For example, miles can be transferred to ANA Airlines of Japan, and 104,000 ANA miles can be redeemed for a round - trip
award flight in business class between the United States and Africa on any of ANA's Star Alliance partners such as Lufthansa, Turkish, Ethiopian, or South African Airlines.
Not exact matches
On an American Airlines
flight,
business class and first
class award bookings will include about $ 280
in taxes and fees for a round - trip ticket.
With
award tickets starting at 4,000 - 4,500 Avios
in economy or 7,750 - 9,000 Avios
in business class for any
flight less than 651 miles you'd be able to book 22
flights with that 100,000 point bonus.
Singapore Airlines has a handful of other sweet spots
in their
award chart, and
flights on United within the U.S.
in business or first
class is one of them.
Should you want to stop
in Fiji for a longer period of time and then head elsewhere
in the Pacific using American miles,
award flights to elsewhere
in the South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand come
in at 20,000 miles
in Economy and 30,000 miles
in Business Class.
These rates increase to 30,000 / 60,000 miles for
awards booked
in premium economy, and 40,000 / 80,000 miles for
business class flights.
You could also book an
award flight on Eva Air to Southeast Asia
in one of the nicest
business class cabins out there.
I'm lucky on the first try, and Aeroplan found an
award on Lufthansa's non-stop
flight from Seattle to Frankfurt
in business class.
With
business class flights to the Caribbean and northern South America, United's
award regions allow you to book premium cabins
in a variety of ways.
This is also
in line with Donna's goal to fly
business class or first
class as much as possible on this trip, as a
business / first
award booking with a stopover
in Luxembourg takes no more points than a direct
flight back to Chicago would entail.
In this post I'll show a few simple changes to a round - trip
flight between New York and London that can lower the fees for a
business class award from $ 1,124.56 to $ 391.86.
However, adding a short - haul economy
flight to a long - haul
business or first
class flight may, as
in my example, drastically reduce the number of Iberia Avios required for your
award redemption.
You can fly economy on United or one of their partners for 30,000 miles,
in business class on their metal for 55,500 miles, or
in business class on one of their partners, like Lufthansa, for 70,000 miles each way (sometimes they will have sales on partner
award flights).
A United round - trip ticket
in business class will only cost you 88,000 ANA
award miles, or 55,000
award miles
in economy, and ANA doesn't add fuel surcharges on United
flights.
While Saver
Awards for continental U.S. flights will remain unchanged, the new policy — which you can read about in more detail here — means those who book business or first - class awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak travel se
Awards for continental U.S.
flights will remain unchanged, the new policy — which you can read about
in more detail here — means those who book
business or first -
class awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak travel se
awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak travel seasons.
This is because round - trip
flights operated by Delta and originating
in the U.S. do not incur fuel surcharges, thus keeping your out of pocket expenses below $ 200 for both economy and
business class award tickets.
A one - way
award flight on Hainan
in business class will cost 55,000 Alaska miles.
The
award chart lists a round - trip
flight from Los Angeles to the U.K. for 50,000 Flying Club miles
in economy and 75,000 miles
in business class, which are fantastic rates.
Yet, a longer
flight between Dallas and Hong Kong, which falls into the multicarrier
award Zone 6 (7,501 to 9,000 miles), costs only 85,000 miles
in business class.
From just Atlanta, there are nonstop
flights to nearly every major city
in Western Europe, and
business class awards start at 67,500 miles each way.
While economy
class awards aren't changing much, there will be some significant increases
in the cost of
business and first
class awards on American Airlines» partners —
flights on American Airlines have their own
award chart.
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.
For
flights to Korea, Asiana does not offer any savings
in economy, but relatively cheap
awards are available
in both
business and first
class.
With a load factor of 84 %, the carriers are constantly tweaking the cost of
award flights by either raising redemption levels or reducing the saver
award inventory, especially
in first and
business classes.
Virgin Atlantic has great
award redemption values for
flights between the U.S. (especially Eastern U.S.) and Europe
in both
classes, economy and
business, although outrageous Heathrow Airport fees and fuel surcharges
in Upper
Class make business class TY redemptions on Virgin a less attractive op
Class make
business class TY redemptions on Virgin a less attractive op
class TY redemptions on Virgin a less attractive option.
Availability
in the other direction (Auckland to Doha) is pretty good do and,
in this case, there are actually 4
Business Class awards available on the very first Qatar Airways non-stop
flight between Auckland and Doha:
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.
When I flew to Tokyo
in January I had to position from London to Frankfurt to catch a JAL
Business Class award flight on the 787 Dreamliner and when I had wanted to try out Cathay Pacific First
Class last year I had to position from London to Zurich to catch that
award flight — London isn't exactly awash with
award availability.
British Airways guarantees that it will release at least 2
Business Class seats on every
flight so, as this route has just be loaded
in the past few hours,
award availability should be plentiful right now....
In order to upgrade using Avios there simply has to be Business Class award availability on the flight in question..
In order to upgrade using Avios there simply has to be
Business Class award availability on the
flight in question..
in question....
Specifically, four different
flights have
award space
in first
class,
business class, or premium economy.
I happen to know what taxes are due when departing the US
in Business Class because I've booked dozens of
Business Class American Airlines
award flights in my time.
Flying Club requires 35,000 miles for round - trip
award flights between the U.S. and the Caribbean
in economy
class and 60,000 miles
in business class.
Because it's not that rare to find
Business Class flights between the US and London coming
in at under $ 2,000 and, on top of that, if you're booking an
award you still have the issue of finding availability... and that hasn't been easy
in recent years.
In addition to booking a
flight, you can book a companion ticket, look for topdeal tickets, transfer your
award flight to another person, or upgrade to
business class.
While it makes it easier to search for Singapore Airlines
award space online (United blocks it) it nevertheless prohibits
award travel
in first or
business class on Singapore Airlines on
flights operated by the Boeing 777 - 300ER or Airbus A380 - 800.
On an American Airlines
flight,
business class and first
class award bookings will include about $ 280
in taxes and fees for a round - trip ticket.
... sadly, either British Airways haven't loaded the
awards for the new
flights or they're being stubbornly stingy — there isn't a date with 2 open
business class seat anywhere
in the summer calendar.
Specifically, you'll usually get the most value from your miles when you book either last - minute tickets or
awards in business or first
class flights.
On the inaugural
flight I enjoyed my economy
class seat
in 16H, but on the return
flight I was able to upgrade to
business class with help from the Booking Guru
Award Service.
Yes, you still have to pay fees with Iberia, and they're much more than those typically tied to United
award flights, but if there's no availability
in business class through other alliances, it might be worth it to you to pay the fee to get your
business class saver tickets.
The levels shown here are for
award flights in economy,
business, and first from / to the Continental U.S. Remember that Delta doesn't let you redeem SkyMiles for first -
class travel.
Searching about 5 to 6 months out, it was very easy to find
awards for partners, such as ANA or Asiana
in business class but a bit more difficult for me to find actual United
flights on its own metal.
This can problematic if you are searching for
business or first
class awards, so unless you are searching for
flights in economy, you should always search British Airways one segment at a time.
Unfortunately, this applies to all the cities
in the US to which Asiana flies, which makes
flights on their own planes equipped with the new «Smartium»
business class product more expensive than partner
awards.
I found that the
flights out of San Francisco has plenty of
award availability
in Business and First
Class.
ANA offers round - trip
award flights from North America to Japan for 70,000 miles round - trip
in economy
class and 115,000
in business class.
The best deal available is the ability to snag a round trip
flight to Europe for only 25,000 miles
in economy — that's the same number of miles it generally costs for a round trip
flight within the U.S.
Business class awards can be a good deal, but taxes are considerably higher especially for
flights departing out of Europe.
ANA offers round - trip
award flights from North America to Georgia for 55,000 miles round - trip
in economy
class and 88,000
in business class.
ANA Airlines of Japan offers economy
class round - trip
award flights from North America to Africa for 65,000 miles round - trip, and just 104,000 miles
in business class.