Business class awards will still be expensive in cash outlay, and will start costing more miles as well come June (with the ability to
book at lower mileage levels through December, a good and fair move to give reasonable notice of changes to members).
Not exact matches
I earn
at least 10,000 miles on every
mileage run, so
booking these awards for her was a drop in the bucket, just as I'm happy to
book awards for Megan's mother to fly out and help us plan our wedding (a similarly high - cost,
low - miles fare).
They often allow redemption
at lower mileage levels than by
booking on the operating carrier.
However,
booking international business class tickets
at the
lowest mileage levels isn't as easy as you might think.
It rarely makes sense to
book an award ticket
at anything other than the
lowest mileage rates, often called Saver levels.
For example you could
book New York to London one way on Delta's partner Virgin Atlantic
at the
low mileage tier.