexibility to book seats I want, when I want, vastly outweighs maximizing the value I could theoretically obtain IF I could find availability using «optimal»
award programs.
Large carriers such
as American Airlines or United Airlines have a fixed price
award system, where taking an
award flight will cost the same
amount no matter the cash value of the
ticket.
Now, AAdvantage has made a positive change, when traveling on
award ticket on Cathay Pacific to India, you would pay the same
amount of miles
as needed for trans - Atlantic routes.