Not exact matches
However, the United
award chart shows that business
class saver tickets only
cost 60,000 each way, or 120,000 round - trip for the same exact
flight, a quarter of how many miles or points you would have needed with cash back or a statement credit.
When booking economy
class flights, you should always compare the
cost of an
award ticket if you transfer Ultimate Rewards points to the
cost of using points to book through the Chase travel portal.
A United round - trip ticket in business
class will only
cost you 88,000 ANA
award miles, or 55,000
award miles in economy, and ANA doesn't add fuel surcharges on United
flights.
In economy
class, the
award cost is reduced from 25,000 miles to 18,750 miles for a one - way
flight.
A one - way
award flight on Hainan in business
class will
cost 55,000 Alaska miles.
As mentioned above, a one - way business
class award flight to «Europe» will
cost 62,500 miles, which is a solid redemption.
A first
class flight on Qantas will
cost only 70,000 Alaska miles, but it is extremely rare to find the necessary
award space.
For example, roundtrip business
class awards on Cathay Pacific from the U.S. to Asia
cost just 100,000 miles, whereas similar
flights would
cost 140,000 to 180,000 miles on most competitors.
Yet, a longer
flight between Dallas and Hong Kong, which falls into the multicarrier
award Zone 6 (7,501 to 9,000 miles),
costs only 85,000 miles in business
class.
The
cost of an
award flight is also determined by its fare
class.
While economy
class awards aren't changing much, there will be some significant increases in the
cost of business and first
class awards on American Airlines» partners —
flights on American Airlines have their own
award chart.
New MileSAAver
awards for
flights of 500 miles or less will now
cost only 7,500 miles in economy
class or 15,000 miles in first
class.
Upgrade rates are no longer included in the Hawaiian Airlines
award chart, but
cost roughly 25,000 miles for
flights when First
Class Saver
awards are available and 50,000 when only Flex
awards remain.
With a load factor of 84 %, the carriers are constantly tweaking the
cost of
award flights by either raising redemption levels or reducing the saver
award inventory, especially in first and business
classes.
What you do know is that a round - trip Delta
award flight generally
costs 30,000 SkyMiles for an economy seat and 60,000 miles for business
class.
Award flight tip *: Round - trip business
class awards from the US - Europe
cost 88,000 miles, just beware of high fuel surcharges on some partners.
A Miles & More Business
Class award flight between the US and Europe will
cost 105,000 miles roundtrip and, as you can see from this randomly selected set of dates, a JFK to Frankfurt roundtrip will
cost around $ 2,500:
Alaska Airlines increased the
cost for business and first
class awards on
flights with their partner, Emirates.
If you pay for Business or First
Class flights then you can still rack up a lot of miles from flying but those of us flying at the back are seeing a far lower rate of return than ever before — Delta and United (and soon American) base the number of miles they
award travelers on the
cost of the ticket purchased (less taxes) so the cheaper ticket you by the fewer miles you'll earn.
As well as that, any airline or alliance that I choose to fly also needs to be one that regularly offers good deals on the routes I want to fly — as the airlines around the world gradually increase the
cost of
award travel it's becoming increasingly important, for those of us with a healthy aversion to Economy
Class, to be able to find great value Business
Class fares to keep our
flights comfortable.
Mileage earnings on Delta
flights will soon be a lot better than in the past (across most fare bookings) and the
cost of most Economy
Class transatlantic
award have come down....
Business
Class awards on
flights under 650 miles will be going from 9,000 Avios to 15,00 o Avios (66.67 % increase) and First
Class awards on the same
flights will now
cost 30,000 Avios (another 66.67 % increase).
The same
flight in the same
class on the same airline can
cost wildly different amounts to book depending on which airline's miles you are using to book the
award.
First
class awards on Garuda Indonesia usually
cost 180,000 Garuda Miles (or Citi ThankYou Points) for a
flight between London (LHR) and Jakarta (CGK), but the promo rate is 95,000 miles.
The best deal available is the ability to snag a round trip
flight to Europe for only 25,000 miles in economy — that's the same number of miles it generally
costs for a round trip
flight within the U.S. Business
class awards can be a good deal, but taxes are considerably higher especially for
flights departing out of Europe.
Elimination of 15 % online booking discount: The online booking discount of 15 % for all SQ reward
flights booked through their web site made
award trips great value — I was able to book my First
Class flight from Manila to Europe for only 72,250 miles one - way — using United MileagePlus miles for the same trip would have
cost 115,000 miles!
Instead, the
cost of
award tickets are loosely based on the cash price of the ticket, so the price in points will vary by destination, the time and date of the
flight, demand for seats, and the fare
class.
For example, it
costs 100,000 Qatar frequent flyer miles to upgrade to first on a
flight from New York to Doha, versus 105,000 miles for a first
class award.
As you can see, all non-stop
flights were pricing out at the highest mileage level for a business
class award,
costing 325,000 miles round - trip.
I calculated the
flight cost by booking the
award redemption and immediately looking at what a priced
flight with the exact same routing and
classes would
cost.
The Budgie $ Best in
Class Awards, which are open to all low
cost airlines in the Asia Pacific region, recognise and reward the overall quality of the airlines service from the booking experience, check - in, in -
flight experience, ticket pricing and routes provided.
While United charges 35,000 miles and Delta starts at 40,000 miles for business -
class flights to this region, American
awards cost 30,000 miles each way.
However, there's one sweet spot on the KrisFlyer chart map, and that is the A380
flight that Singapore Airlines operates from Frankfurt to New York's JFK Airport, which
costs 140,000 miles for a roundtrip standard
award in a First
Class Suite.
Collect American Airlines miles for international First
Class; Avios for short, direct, economy
awards; and Arrival miles for low -
cost carriers and super-cheap cash
flights.