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Not exact matches
Japan
Airlines» Mileage Bank program provides the cheapest option at 42,000 miles for a one - way business
class award ticket.
On an American
Airlines flight, business
class and first
class award bookings will include about $ 280 in taxes and fees for a round - trip ticket.
Because Mileage Bank miles are a bit harder to earn, it could be easier for you to use American AAdvantage miles to book off - peak economy
class award tickets for 45,000 miles round - trip on flights operated by American
Airlines.
Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank will require the fewest miles from the East Coast for an economy
class award ticket, at just 39,000 Mileage Bank miles round - trip.
This is especially frustrating for business
class and first
class award tickets, and even worse if you book on an
airline that hits you with steep carrier - imposed surcharges (such as British Airways).
If you are booking an economy
class award from the west coast, we suggest you consider using 45,000 American AAdvantage miles to fly American
Airlines during their off - peak season as you can easily earn the necessary miles their co-branded Citi and Barclays offerings.
While a round - trip economy
class award on a flight operated by American
Airlines will include about $ 180 in taxes and fees, an economy
award on British Airways will require about $ 520 thanks to carrier - imposed surcharges.
While business
class award space to Hawaii is tough regardless of
airline, United gives you a bit better chance.
Using British Airways Avios won't be a great way to book this flight, but you can use 63,000 Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank miles or 80,000 American AAdvantage miles for a round - trip business
class award.
These points and miles have helped Alex to fly some of the most
awarded international first -
class products in the world, including Singapore
Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Japan
Airlines, Emirates, Etihad, British Airways & Lufthansa!
The dream
award for many travelers is Singapore
Airlines Suites
Class.
Korean Air SkyPass requires 45,000 miles for a round - trip business
class award ticket which is 15,000 miles fewer than the next closest program, Singapore
Airlines.
With this in mind, British Airways»
award chart provides a great option to book nonstop economy
class award tickets from the West Coast to Hawaii on both American
Airlines and Alaska
Airlines.
> Value: 25,000 miles is enough for a roundtrip Economy
Class award less than 1,201 miles each way on Cathay or partners like American
Airlines.
As with economy
awards, Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank provides the cheapest business
class award option at 100,000 miles to Sydney and Brisbane.
Check out our step - by - step guide to learn the best ways to book business
class award tickets on American
Airlines.
Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank requires the fewest miles for a round - trip nonstop economy
class award on American
Airlines or Qantas to Sydney or Brisbane at 60,000 miles.
Except for Melbourne, the redemption rates for economy, business, and first
class awards from the U.S. to major cities in eastern Australia will require the same number of Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank miles.
For example, a one way domestic business
class award ticket in the contiguous U.S. redeemed through Singapore
Airlines will cost 20,000 miles, 17,500 economy to Hawaii or 30,000 business to Hawaii.
Landing a premium
class award ticket in First or Business
class on Singapore has traditionally been a difficult task for North American points and miles collectors due to the common Singapore
Airlines practice of offering first and business
class award space almost solely to members of their own KrisFlyer program.
Business
Class award prices are mostly stable throughout North America, and are going either up or down by 5,000 American
Airlines miles, which isn't too bad.
And if you think that's bad, First
Class awards are going up even more, especially on American
Airlines» partners.
Keep in mind that you're still earning a fixed rate of return, so these rewards are worth the same for coach, business
class or any hotel room, and they can not be transferred to
airline or hotel partners for
award bookings.
Hawaiian
Airlines is rolling out new lie - flat business
class on its long - haul routes, but
award space is hard to find.
As is the case with first
class, Korean Air isn't as stingy as many
airlines are when it comes to releasing business
class award space.
Korean SkyPass is the best
airline loyalty program for booking Korean Air business
class awards.
Option # 7: Like most
airline awards, your highest value per point will be for business or first
class international.
Or you can use 75,000 miles for Business
Class - a worthy splurge as Qatar's Business
Class was named World's Best Business
Class by 2017 Skytrax World
Airline Awards.
Singapore
Airlines has a pretty good
award price for travel to Central and South Africa in business
class.
Singapore
Airlines has a handful of other sweet spots in their
award chart, and flights on United within the U.S. in business or first
class is one of them.
Unfortunately, it's not easy to predict when American
Airlines business
class award space will be released.
Hainan
Airlines has led winners at the World Travel
Awards Grand Final 2017, taking the trophy for World's Leading
Airline - Business
Class.
Check out our step - by - step guide to learn the best ways to book business
class award tickets on American
Airlines.
Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank requires the fewest miles for a round - trip nonstop economy
class award on American
Airlines or Qantas to Sydney or Brisbane at 60,000 miles.
As I said, Alaska
Airlines has a separate
award chart for each
airline so we know that an Emirates First
Class flight is going to come up at 90,000 miles each way.
United
Airlines changed its
award chart last year to create separate categories for partner
awards in business or first
class.
While
award availability in economy
class has generally improved on American
Airlines and its partners over the last few years, you will have more options when you can choose any
airline to fly to your destination.
SWISS first
class awards are not bookable using KrisFlyer Miles and neither are premium economy seats on Star Alliance partner
airlines.
Check out our step - by - step guide to booking business
class award tickets on United
Airlines.
(There is an exception for flights operated by Turkish
Airlines, for which you will receive 25 % of earned
award miles as status miles in all
classes.)
Flying from the East Coast, you can book a business
class award for 110,000 Alaska Mileage Plan miles if you can find an itinerary that includes only 1 partner (American
Airlines or Qantas).
Let's take a look at the different
airline loyalty programs you can use to book your next business
class award ticket.
As with economy
awards, Japan
Airlines Mileage Bank provides the cheapest business
class award option at 100,000 miles to Sydney and Brisbane.
You could transfer Ultimate Rewards points to Singapore
Airlines and redeem for Suites
class; you could transfer to Hyatt and stay at any Hyatt hotel around the world for free; Or you could transfer to Air France KLM Flying Blue and redeem for 25 to 50 percent off during their Promo
Award sale.
Hawaiian
Airlines also offers premium cabin
awards: First
Class Saver at 15,000 miles and First
Class Flex at 30,000.
Using an Alaska
Airlines award, travel from the west coast to Hawaii is only 12,000 miles each way for economy
class (but first
class is way overpriced at 44,500 miles each way).
Keep in mind that you're still earning a fixed rate of return, so these rewards are worth the same for coach, business
class or any hotel room, and they can not be transferred to
airline or hotel partners for
award bookings.
That's because there are some fantastic ways to utilize these partners such as booking Singapore
Airlines Suites (or first
class), Delta One, and Etihad's
award - winning first
class known as The Apartment.
With American
Airlines» AAdvantage program, Y can also indicate AAnytime
Awards booked in economy
class (F is for first
class).