Not exact matches
However, the United
award chart shows that
business class saver tickets only cost 60,000 each way, or 120,000 round - trip
for the same exact flight, a quarter of how many miles or points you would have needed with cash back or a statement credit.
For the day Donna would like to leave, a Saver Business Class Award for a nonstop flight is availab
For the day Donna would like to leave, a
Saver Business Class Award for a nonstop flight is availab
for a nonstop flight is available.
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.
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
Class or First
Class Saver Award on most dates, a mixed class award connecting through San Francisco was avail
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
class award connecting through San Francisco was avail
award connecting through San Francisco was available.
but, if you can find a
Business Class United
Saver award for dates that work
for you, it would set you back just 120,000 miles + taxes.
In theory, Delta charges 50,000 miles
for business class awards from LAX — JFK at the low
saver level.
If you can find
saver space on Delta, you can get a round trip
business class award within US
for 45,000 miles.
When I have a sizeable rewards balance I also transfer over to the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer program (that's how I booked Joanna and I into Singapore Airlines Suites between Hong Kong and Singapore and the Singapore and London) and I always keep an eye out
for American Airlines
saver awards just in case there's an opportunity to transfer Membership Rewards points over to Etihad and book American
Business or First
Class at a favorable rate.
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.
If you fly United, that's enough
for a roundtrip
business class ticket from North America to Europe on a
Saver Award and enough
for two round trips from North America to Europe in economy on a
Saver Award.
For example, a
saver business class award to Europe on United costs 57,500 miles.
Finding American Airlines
Business Class saver awards across the Atlantic can be next to impossible but, early last year, I was lucky enough to find two
Business Class saver awards between Madrid and LA
for travel on Iberia.
Pay attention to the differences in
class (economy,
business, first, etc.) and to the differences between standard and
saver awards (as you'll be trying to go
for the
saver awards).
There is a
Saver award business class seat available
for your destination.
The total price
for the above itinerary comes out to 160K miles, exactly what it should be
for a round - trip
business class saver award from the U.S. to South Asia per United's chart.
Here's the one - way
business class saver award chart
for Copa travel.
For instance, from the US to Europe, a
saver United
award is 57,500 miles one - way in
Business Class, whereas a low - level Star Alliance
award in
Business Class should be 70,000 miles one - way.
A last minute redemption (one week out) worked out
for me in June: an optional trip I'd been casually tracking
for weeks became possible, in
Business Class, because
saver awards opened up — on United.