If you're booking first or
business class tickets instead of economy, you don't have to select an airline.
Even when the price still seems a little high, don't forget about the numerous bonuses you can earn when you actually pay for
a business class ticket instead of redeeming miles.
Not exact matches
So if your goal is first
class or
business class tickets, you're better off spending on the Chase Sapphire Preferred
instead of the Citi Thank You Premier card.
Instead, the 100,000 points, when transferred to Singapore's frequent flyer program, get you a roundtrip coach
ticket NYC - Singapore that normally is over $ 1600, or a roundtrip
business class ticket NYC to Frankfurt that retails for over $ 5000.
Considering the mileage price to fly Delta's A350 in
business class, maybe it's worth just ponying up the cash for the
ticket instead.
The same round - trip would cost you 130,000 KrisFlyer miles if you book a round - trip
business class ticket with any of the Star Alliance airlines
instead.
While United Airlines charges 35,000 MileagePlus miles one way for its first -
class tickets, and 25,000 MileagePlus miles one way for its
business class tickets, for flights within the US, the same can be availed for 30,000 miles and 20,000 miles respectively if you book using your Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Miles
instead.
While convenient, such electronic expense report systems may also flag expenses in violation of company rules or limits — such as paying for a
business class seat on a flight when the employee should have booked an economy
ticket instead.
Joanna and I flew with Air Tahiti Nui from Los Angeles to Tahiti as part of our Bora Bora trip and, although our
Business Class tickets with the airline entitled us to entry to the Los Angeles International Lounge (in the Tom Bradley Terminal), we chose to use my Priority Pass membership (courtesy of my Citi Prestige credit card) to visit the Korean Air Lounge
instead.
Given some of the other sales this summer on
business class tickets to Europe in general and Spain in particular, we could probably pay about $ 1,500 or a little more and earn miles
instead of redeem them.
Instead of having a pretty straight forward distance based award chart with redemption rates by fare
class for economy, Economy FlexyFlyer, Premium Economy and
business class tickets, PAL introduced multiple award levels for each fare
class: In addition to the Standard Economy awards, there are no Flex 1, Flex 2, Flex 3 and Flex 4 awards.
When award space is availble, it's not too difficult to find an economy
class award
ticket for 25,000 miles
instead of paying $ 500 (valuing miles at 2 cents each), or an international
business class award
ticket for 120,000 miles
instead of $ 6,000 (valuing miles at 5 cents each).
You can also transfer points to Airtran for flat - rate awards like
business class upgrades or free
tickets at a flat rate
instead of a rate that corresponds to the
ticket price.
That chart has some real values, such as the ability to fly
business class between the US and Europe for 90,000 miles roundtrip
instead of the usual 100,000, the ability to pop around Europe with several extra flights thrown in for 115,000 miles in
business class instead of 100,000 miles roundtrip plus another 20,000 miles for each and every additional intra-European flight, and the ability to fly to Australia in
business class via Asia (not normally allowed on a single award
ticket) for an extra 25,000 miles — and make stopovers in Asia, and throw in Australian domestic flights at the same time.
If you booked a Breaking Deals Economy or
Business Class ticket prior to 8 July 2015 (fare class E or Z), the number of Etihad Guest Miles you earn would be determined by the earning rate at the time of booking - 0.5 Etihad Guest Miles per mile flown on E (instead of 0.25), and 1.3 Etihad Guest Miles per mile flown on Z (instead of 1
Class ticket prior to 8 July 2015 (fare
class E or Z), the number of Etihad Guest Miles you earn would be determined by the earning rate at the time of booking - 0.5 Etihad Guest Miles per mile flown on E (instead of 0.25), and 1.3 Etihad Guest Miles per mile flown on Z (instead of 1
class E or Z), the number of Etihad Guest Miles you earn would be determined by the earning rate at the time of booking - 0.5 Etihad Guest Miles per mile flown on E (
instead of 0.25), and 1.3 Etihad Guest Miles per mile flown on Z (
instead of 1.15).