If you decide to just
buy first class award tickets, you're going to need miles.
Not exact matches
If you are
buying discounted fares and think this is your easy path to business or
first class, it's possible that booking an
award ticket would be just as easy and a better value.
Two caveats: You can't
buy a
first class seat with miles from Delta, and if you're able to fly during the low season, you can get an off - peak
award ticket in economy from American or US Airways for only 15,000 miles.
Of course, purchasing miles when you know that
award space is available can still make sense in such situations as it's usually cheaper than
buying a
first or business
class ticket outright.
If your travel dates are flexible, you can
buy Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles under this promotion and redeem for a
First Class award ticket with Cathay Pacific to India.
Considering I
bought these miles at 1.1 cents a piece, that was like paying $ 330 extra to fly in
first class on most legs of what will be a 25,900 - mile
award ticket - a no - brainer since
first class seats are generally much more spacious and every inch of pitch counts when you're 6» 7 ″!