Option # 4: South America and Europe had the cheapest first and
business class award prices in the past outside of North America, Mexico, and Central America.
Option # 4: South America and Europe had the cheapest first and
business class award prices in the past outside of North America, Mexico, and Central America.
Business Class award prices are mostly stable throughout North America, and are going either up or down by 5,000 American Airlines miles, which isn't too bad.
Not exact matches
In fact, the
pricing on
Business class Saver awards is so reasonable that cardholders who normally couldn't afford business class could easily rack up enough United Miles to fund a round - trip ticket to Europe or Asia in busines
Business class Saver
awards is so reasonable that cardholders who normally couldn't afford
business class could easily rack up enough United Miles to fund a round - trip ticket to Europe or Asia in busines
business class could easily rack up enough United Miles to fund a round - trip ticket to Europe or Asia in
businessbusiness class.
Singapore Airlines has a pretty good
award price for travel to Central and South Africa in
business class.
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.
There's no difference in
price for economy
class, but
business and first
class awards are still a bargain compared to the difference in cash
prices.
Award tickets in business class are usually in the range of 1.5 times the price of an award ticket in economy c
Award tickets in
business class are usually in the range of 1.5 times the
price of an
award ticket in economy c
award ticket in economy
class.
The key thing to note is that sometimes all of the economy saver
awards sell out before all of the
business saver
awards do — and the
price of the economy
award tickets are then actually higher than a
business class award seat on the same flight.
While there is nothing wrong with economy
class or budget travel, many points - pinching travelers miss out on bargains because they aren't even looking at the
price of the
business -
class award tickets.
A great
price point on the Singapore Airlines
award chart is for
business and first
class flights within the U.S..
Singapore Airlines has a pretty good
award price for travel to Central and South Africa in
business class.
At the saver level,
business class awards cost twice the
price of economy
awards on the same route, and first
class awards cost three times as much.
If by chance the
award you're looking at goes down in
price (which will be true for economy and
business class tickets to Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America, as well as economy
class tickets to India and the Middle East) then you may also call American and ask them to re-
price the
award to refund the extra miles back to your account.
Aside from those, however, the increase in
price to international
business class saver
awards are not terrible at all.
As I expected, Iberia Plus
priced the one way
Business Class award at 15,000 Avios + taxes....
Domestic
business awards are double the
price of economy, so you could get one
business class award seat for 50,000 United miles.
Delta's current
business class prices start at 125,000 miles, making Alitalia's
award an absolute steal.
Award price increases for
business class were similar to those on United metal, with many regions increasing by 5K miles each way.
Miles & More is offering half
price Business Class awards for travel to / from Europe, the US and select cities in Asia for bookings made by 1 January 2018.
If you assume that $ 2,500 is a fair
price for a Lufthansa
Business Class roundtrip ticket then, allowing for the $ 620 in fees you have to pay on the
award, 105, ooo miles is getting you $ 1,880 of value.
United's old
pricing was directly in line with what American changes for its domestic
Business Class awards... but not any longer.
Unfortunately since most American flights are only two
classes (economy and
business), British Airways will
price American
business class awards at the first
class price.
Business class flights to Australia are rarely ever seen at great
prices and
award availability has never been easy to find.
Throughout the year, Flying Blue has Promo
Awards that offer special
pricing on flights for economy and
business class tickets.
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.
He settled for
business class because he didn't have enough miles for first, but a first
class award using Alaska miles is actually the same
price: 70,000 miles.
Yesterday American Airlines announced a huge number of changes to their AAdvantage loyalty program, including much higher
award prices for their most valuable redemptions in
business and first
class.
Even though this set of Promo
Awards doesn't give as many options or any 50 % discounts, it is still a great
price to get to Europe (and beyond) in
business class.
One - way
business class awards are
pricing at 62,500 miles from North America to Europe.
The cheapest Economy
Class awards price out at 70,000 miles (one way) and the cheapest
Business Class awards come to 140,000 (one way).
I hardly found any Domestic
business class awards that are reasonably
priced, Delta uses dynamic
pricing based on the demand, availability for sky miles redemption.
See how the
price for a
business class award increases with the new rules.
Avios is split into off - peak and peak seasons while, for
Business Class awards, AAdvantage has the same
pricing year round — I've included all three figures for comparison.
It would be good news for some if the airline was to
price Premium Economy closer to Economy
Class than to
Business Class (in terms of miles needed for an
award) but it may be bad need for
Business Class award availability if Emirates shrinks
Business Class cabins to accommodate the new product.
The
Business Class deals aren't that impressive as, if you double up the costs to get the
price for a roundtrip, the final cost of the
awards isn't too dissimilar to a lot of
Business Class cash fares offered by airlines when the sales are on — and with cash fares you often have a greater choice of dates and you earn miles as well.
I essentially got a
Business Class seat for the same
price as Economy, because I did a little research to figure out the best way to redeem this
award.
Delta furthered its own string of unannounced devaluations by drastically increasing the
award price of
business class flights to and from India.
To show you how good this sweet spot is for the BA
award chart, United would require 60,000 miles for a roundtrip
business class redemption from DFW to CUN which is 30,000 more than Avios (and twice the
price)!
Sometimes you can purchase the miles needed to book an
award business / first
class seat for the same
price you would have paid for an economy revenue ticket.
Imagine Delta
pricing their
awards — coach,
business, and first
class — at the same mid level!
And after competitors like American Airlines raised their redemption
prices for
business and first
class awards (just one example), Alaska's program looks like a relative bargain.
While economy
award flights are generally competitively
priced on both charts,
business and first
class awards on partner airlines are almost always overpriced.
I think it's only a matter of time before more and more programs offer some form of dynamic
pricing and it's one of the reasons I've aggressively sought out outsized value on
business class and first
class awards because five years from now, those
awards might be much less obtainable.
Cathay Pacific is a partner of both carriers, yet you can fly first
class on Cathay Pacific using just 70,000 Alaska miles each way — about the same
price as a
business class award using American miles.
The new
award chart will raise
prices for some
business class awards to 3X — those greater than 2,000 miles — and all first
class awards to 4X.
In fact, the
pricing on
Business class Saver awards is so reasonable, that cardholders who normally couldn't afford business class could easily rack up enough United Miles to fund a round - trip ticket to Europe or Asia in busines
Business class Saver
awards is so reasonable, that cardholders who normally couldn't afford
business class could easily rack up enough United Miles to fund a round - trip ticket to Europe or Asia in busines
business class could easily rack up enough United Miles to fund a round - trip ticket to Europe or Asia in
businessbusiness class.
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.
Now (and through
awards booked by April 27th), the
price to redeem for
Business Class is twice the amount required for Economy, and the
price to redeem for First
Class is three times Economy.
Standard
awards under 2,000 miles will cost the same in economy, premium economy, and
business class, and British Airways will introduce off - peak
pricing for certain
awards on its own metal.