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).
Not exact matches
As with
economy awards, Japan Airlines Mileage Bank provides the
cheapest business
class award option at 100,000 miles to Sydney and Brisbane.
Book Singapore's renown first
class starting at 75,0000 points each way, or get there in the
cheap with a one way
economy award starting at 28,000.
Economy awards are also
cheaper (but not by much), while first
class awards are just a touch higher than what you'll find with United MileagePlus.
As with
economy awards, Japan Airlines Mileage Bank provides the
cheapest business
class award option at 100,000 miles to Sydney and Brisbane.
The same pricing can be used for availing a
cheaper award booking to Australia, which normally costs around 50,000 miles for one way
economy class travel.
The program also provides the
cheapest award option in
economy class at 30,000 miles one - way.
At only 15,000 miles for
economy class and 30,000 miles for business
class award flights on Flying Blue partner Delta, these are among the
cheapest options available.
For flights to Korea, Asiana does not offer any savings in
economy, but relatively
cheap awards are available in both business and first
class.
However, the
cheapest option in first
class on the very same flight is also 25,000 miles, so be sure to check both the
economy and first -
class award options in case it makes more sense to sit up front!
For
Economy Class flyers this will probably make little difference as the British Airways Executive Club already essentially factors in the cost of a fare when it
awards Avios — that's why the
cheaper Economy Class tickets only earn Avios based on 25 % of the distance traveled.
You'll see
economy and business
class fares on the next page regardless, but each day shows the
cheapest award on that date.
They could earn the Avios by flying but, if they booked the
cheapest Economy Class tickets, it would take 57 round trip flights between New York and London to earn the 100,000 Avios needed for that
award (865 Avios in each direction).
Off - peak
awards are the
cheapest, but they are only available in
economy class on certain routes and during specific time periods.
Under this type of program, Cathay would only
award status - earning points to travellers who purchase premium cabin seats or the most expensive
economy class seats (which are often just as expensive as the
cheapest premium cabin seats).
Second, non-refundable
economy class awards (which are
cheaper but have restrictions) are eligible for complimentary upgrades to first
class.
There is some very good news here for those booking
Economy Class fares — 20,000 miles for a roundtrip
award between the UK and the East coast is
cheap.
AAdvantage miles offer the
cheapest rates for
economy and premium
class award seats to Tasmania.
SkyMiles offer the
cheapest award seats in
economy at 80,000 miles, but using AAdvantage miles will get you the
cheapest business
class tickets.
Book Singapore's renown first
class starting at 75,0000 points each way, or get there in the
cheap with a one way
economy award starting at 28,000.
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.
On the redemption side, the program offers very
cheap short - haul
awards (as low as 4,500 miles in
economy or 9,000 in business
class), thus perfect for domestic flights within Japan (with no taxes!)
This is a huge reduction in miles for
economy class fares, but it is only fair, as American Airlines also plans to
award customer traveling on the
cheapest fare (discount
economy tickets fare) fewer miles as the ticket is likly to be inexpensive.
The first thing to notice is that
awards in
economy are often very
cheap, but
awards in business
class are often 2.5 x the price, which makes them extremely expensive.
-LSB-...] Airlines miles are ideal for super
cheap economy awards and ultra-luxury First
Class awards.