As a member of Star Alliance, there are many ways to
book business class award flights on ANA.
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.
Now that you have a handle on how to
book a British Airways
business class award flight, let's take a look at some of the best redemption options.
Using British Airways Avios won't be a great way to
book this
flight, but you can use 63,000 Japan Airlines Mileage Bank miles or 80,000 American AAdvantage miles for a round - trip
business class award.
Korean Air SkyPass miles will not be a go - to for economy
class awards, but they are a solid way to
book business class awards on Delta
flights.
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.
Korean Air SkyPass miles will not be a go - to for economy
class awards, but they are a solid way to
book business class awards on Delta
flights.
While we often talk about
booking United
business class and first
class, this extra economy
award space can be extremely useful when you need to
book a
flight but ticket prices are sky high.
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.
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.
If you're
booking a first
class award flight (or even a
business class award flight), it might make sense to purchase some miles to top off your account depending on your situation.
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.
If you want to use SkyMiles to
book a
flight on Air France, you're going to pay 10,000 more miles for economy
class and 30,000 more miles for
business class than if you
booked an
award flight on Delta.
Book a short - distance
business class award flight on British Airways to gain Galleries access.
If you want to earn miles and points that can be used to
book business and first
class award flights, this card won't help you do that.
Using British Airways Avios won't be a great way to
book this
flight, but you can use 63,000 Japan Airlines Mileage Bank miles or 80,000 American AAdvantage miles for a round - trip
business class award.
BA.com showed
Business Class award availability on most Cathay Pacific
flights between Tokyo and Hong Kong on my chosen date but, rather than just
book the
flight with the best timings, there was one last thing to take into consideration.
After rolling out a new A380 First Suite and
Business Class, increasing the amount of KrisFlyer miles needed for many
flights and making StarAlliance
award bookings available online, my favorite airline is changing Economy
Class fare categories and the KrisFlyer
award miles you earn!
Most of the sub - 75,000 mile
Business Class awards that you can actually find and
book through American Airlines are those that
book on to British Airways
flights.....
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.
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.
Redeeming United miles for
business class award flights on United might be the most common way to
book, but there might be some better options.
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.
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.
Singapore Airlines» KrisFlyer program has long been a favorite of many as it's the only way to
book long - haul
business and first
class awards on their own
flights.
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.
On the redemption side, the
award chart to / from Europe isn't too bad (62,500 miles for a transatlantic one - way in
business class) and you get access to much better availability on AF / KL's own
flights that when
booking with Delta.
Instead of paying the astronomical American Airlines
award miles needed for a one - way
business class flight, he
booked the
flight through the American Express Centurion Concierge.
You'll want to
book back - up
flights, either using United but
booking on United or other Star Alliance partners that do offer advance availability (or even Lufthansa
Business class awards for the
flights you hope to get first
class on) OR use American AAdvantage or other miles to
book backup
flights.
You may have already figured this out, Nancy, but my parents were trying to
book a
flight from Seattle to New Zealand on United
Business class, and were also very frustrated by the lack of
award space.
Delta is actually the best for
booking Australia
business class awards, one of the toughest frequent flyer
awards out there, because of their partnership with Virgin Australia (which has the best availability non-stop between the U.S. and Australia, especially on their Los Angeles — Brisbane
flight).
I like
booking Virgin Australia
award flights online, rather than with Delta agents, because Delta's telephone agents have been known to
book the wrong inventory
class on these
awards since they're not always very familiar with them, with folks thinking they're getting
business class but actually having phone agents put them in coach.
His strategy is to
book award travel in economy and
business class well in advance, and then a day or so before the
flight, call in to redeem the additional miles to move up to first
class.
Considering the fact that United does not pass on carrier imposed fuel surcharges for
award tickets even on partners, some people prefer to
book partners such as Lufthansa with United miles to avoid these charges, even though 70,000 miles is higher than other programs would charge for that
flight in
business class.
However, you may be more interested in
booking award flights in coach, and you can often get two or even three round - trip economy
flights for the same number of points or miles as a single
business or first -
class flight.
When there are six or fewer seats available for
awards, that fact is noted in the search results, and yet that fact is not noted in the screenshot above meaning there are 7 +
award seats in
Business Class on each
flight that you can
book with American Airlines miles.