But there I have shown Europe / Summer Business and First
Class award space in just the last few weeks.
Cathay Pacific is quite generous with releasing business
class award space in advance, making it a great use of American miles.
Meanwhile Cathay Pacific is really generous with business
class award space in advance, often releasing up to five seats per flight when the schedule opens.
While I'd rather pay an extra 12,500 miles for first class over business class, the reality is that Cathay Pacific is quite stingy with first
class award space in advance nowadays.
Well, given recent events, including Lufthansa no longer releasing first
class award space in advance, that competitive disadvantage isn't as major of a point anymore.
Korean miles are awesome for the best First
Class award space in the world.
United miles are still more valuable for travel to Europe, though not by a huge margin anymore, ever since Lufthansa stopped releasing first
class award space in advance.
Although some carriers don't release a lot of business or first
class award space in advance, they usually release at least a few seats.
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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.
Deric was holding out hope that
award space in Qantas business
class would open up last minute, but unfortunately, it didn't.
With these cards, you'll receive access to
award space in the fare
class XN, which is only available to cardholders and those who have earned status on United.
But Lufthansa doesn't release
award space to partners further than 2 weeks
in advance (at least that seems to be the pattern the last few years) so there were no other viable First
Class options.
They told me they would not / could not honor the SWISS First booking, but they could reaccommodate me on another carrier or
in another
class of service if we could find partner level
award space available.
Examining the calendar, there is
award space available
in economy
class on every day, business
class on most days, and first
class on just one day.
AA (still) allows free date changes, so long as
award space is available
in the
class you're already booked into.
Unfortunately, British Airways releases the majority of
award space to Europe, and American is still
in the process of installing lie - flat seats
in its business
class cabins.
In fact, the last time I remember seeing it was when Singapore Airlines did a... [Read more...] about Finally Some Singapore Airlines A380 Business
Class Award Space on United.com!
Since
award space is booked
in a special
class of service, it may not be available on all flights or on all days of the week when you choose to travel.
Though Delta isn't known for offering a generous amount of
award space to its partners, I was able to find four first -
class award seats available
in August from Denver to Maui via Los Angeles and Seattle using the online
award search engine for Alaska Airlines, which you don't even need an account to use.
Specifically, four different flights have
award space in first
class, business
class, or premium economy.
While it makes it easier to search for Singapore Airlines
award space online (United blocks it) it nevertheless prohibits
award travel
in first or business
class on Singapore Airlines on flights operated by the Boeing 777 - 300ER or Airbus A380 - 800.
On the other hand, a business
class Travel Together Ticket redemption between Seattle and London
in August (the earliest I was able to find
award space) would cost 150,000 Avios and $ 2,514, while two paid tickets would cost $ 8,093, giving you roughly 3.7 cents per Avios.
Booked SWISS First One day back
in November 2017 SWISS released partner
award space in their First
Class cabin.
Of course, purchasing miles when you know that
award space is available can still make sense
in such situations as it's usually cheaper than buying a first or business
class ticket outright.
Next to Delta you'll find that they offer some of the best
award space between North America and Europe for 150,000 miles
in business
class.
The whole trip falls under 20,000 flying miles and would cost me only 115,000 ANA miles
in Business
class provided I can find
award space for all these segments.
Award space on this route is even better than the LAX route, but still a bit tough to come by
in Business
Class.
I tracked
award space on British Airways and seat availability
in business
class (thanks, ExpertFlyer).
British Airways displays
award space in only three cabins at a time, including premium economy, so you'll also need to select «first
class» if this is your preference.
In November, 2013, Asiana opened up award space in First Class on almost every flight possibl
In November, 2013, Asiana opened up
award space in First Class on almost every flight possibl
in First
Class on almost every flight possible.
One of the best first
class experiences — if you can find
award space — is on Qantas, the primary carrier
in Australia.
Membership Rewards points were, for a while, the easiest way to accumulate miles
in some programs like Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer for better access to their business and first
class award space.
So if you're planning last minute or way
in advance you still shouldn't have trouble finding
space, but this isn't an airline that's always going to have business or first
class award space.
@ lamonster — Alaska has access to the same «low» level business
class award space that Delta gives their own members, which is very tough to come by,
in my experience.
Look at how great
award space is
in First
Class on the Newark to / from Los Angeles and San Francisco flights after October 25.
I would aim for flying ANA, though they only typically release first
class award space between late January and mid March for most routes, at least
in advance.
-LSB-...] There's plentiful
award space in business
class — on fully flat beds — for 120k miles roundtrip for flights completed by May 31, 2014 and 140k miles roundtrip for flights from June 1, 2014 on.
Similar to the option between Houston and Moscow, this is another
award redemption that has become a great value since Singapore started opening up saver
award space in their new first
class.
Since then Lufthansa has full - on stopped releasing first
class award space more than a couple of weeks before departure, eliminating quite a few redemption opportunities
in advance.
Since Singapore Airlines adjusted their
award chart a week ago, they have started to open up saver
award space for travel
in their new first
class.
An alternative is to go via Tahiti or Fiji with decent
award space, and you can read about that below
in the Business
Class section.
That means 40 days
in the next two months do have
award space for two people
in Business
Class direct from Newark to Hamburg.
I thought maybe Virgin Australia was just blocking
award space in Business
Class to Delta miles, so I signed into my Virgin Australia Velocity account and searched there.
Lufthansa usually releases first
class award space no more than 14 days
in advance, so I was pretty excited to book first
class yesterday, November 1, for 15 days
in advance, November 16.
With MileagePlus you can then take Air New Zealand flights from Sydney to New Zealand on the same
award ticket, though there's often no Business
Class space on the short 3 hour Sydney to New Zealand flight, so you may have to suck it up
in coach for that leg.
While their primary hub is
in Madrid, Iberia is fairly good about releasing business
class award space between Miami and Barcelona, especially
in light of the fact that they're not otherwise all that great about releasing
award space.
Historically business
class award availability on Fiji Airways isn't especially good, though I've seen a good amount of
space lately, especially if booking
in advance.
According to OMAT, Air China's Business
Class hard product is «phenomenal» and he says that Air China is one of the most generous airlines
in Star Alliance
in terms of releasing premium cabin
award space.