Not exact matches
You may fly on Alaska — but not on other partners —
for no additional miles in order to connect to a partner
flight, so you could theoretically fly from as far as Orlando or Fort Lauderdale to Seattle in First
Class on Alaska, then onwards in
Business Class on Cathay Pacific from Seattle to Hong Kong and Hong Kong to Johannesburg, taking the extreme long way
around the globe.
Pricing
for our 1 Year Ultimate Luxury
Around the World Wellness Trip starts from # 156,000 pp, with
Business Class flights.
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.
As this screenshot from my booking shows, I booked the round trip Qatar Airways
flights for $ 1,252.97 which, a the time of booking, came to $ 1,402.95 or
around # 1,068 — not bad
for flights on one of the world's better
Business Class carriers
Flying Blue does assess fuel surcharges on award
flights, however the highest we've seen is
around $ 250
for a
business class flight to Europe.
As well as that, any airline or alliance that I choose to fly also needs to be one that regularly offers good deals on the routes I want to fly — as the airlines
around the world gradually increase the cost of award travel it's becoming increasingly important,
for those of us with a healthy aversion to Economy
Class, to be able to find great value
Business Class fares to keep our
flights comfortable.
Flying Blue does assess fuel surcharges on award
flights, however the highest I've seen is
around $ 250
for a
business class flight to Europe.
For example, the standard redemption rate in business class to Europe from North America for Flying Blue is 125,000 points and when you can book partner flights, such as Delta the total fees remain reasonably low at around $ 1
For example, the standard redemption rate in
business class to Europe from North America
for Flying Blue is 125,000 points and when you can book partner flights, such as Delta the total fees remain reasonably low at around $ 1
for Flying Blue is 125,000 points and when you can book partner
flights, such as Delta the total fees remain reasonably low at
around $ 165.
For me, transferring points to an airline partner and then using them to book international first and
business class flights around the world is the best use of my points but I understand not everyone wants to, or can travel internationally every year.
SkyMiles are useful
around getting to Europe in
Business Class without surcharges, though
for flights in 2017 they are charging 140,000 miles roundtrip, up from the 2016 rate of 125,000 miles.
That chart has some real values, such as the ability to fly
business class between the US and Europe
for 90,000 miles roundtrip instead of the usual 100,000, the ability to pop
around Europe with several extra
flights thrown in
for 115,000 miles in
business class instead of 100,000 miles roundtrip plus another 20,000 miles
for each and every additional intra-European
flight, and the ability to fly to Australia in
business class via Asia (not normally allowed on a single award ticket)
for an extra 25,000 miles — and make stopovers in Asia, and throw in Australian domestic
flights at the same time.