Sentences with phrase «cheapest economy»

You would still have 100,000 miles and qualify for Executive Platinum, but you would only have 90,000 points since you were rewarded for business class travel but penalized for cheaper economy class travel.

Even cheap economy fares are eligible for 5,000 miles per roundtrip.

For most leisure travelers, this significantly reduces the number of miles earned since travel hackers tend to pay for cheap economy tickets and redeem miles for expensive premium cabin tickets.

But more importantly, because we bought cheap economy flights to connect between Cape Town and Johannesburg, they offered us a nice lounge to relax in for a few hours that we wouldn't otherwise have had access to.

I needed to use SkyMiles to pay for the bulk of my flights, and since I couldn't find cheap economy award tickets, I ended up booking business class seats for both of the long - haul segments across the Atlantic.

If you travel on cheap economy fares, then stick with the Citi ThankYou Premier card for its redemption rebate.

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.

Editor's note: Today's Drive has become Short Stint, but the information is still the same — a brief impression of a vehicle that's been in our test fleet.OUR TAKE: As cheap economy cars go, this one...

OUR TAKE: As cheap economy cars go, this one goes pretty well.

The very cheapest economy seats (booked in classes S, N Q & O) do not earn miles or count towards the sectors needed to move up the club's tiers, but there are still seven economy class ticket rates that do.

Before the Santa Fe, Hyundai was known only for selling cheap economy cars.

Avoid Feeding Puppy Cheap Economy Dog Foods: Avoid feeding cheap or economy puppy foods as they use cheap ingredients and lower grade proteins resulting in lower digestibility.

Malaysia Airlines also sees the cheapest Business Class fares earn EQD at 20 % (as opposed to 25 % for most other major American partners) and is only one of three OneWorld partners whose cheapest Economy Class tickets earn zero EQD.

Star Alliance and SkyTeam may offer slightly cheaper economy class redemptions, but if you can find a seat it's probably worth paying a little extra to fly nonstop on American Airline's luxurious partner, Etihad.

Covering both long haul and short haul routes flown by Iberia and its subsidiaries, passengers can save 40 % off the Avios cost of «Blue Class» (cheapest Economy Class) reward flights.

Revenue - based mileage accrual (on UA, AA and DL) can result in very low earnings on long distance travel, compared to distance - based accrual, especially on cheap economy tickets.

From the table you can see that the very cheapest Economy fares (coded H, K, M, L, V, G, S, N, Q, O) earn Elite Qualifying Miles at a rate of 1 EQM per mile flown while full - fare Economy fares (Y) earn 1.5 EQM per mile flown.

That's convenient and best utilized for cheap economy tickets, non-chain hotels or rental cars, but the value is likely to be less per point than a transfer to the partners for an aspirational booking!

American features off peak dates with super cheap economy awards to:

Free Checked luggage, free or very cheap Economy plus seats.

Tango disbanded as an airline in 2003 but remains the name for Air Canada's cheapest economy fares.

It's the thing sometimes referred to as the sharing economy — the one that might be better known as the Someone Will Give It to Me This Instant and Cheaper Economy.

While a cheap economy flight might make sense in rare cases, there are just too many better ways to use Starpoints.

While a cheap economy flight might make sense in rare cases, there are just too many better ways to use Starpoints.

The headline benefit of GPU certificates is not all it seems: upgrade availability on international routes is severely limited, and travelers must gamble in advance by buying more expensive upgrade - eligible flights than the cheapest economy flights.

6 Global Premier Upgrade (GPU) certificates per year (subject to fare class restrictions on international routes — cheapest economy fares not eligible)

If you are a traveler that often books the cheapest economy class ticket, then there can also be strong value in redeeming points through the ThankYou program's travel portal thanks to the 25 percent discount offered by this card.

If you are a traveler that often books the cheapest economy class ticket, then there can also be strong value in redeeming points through the ThankYou program's travel portal thanks to the 25 percent discount offered by this card.

The headline benefit of GPU certificates is not all it seems: upgrade availability on international routes is severely limited, and travelers must gamble in advance by buying more expensive upgrade - eligible flights than the cheapest economy flights.

6 Global Premier Upgrade (GPU) certificates per year (subject to fare class restrictions on international routes — cheapest economy fares not eligible)

Not the smallest amount of cash, but considering a cheap economy flight would cost ~ $ 700 per person, being able to fly an unforgettable product like The Apartment for less cash than an economy ticket was quite frankly ridiculous.

For example, if I wanted to fly from Newark, New Jersey, to Houston on the Saturday after Thanksgiving using my United miles, the cheapest economy option is currently 25,000 miles one - way.

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.

Taking a cheap Economy Class flight from London (old Europe 2 zone) to Amsterdam was often well worth the cash outlay for those looking to fly to Singapore (or further) in Business Class on Singapore Airlines.

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).

If you plan on booking the cheapest economy class tickets on Emirates, don't plan on requesting specific seats until check - in time.

Economy Class tickets booked into fare code «U» will now earn miles equivalent to 75 % of the distance flown (compared to 100 %) and some of the cheaper Economy Class fares (fare codes T, E, N, G & R) will earn 5 % fewer miles from 1 November.

Some of the cheapest economy class tickets are not eligible at all though.

United Airlines recently changed the earning rates in the MileagePlus program which means that, as of 1 January 2016, passengers flying with some of United's partner airlines (and crediting their trips to United MileagePlus) will earn Premier Qualifying Miles at a similar rate to when they fly on United — with big bonuses for premium cabin travel and no penalties for flying in the cheapest economy fares.

To figure out the best cards for earning flights to Europe, we looked for the cheapest economy award flights between major U.S. and European hubs.

The three cheapest economy fare classes (the ones most of us try to book!)

Add to that the fact that the cheapest economy class round trip awards now cost 80,000 AAdvantage Miles (a 100 % increase) and we're left with a situation in which economy class awards between Europe and Hawaii are more or less pointless (no pun intended).

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).

While a cheap economy flight might make sense in rare cases, there are just too many better ways to use Starpoints.