Well I was pleasantly surprised to find that Lufthansa
Business award availability is wide open to Europe from both east and west coasts — over 2 months in advance of departure!
Well, great news if you're looking to head to a destination served by EVA:
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Well, great news if you're looking to head to a destination served by EVA:
the business award availability calendar is wide open through the first half of December from United's hubs ORD, LAX, SFO, and IAH, which EVA services.
Not exact matches
But one - way tickets in
business at 97,500 or first at 120,000 are comparable to competitors who generally have much less
award availability.
So Miles & More will charge you fewer miles for
business and first class
awards than if you used United miles AND you get more
availability.
Cathay
award availability for Asia Miles members is usually very good, although you should book in advance for
business and first.
Here we had a stroke of luck, depending on how you look at it: while the direct service flight from Los Angeles did not show
availability for a
Business Class or First Class Saver
Award on most dates, a mixed class award connecting through San Francisco was avail
Award on most dates, a mixed class
award connecting through San Francisco was avail
award connecting through San Francisco was available.
When searching, it's best to select
Business or First Class, even if you're primarily focused on Economy
availability, as BA's
award engine.
If there is no
award availability in economy, then redeeming your miles for a
business class ticket still makes economic sense.
It looks to me like Lufthansa has just recently released quite a bit of partner
award availability for travel from the US to Europe this summer in
Business Class.
Speaking of
award availability I seem to be seeing 5 seats available in Economy and 2 in
Business for most 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.
The biggest problem that almost everybody will tell you is that SAAver
award availability in
business class to Europe usually is not good at all.
The very condensed version is that Brussels Airlines has opened a ton of
business class
award availability through next year and you can book those using 36,620 Etihad miles.
Delta has excellent
award availability that often surpasses both American and United, even in
business class for more than one passenger.
The biggest complaint I have with the ones on this list are the AA
award availability in
business to South America.
The very condensed version is that Brussels Airlines has opened a ton of
business class
award availability through next year and you can book...
Lufthansa generally only releases
award seats to partners within a week or so of departure, so you can book
business class and change to first - class if
availability opens up.
The Star Alliance (which United is a part of) has great economy and
business class
award availability to Europe.
and BA always has lots of
Business Class
award availability during the holidays.
There appears to be plenty of
Business Class
award availability from London to the US....
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:
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.
Take a look a these screenshots from American Airlines — all show
Business Class
award availability on non-stop flights between various US cities and London Heathrow:
If you're looking for summer
award availability to Europe in
business class you may want to check out this United route.
Today I wanted to cover how the best way to get to Asia right now is with outstanding Asiana
business class
award availability.
Here's November
Business Class
award availability....
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....
Chicago actually has even better
availability than Los Angeles because
Business Class
awards are also available in January.
Business class flights to Australia are rarely ever seen at great prices and
award availability has never been easy to find.
As I often suggest travelers take «positioning flights» around Europe (and the US) to make the most of any great
Business Class fares that come around or to make the most of
award availability that appears somewhere that isn't your home airport, I thought I'd share my experience of doing just that at Zurich airport.
There were two more things to consider at this point —
Business Class
award availability on the return flights and the aircraft that British Airways was offering.
The aircraft also offers a Premium Economy cabin which, considering how little seat - width the seats in Economy Class offer, may be a good compromise if
Business Class is expensive or if
Business Class
award availability is non-existent.
The United MileagePlus Explorer
Business card comes with a few perks for United passengers, including free checked bags, priority boarding and increased
award availability.
American Airlines appears to be more interested in discounting its
Business Class cabins (often to a great extent) than it is in opening up
award availability on a number of its routes....
The 777 - 300 offers 52
Business Class seats while the Dreamliner has just 28 so, not only is the route losing First Class, it will also see a significant drop in
Business Class capacity from 15 December — that's not good for prices or for
award availability.
It's important to remember that not all
award seats that are shown on the Etihad Guest website are available to be booked using AAdvantage Miles — Etihad needs to have «Guest
Business»
awards available for there to be
availability for AAdvantage miles redemptions.
Deltas Saver
award availability to Rome is not bad at all, and its
Business Elite class is excellent with flat - bed seats and extensive entertainment choices.
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.
As stated,
award availability for (saver)
business class to New Zealand on United is not great and you'll need to book far in advance if you want to even have a chance to snag redemptions with
business class seats between the US and Australia / New Zealand.
I was doing some research for another blog post I have in mind and I came across a discrepancy between the British Airways website and Iberia's website when it comes to
Business Class
award availability.
OneMileAtATime has noticed that
award availability on this new route appears to be wide open with as many as 6
Business Class seats available on some flights.
But one - way tickets in
business at 97,500 or first at 120,000 are comparable to competitors who generally have much less
award availability.
Business class
award availability on Qantas is very difficult to find, but not quite as difficult as first class
award space.
Let's be clear, finding
business class
award availability on Qantas will be tough.
Secondly, this sees a significant decrease in the number of
Business Class seats available on the route and that's not going to be good for upgrades or the already pathetic
award availability.
Korean Air has very popular First and
Business Class products and finding
award availability on Korean isn't nearly as challenging as it can be on its transpacific competitors.
American Airlines charges 57,500 miles in each direction for a
Business Class
award on airberlin (taxes and fees come to under $ 100) and, unlike not too long ago, you can now search for airberlin
award availability on AA.com.