Now it's frequently the case that Air France will offer its own members 9 or more business
class award space on a given flight.
That means I manually clicked all blue and green dates on the calendar to see if they had First
Class award space on the Asiana A380.
I used it to find business -
class award space on Iberia ahead of the recent AAdvantage devaluation, and I know many others who use it for awards like Cathay Pacific first class or JAL business class.
Just over a month ago, I set off on a trip to Thessaloniki, Calais, and London booked with points and miles after finding business
class award space on AirBerlin a few days before departure.
This seems to be a concerted effort to release basically no Business
Class award space on their longhaul flat bed product.
Unfortunately those days are over, and it's now quite literally impossible to get Swiss first or business
class award space on any route from North America to Europe except their Montreal route.
Newark has Business
Class award space on 52 days; JFK has space on three days.
At the time of writing I can see just one date with Business
Class award space on this route (while the 787 - 9 is operating)....
The program of Air France and Flying Blue offer some awesome perks such as the only airline program that can book first
class award space on Air France!
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!
Aeroplan has since offered mileage refunds or offered to open up Business
Class award space on Air Canada to get travelers to their destinations... but neither of those would have been much use to me.
Unfortunately, it's very rare for a partner to have access to international business
class award space on Singapore Airlines.
While finding saver level business
class award space on Hawaiian Airlines can be very tough, there are lots of routes with lie - flat seats if you can find the space.
If you see 772 or 773, you might be able to find first or business
class award space on another date.
So far I have not come across an instance where ANA actually displayed business or first
class award space on one of these flights.
Not exact matches
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.
Just as if you were searching for an
award flight
on Delta, you can use Delta's online
award search function to find Korean Air business
class award space:
The next time you search for business
class award space to Seoul, South Korea
on Korean Air's site, you'll notice they even let you know how many seats are available to be booked with Korean SkyPass miles.
Hawaiian Airlines is rolling out new lie - flat business
class on its long - haul routes, but
award space is hard to find.
One of the best parts of Korean Air is that they actually release enough first
class award space for several people
on some of their flights.
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.
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.
For those who love flying business
class, try to find
award space out of Boston
on one of Air France's Boeing 777s.
A first
class flight
on Qantas will cost only 70,000 Alaska miles, but it is extremely rare to find the necessary
award space.
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.
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I set out to determine which cities I should focus
on for my search to find either business or first
class award space.
Quick tip: if you are planning
on using miles to upgrade, search for business
class award space prior to booking your premium economy ticket.
Award space is pretty reliable for travel from / to USA and I have seen instances where there are as many as 4 business
class awards on a flight.
I happen to know that Etihad can release First
Class awards on this route at any time but they're also prone to releasing
award space close to departure.....
If you can find saver
space on Delta, you can get a round trip business
class award within US for 45,000 miles.
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.
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.
Hawaiian Airlines is rolling out new lie - flat business
class on its long - haul routes, but
award space is hard to find.
Just as if you were searching for an
award flight
on Delta, you can use Delta's online
award search function to find Korean Air business
class award space:
Business
class award availability
on Qantas is very difficult to find, but not quite as difficult as first
class award space.
Please check our previous report, Best American Airlines First and Business
Class Redemptions, on how to search the award space and the type of the premium class
Class Redemptions,
on how to search the
award space and the type of the premium
class class seat.
LifeMiles now permits mixed -
class awards, which is a huge improvement when trying to secure limited
award space on international flights.
Quick tip: if you are planning
on using your miles to upgrade, search for Business
Class award space prior to booking your Premium Economy ticket.
According to The Lazy Traveler's Handbook (and shared by Million Mile Secrets) you can find extremely rare
award space for Singapore Airlines Suites
Class on routes from the United States.
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).
Award space is wide open
on the new A350 Delta Business
Class route from Atlanta to Seoul.
Award space is wide open
on the new A350 Delta Business
Class route from Atlanta... Read more
In November, 2013, Asiana opened up
award space 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.
Look at how great
award space is in First
Class on the Newark to / from Los Angeles and San Francisco flights after October 25.
-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.
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.