A round - trip Upper
Class award ticket costs 125,000 miles plus about $ 300 in taxes and fees.
An economy
class award ticket costs 60,000 Delta Skymiles, which I can manufacture at a cost of $ 400 using the American Express Delta Platinum (you only need to manufacture $ 50,000 in spending since you'll receive 10,000 bonus miles at the $ 25,000 and $ 50,000 spend levels, for a total of 70,000 Skymiles after $ 50,000 in spending).
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.
Specifically, a round - trip economy
class award ticket will
cost 20,000 SkyMiles more, while a business
class award ticket will require an additional 42,000 miles when booking Virgin Australia.
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.
Specifically, a round - trip economy
class award ticket will
cost 20,000 SkyMiles more, while a business
class award ticket will require an additional 42,000 miles when booking Virgin Australia.
As per
award chart, a round - trip
ticket from New York City to Honolulu
costs 35,000 Elevate points in economy and 80,000 points in business
class.
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.
While this isn't the best way to earn Alaska miles because of the
cost, it can help you get those last few miles needed for to book a first
class award ticket with Cathay Pacific, one of Alaska's best international partners.
You can check out this first
class product on this route for 75,000 Flying Club miles round - trip while a one - way
award ticket would
cost 37,500 miles.
A business
class ticket on Cathay Pacific between Los Angeles and Hong Kong falls into Asia Miles
award Zone D (5,000 to 7,500 miles) and
costs 120,000 miles per roundtrip.
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.
Business
class award tickets will
cost the same with either of those programs, too.
Economy
class award tickets to Lisbon
cost about the same on all of the alliances, except for American Airlines» off - peak
awards.
This is the
cost of
award tickets in other
classes:
Let us look at the retail
cost of an Economy
class ticket, if it even makes sense to buy miles and book an
award ticket.
For the past few years two of the big «sweet spots» in the AAdvantage program have been the
cost of Business and First
Class award tickets, on Etihad, for travel between Europe and the Middle East.
At 60,000 miles, economy
class award tickets to Florence
cost the same using any alliance, unless you fly during American Airlines» off - peak season, between October 15 and May 15.
Remember that for international business or first
class awards, you'll be avoiding the
cost of a
ticket that could
cost thousands of dollars.
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.
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.
Flying Club members will now have to pay 50 % the
cost of an
award ticket to upgrade to the next cabin of service and pay 75 % of an
award ticket to upgrade from Economy to Upper
Class (Business
Class)
In fact, first
class tickets cost the same as or less than the business
class awards offered by the other alliances.
Business
Class awards cost fewer miles (62,500) but you'll pay the same taxes and fees as you would for a First
Class ticket so, if you have the miles, First
Class appears better value.
The mileage
cost from all three cities will be 150,000 American miles for a round - trip (75,000 for a one - way)
award ticket in business
class.
Low level
award redemptions for premium business
class international round - trip
tickets can usually be found for 140,000 miles, but Delta occasionally has flash sales where those
awards cost just 110,000 miles.
Tickets on Delta Airines are pricey; a business
class award seat to Europe, for example, will
cost you 125,000 miles per roundtrip.
These routes still only
cost 105,000 Japan Airlines miles for a round - trip first
class award ticket, but you'll get hit with over $ 1,000 in taxes and fees.
Instead of buying a
ticket in economy
class directly for $ 1,330.80, you may buy miles to book an
award ticket and would
cost you the following based on the
class of booking
A round - trip
ticket in first
class normally
costs $ 14,833 but can be booked as an
award for 140,000 miles.
Economy
class tickets to Switzerland
cost roughly the same with all of the alliances, with the exception of American Airlines off - peak
awards.
If you fly after March, business
class award tickets will be 5,000 to 10,000 miles less, but first
class will jump in
cost by at least 20,000 miles.
A roundtrip
award ticket to Europe from the United States usually
costs an average of 50,000 miles in coach or 100,000 in business
class.
It
costs 70,00 Qmiles in Economy, 140,000 Qmiles in Business and 210,000 Qmiles in First
class to book
award ticket with Qatar Airways Privilege Club miles from Los Angeles to Doha.
Award mileage accrual for
tickets on partner airlines that are not issued by United, and for specialty
tickets where United does not know what fare was paid (including unpublished, consolidator, bulk, group and tour
tickets), is based on fair
class and distance flown, not the
cost of the
ticket.
It only
costs 30,000 Flying Blue miles round trip for an
award ticket in economy
class.
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.
The exception is first
class tickets in these zones, which will
cost you roughly 33 % more Avios in the new
award chart.
While the
cost of a business
class award ticket between New York and Bali doubled, the
cost of a business
class award ticket between Miami and Lima went from 80,000 miles to 50,000 miles, so is now quite a good deal.
An
award ticket in Lufthansa business
class costs the same amount as an
award ticket in Austrian business
class, and I have to assume a majority of my readers would appreciate knowing with which their miles are better spent.
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.
Normally, a domestic business
class ticket costs 50,000 miles roundtrip (possibly less if you're booking a distance - based
award), a roundtrip to Europe is 50,000, while Asia is around 110,000.
Normally I write more about Singapore Suites than Singapore First
Class, both since most of my
Award Booking Clients aspire to fly Singapore Suites on the A380 and because as an award ticket, Singapore Suites is the same cost in KrisFlyer miles as Singapore First C
Award Booking Clients aspire to fly Singapore Suites on the A380 and because as an
award ticket, Singapore Suites is the same cost in KrisFlyer miles as Singapore First C
award ticket, Singapore Suites is the same
cost in KrisFlyer miles as Singapore First
Class.
(Example: This week, American AAdvantage is raising the
award costs for many MileSAAver economy
class tickets.)
Round - trip economy -
class tickets will set you back 25,000 miles plus taxes and fees, while round - trip business -
class awards cost 50,000 miles plus taxes and fees.