After rolling out a new A380 First Suite and Business Class, increasing the amount of KrisFlyer miles needed for many flights and making StarAlliance award bookings available online, my favorite airline is
changing Economy Class fare categories and the KrisFlyer award miles you earn!
Not exact matches
«Same day» confirmed
changes at the airport are permitted to either an earlier or later flight on the same itinerary for $ 75 CAD per passenger holding either a confirmed
economy, premium
economy, or business
class Aeroplan Fixed Mileage Flight Reward, or Market
Fare Flight Reward on Air Canada, Air Canada express, or Air Canada rouge.
Includes a review of British Airways» A380
Economy Class product, a look at how the 3 US legacy airlines» Basic
Economy fares compare, an in - depth look at Marriott's hotel category
changes, promotions from IHG and Club Carlson, news of a new Qatar Airways QSuites route, an Alaska Mileage Plan sale and more.
Qantas this week announced
changes to its domestic
fare structures, that will result in some earning
changes to the affected
economy classes.
Includes news that British Airways is rolling out Basic
Economy fares worldwide, details of Emirates» new 777 - 200LR Business
Class cabin, a look at how I booked my trip to Bangkok and how much I paid, details of Virgin Atlantic's new Basic
Economy fares, details of the
changes to the Club Carlson loyalty program, yet another a new Qatar Airways Qsuite route and a lot more.
One big
change happened a couple years ago when Alaska did limit the companion
fare to itineraries booked in
economy class.
It's not particularly surprising to see the same
changes being made to
Economy Class fares taken on KLM as we're seeing with
Economy Class fares taken with Air France (the two are essentially the same airline)....
Among the
changes: The number of Avios earned (that's Executive Club's «currency») will basically be increased for passengers in business and first
class — especially in the higher
fare classes — and decreased for those flying on the lowest
economy fares.
Because of this I thought I'd run a 3 - part series looking at the
changes that are coming and how they will affect those of us who mostly book discounted
Economy Class fares and discounted Business
Class fares — if you book the more expensive
fares then you're in luck and you'll be doing just fine.
No notable
changes to the S7 earnings chart but, like Malaysia Airlines and Royal Jordanian, the cheapest
Economy class fares not only fail to earn EQM but EQD too.
Qantas has begun implementing
changes to its loyalty program, Qantas Frequent Flyer, rewarding those who book higher
fare classes and penalizing those who snatch up the heavily discounted
economy fares.
With the introduction of so many different award
classes, the miles needed for an award have
changed drastically: Some of the «Standard» awards have dropped by more than 20 % — that was to be expected as all the routes in question have offered very cheap
economy fares over the last year, making a redemption on these routes generally unattractive.
The
change will bring a selection of three
fare types for
economy class travelers, called Lite, Standard and Flex.
This used to be a pretty lackluster perk since it was basically 2 - for - 1 companion deals on full -
fare premium tickets, but Amex improved it dramatically in 2017 by
changing it into a discount on premium
economy, business - and first -
class tickets.