Every month Air France releases Promo Awards that allow travelers to book both business and economy
class award tickets at a 25 % -50 % discount.
Not exact matches
Japan Airlines» Mileage Bank program provides the cheapest option
at 42,000 miles for a one - way business
class award ticket.
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.
The taxes and fees on a round - trip first
class award ticket will be roughly $ 700 but for two 10 - hour flights in first
class, that's not bad
at all.
With
award tickets starting
at 4,000 - 4,500 Avios in economy or 7,750 - 9,000 Avios in business
class for any flight less than 651 miles you'd be able to book 22 flights with that 100,000 point bonus.
Let's take a look
at the different airline loyalty programs you can use to book your next business
class award ticket.
I do hold to One Mile
at a Time's policy of never keeping more than enough miles to redeem for a couple of first
class international
award tickets.
If you manage to avail such
award at 50 % off rate on the Europe — North America route, you'll need to pay only 25,000 FlyingBlue miles for one way business
class tickets and 12,500 miles for one way economy
class tickets, making it an excellent deal!
Airlines will generally issue a limited number of lower mileage «saver»
award tickets on a flight in each
class of service, and then offer additional
award seats to flyers
at a premium.
While there is nothing wrong with economy
class or budget travel, many points - pinching travelers miss out on bargains because they aren't even looking
at the price of the business -
class award tickets.
Japan Airlines» Mileage Bank program provides the cheapest option
at 42,000 miles for a one - way business
class award ticket.
Singapore Airlines requires the fewest number of miles when booking economy
class award tickets on Alaska Airlines from Zone 1 and Zone 2
at 24,000 and 23,000 miles, respectively.
If by chance the
award you're looking
at goes down in price (which will be true for economy and business
class tickets to Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America, as well as economy
class tickets to India and the Middle East) then you may also call American and ask them to re-price the
award to refund the extra miles back to your account.
United typically charges 115,000 miles for round trip business
class awards from the US to Europe, so even if you value the hotel
at $ 125 per night, you're getting $ 875 in hotel plus $ 2,500 (or more) in value if you can redeem for a business
class round trip
ticket.
At the beginning of each month, FlyingBlue releases Promo
Awards that discount economy and business
class tickets 25 % to 50 % for flights between Europe and North America.
You are looking
at about 150K miles for a one way first
class award ticket to Mumbai plus $ 327.90 in taxes / fees.
American will
award three elite qualifying miles for full - fare first - and business -
class tickets vs. two
at Delta Air Lines and 1.5
at United Airlines.
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.
Members
at the same Medallion level will be cleared in order of fare
class groupings for revenue
tickets, Award Tickets and Pay with Miles1 tickets, with higher fare classes among all ticket types holding higher pr
tickets,
Award Tickets and Pay with Miles1 tickets, with higher fare classes among all ticket types holding higher pr
Tickets and Pay with Miles1
tickets, with higher fare classes among all ticket types holding higher pr
tickets, with higher fare
classes among all
ticket types holding higher priority.
Members will earn
award miles based on the flight distance2 and the purchased fare
class for the following
tickets and flights, with some exclusions as listed
at the bottom of this page.
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.
At 80,000 miles for a one - way First
Class ticket, and 62,500 miles for a one - way Business
Class ticket between Seoul and New York this could be one of the better
award redemptions out there.
Austin to Seattle is 1,771 miles so the price starts
at 10,000
award miles for a one - way
ticket in economy
class.
However, the miles required for business
class awards are very good
at 88,000 miles for a round - trip
ticket.
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.
Award tickets are also relatively cheap
at 140,000 miles round - trip in business
class.
Of course, as I discussed in my first article on travel hacking theory, I do value that
award trip
at more than $ 790, in fact, I value it
at about $ 1,300, since that's what I'd typically pay for an economy
class ticket to Europe.
Domestic economy
class tickets are a good value
at 15,000 miles, but the real bargains are domestic economy plus and business
class awards.
The real question for me is if I'd fly Garuda Indonesia first
class again
at the standard
award price of 180,000 Garuda Miles for a one - way
ticket on the same route.
SkyMiles offer the cheapest
award seats in economy
at 80,000 miles, but using AAdvantage miles will get you the cheapest business
class tickets.
With
award tickets starting
at 4,000 - 4,500 Avios in economy or 7,750 - 9,000 Avios in business
class for any flight less than 651 miles you'd be able to book 22 flights with that 100,000 point bonus.
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.
When
award space is availble, it's not too difficult to find an economy
class award ticket for 25,000 miles instead of paying $ 500 (valuing miles
at 2 cents each), or an international business
class award ticket for 120,000 miles instead of $ 6,000 (valuing miles
at 5 cents each).
Note that the child's
ticket must be in the same
class of travel as
at least one
ticketed adult; you can't redeem a first
class award and pay 10 % of an unrestricted coach
ticket for the lap child.
You can also transfer points to Airtran for flat - rate
awards like business
class upgrades or free
tickets at a flat rate instead of a rate that corresponds to the
ticket price.
You'll notice that I have specifically excluded Lufthansa First
Class, which is available
at most 15 days in advance, and Swiss First
Class, which has pretty much disappeared for
award bookings, even for solo
tickets.
One - way
awards are also available, although
at more than 50 % (depending on fare
class and destination between 60 - 70 % of a round - trip
ticket).
Even though there is 4 months to book those
award tickets if you want to fly CX in first
class or even business it is almost impossible to find
at this point.
Considering I bought these miles
at 1.1 cents a piece, that was like paying $ 330 extra to fly in first
class on most legs of what will be a 25,900 - mile
award ticket - a no - brainer since first
class seats are generally much more spacious and every inch of pitch counts when you're 6» 7 ″!
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).
↓ Good
Award Comes to an End When US Airways left the Star Alliance to join oneworld on March 31, US Airways Dividend Miles members lost the ability to book what Lucky at One Mile At A Time called, «one of the single best award ticket values in the industry» - US Airways» 90,000 - mile business class award between the U.S. and North Asia using Star Alliance carr
Award Comes to an End When US Airways left the Star Alliance to join oneworld on March 31, US Airways Dividend Miles members lost the ability to book what Lucky
at One Mile At A Time called, «one of the single best award ticket values in the industry» - US Airways» 90,000 - mile business class award between the U.S. and North Asia using Star Alliance carrier
at One Mile
At A Time called, «one of the single best award ticket values in the industry» - US Airways» 90,000 - mile business class award between the U.S. and North Asia using Star Alliance carrier
At A Time called, «one of the single best
award ticket values in the industry» - US Airways» 90,000 - mile business class award between the U.S. and North Asia using Star Alliance carr
award ticket values in the industry» - US Airways» 90,000 - mile business
class award between the U.S. and North Asia using Star Alliance carr
award between the U.S. and North Asia using Star Alliance carriers.
That chart has some real values, such as the ability to fly business
class between the US and Europe for 90,000 miles roundtrip instead of the usual 100,000, the ability to pop around Europe with several extra flights thrown in for 115,000 miles in business
class instead of 100,000 miles roundtrip plus another 20,000 miles for each and every additional intra-European flight, and the ability to fly to Australia in business
class via Asia (not normally allowed on a single
award ticket) for an extra 25,000 miles — and make stopovers in Asia, and throw in Australian domestic flights
at the same time.
Conclusion: China Airlines often offers business
class tickets at much lower prices than competitors or has
award availability when there are few other choices left.
All SkyMiles
Award Tickets will be booked into WestJet's Economy
class, and Members may purchase upgrades into WestJet's Plus (premium economy)
class at check - in.