Sentences with phrase «cabin award redemptions»

I would never hesitate to speak for Scott, so what I think Scott was trying to say is that certain points (such as American Express Membership Rewards earned on a Platinum card, which was the actual subject of his post) are so incredibly valuable when used for premium cabin award redemptions on a regular award chart that it's almost a shame to not maximize them for that purpose.

With that in mind, let me share what I consider to be 10 of the best premium cabin award redemption values, in no particular order:

Last July I wrote a post about the 10 Best Premium Cabin Award Redemption Values.

Not exact matches

Valuation: The new British Airways award chart went into effect at the end of April, dramatically increasing the mileage requirements for most premium cabin redemptions, particularly on long - haul flights.

Aside from the fact that this is a great airline with an excellent award redemption chart and exceptional service in all cabins, ANA is also a Star Alliance member and transfer partner with the Amex Membership Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest programs.

But I suspect there are a lot more situations like this, where increased redemption costs under the new United award chart — especially in premium cabins — will make it worth paying potentially astronomical fuel surcharges to their rivals.

Add these benefits to some of the most flexible awards around, with two open jaws, one stopover, and the ability to combine different cabins and redemption rates in one itinerary, and you have a very powerful mileage program.

Japan Airlines has an excellent distance - based award chart for premium cabin redemptions, though their miles are difficult to obtain.

And the increases here are nothing like we've seen in cases involving some of the other top first class cabins like Alaska's overnight nuking / devaluation of Emirates awards, which drastically altered possibilities for aspirational redemptions.

Premium cabin redemptions took the biggest hit with American charging more for most routes, Alaska getting rid of its bargain Emirates awards and Singapore removing cheaper rates for flights to parts of Europe.

Yesterday, while most people's attention was focused on the addition of Premium Economy redemptions to the Singapore Airlines award chart (more on that in a separate post), the airline slipped in a change to the charts in a way that increased the cost of Premium Cabin Saver Awards to certain European cities.

While the number of miles needed for a Business Class redemption isn't exactly low (you're better off trying to get to / from Europe on United's own aircraft which will only cost 115,000 for roundtrip Business Class), the taxes for a premium cabin award are low for a European route.

80,000 Starpoints (which will convert to 100,000 JAL Miles) for a roundtrip First Class award in one of the better First Class cabins around can be a great redemption.

The loyalty program of Air France and KLM puts flights on sale for award redemptions each quarter, and it releases a list of specific routes and cabins of service in advance.

The 56.3 % increase in miles needed for a First Class redemption between Europe and the Middle East / Indian Subcontinent is a hammer blow to anyone wanting to book Etihad's First Class cabin and, at 230,000 AAdvantage miles for a round trip First Class award to Australia on Qatar Airways, that award just became a whole lot harder to achieve.

AAdvantage doesn't have off - peak and peak seasons when it comes to premium cabin awards so, year round, this Business Class redemption will set you back 115,000 AAdvantage miles and just $ 298 / # 206.

Economy cabin awards on this route are often easier than premium seat redemptions.

That award chart is particularly valuable for premium cabin redemptions, since business class and first class awards cost 2 and 3 times the cost of economy, respectively, instead of the 3 and 4 times charged on the standard Executive Club award chart.

American Airlines AAdvantage miles are very hard to use economically thanks to the dearth of premium cabin SAAver awards, United Miles are ok but 100,000 won't get you a roundtrip Business Class award to any major long - haul destination (if you're heading east or west) while 100,000 Alaska Miles will get you some nice roundtrip redemptions on Cathay Pacific and even American (subject to award availability).

Which airline offers the cheaper award redemptions for your chose cabin and the time of year you want to fly?

But it's not nearly enough to just allocate them some kind of uniform valuation, as some miles may be very valuable for a given type of redemption (e.g. Avios for short - haul economy awards) and quite a poor value for other types of redemptions (for Avios, ultra long - haul in a premium cabin with high mileage cost and often high fuel surcharges).

Some of the best include the following: United Airlines, which opens up access to the huge Star Alliance network of carriers; British Airways, offering great value on short - haul nonstop flights due to their distance - based award chart; Korean Airlines, with amazing award availability in their first class cabins; and Hyatt, which is widely recognized as offering some of the highest value point redemption opportunities of any hotel chain.

A special note here: Cathay Pacific premium cabin awards are a very popular redemption when using Alaska miles due to their significantly below market prices.

While many frequent flyers use Lufthansa miles to get into their (and Swiss) first class cabins without waiting until the last minute, as Lufthansa doesn't release first class awards to partners until very close to departure, first class redemptions with Miles & More can in many cases be the worst value awards because of fees.

Aside from the fact that this is a great airline with an excellent award redemption chart and exceptional service in all cabins, ANA is also a Star Alliance member and transfer partner with the Amex Membership Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest programs.

Or if you're redeeming for a premium cabin award, you'd never pay such an exorbitant amount of actual money, so it's not fair to calculate the redemption at full cash value.

Second, British Airways» Avios program underwent a major devaluation last April that meant some huge increases in redemption requirements for most premium - cabin and partner awards.

The real advantage is that Singapore Airlines makes some premium cabin award space (Business Class and First Class) available for redemption with its own miles.

«Classic Upgrade Reward» or «Flight Upgrade Award» or «Upgrade Reward» means the redemption of Qantas Points for travel in a higher cabin than the class for the fare tendered, as further described in clauses 16 and 17, and includes On Departure Rewards;