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class domestic award ticket on United (including Alaska) without fuel surcharges.
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Here, we'll dive into the different economy and
domestic first
class award booking options you have.
But there are still decent deals like Economy
Class to Europe and some
domestic awards for as few as 5,000 miles one way.
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.
The most common
award redemption is a
domestic flight for 25,000 miles round trip in economy
class.
Well, United Airlines may call its
domestic premium cabin «first
class», but it codes
award space as business
class.
If you'd rather not spend that much, Miles & More has great deals on
domestic round - trip business
class award tickets.
While Saver level
domestic first
class awards will continue to cost 25,000 miles one - way in the continental U.S. and 40,000 miles one - way to Hawaii, routes with premium service are seeing increases.
I've also written about a nice opportunity to get free stopovers on
domestic flights, making the Alaska Airlines award chart particularly valuable: How to Book Awards on Emirates with Alaska Airlines Miles Alaska Airlines Awards: Two Domestic One Ways for the Price of One It does take 90,000 miles each way to fly First Class, however, and the big downside is that Alaska... [Read
domestic flights, making the Alaska Airlines
award chart particularly valuable: How to Book
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Domestic awards from Kuala Lumpur to East Malaysia (Malaysian Borneo) come to 30,000 miles in economy and 50,000 in business
class.
For example,
domestic round - trip
awards from Kuala Lumpur to the West Malaysia region (Malay Peninsula) come to just 20,000 miles in economy
class and 40,000 miles in business.
As Delta has massively devalued its own
award chart, many SkyTeam travelers are now taking a closer look at Flying Blue as their gateway to not only
domestic Delta flights, but also the glamorous Air France business and first
class, which is primarily only available to Flying Blue members with elite status.
You can upgrade
award tickets to a Big Front Seat for cash, which is equivalent in size to standard
domestic first
class on most airlines.
Typical
domestic awards in economy
class will cost 12,500 miles — the same as most carriers.
Domestic business
awards are double the price of economy, so you could get one business
class award seat for 50,000 United miles.
If you're new to the «travel rewards» world, booking cheap
domestic award flights might be your way of getting your feet wet before you book an international
award flight or a first
class flight that will require more miles.
United's old pricing was directly in line with what American changes for its
domestic Business
Class awards... but not any longer.
Thanks to tons of last - minute
award availability, United miles are a great bet for spur - of - the - moment
domestic trips in economy
class.
I felt that I could still redeem my miles for
domestic flights and certain business
class awards at reasonable rates while using other means to earn and redeem
awards with partners like Lufthansa and Singapore.
Though I'm primarily discussing economy redemptions here, I also wanted to mention that booking through Virgin Atlantic, you can get first -
class award tickets for
domestic travel in the U.S. for an absolute steal: just 45,000 miles.
Well, United Airlines may call its
domestic premium cabin «first
class», but it codes the
award space as business
class.
While we all enjoy booking an extravagant first
class award to Asia and getting a massive amount of value out of our miles, the truth is
award tickets simply aren't available every time we want to book and some travel needs like
domestic economy tickets don't offer such great value.
Most economy
class redemption levels, with the exception of Taiwan
domestic awards and flights between North and South / Central America, are less competitive than what's offered by U.S. - based programs.
Domestic First
Class awards are coming down in cost to 25,000 miles (40,000 miles for Hawaii) while First
Class awards to / from Central America are coming down to 27,500 miles... but this all only good news if American Airlines ever opens up Saaver
awards in the first place.
I hardly found any
Domestic business
class awards that are reasonably priced, Delta uses dynamic pricing based on the demand, availability for sky miles redemption.
For example, the standard one - way price for a
domestic award in economy
class is 12,500 miles.
Though Miles & More
awards carry high fuel surcharges, their redemption rates are relatively comparable to the main
domestic airlines, though occasionally with a bit of a discount, such as 50,000 miles for round - trip flights between the U.S. and Europe in economy
class.
Similarly, the O fare
class used for business
class awards on Delta One flights (international business
class and some premium
domestic routes) will match the OP fare
class used for mileage upgrades.
Domestic economy class tickets are a good value at 15,000 miles, but the real bargains are domestic economy plus and business class
Domestic economy
class tickets are a good value at 15,000 miles, but the real bargains are
domestic economy plus and business class
domestic economy plus and business
class awards.
The only positive change is the lesser number of miles needed for some
domestic business
class awards.
Award seats can be cheaply upgraded for cash to Exit Seats (like comfort economy) or Big Front Seats (like
domestic first
class)
Ranging anywhere from $ 5 for
domestic awards to $ 1,000 + for upper
class international itineraries,
award ticket fees are not foreign to
award travelers.
On the redemption side, the program offers very cheap short - haul
awards (as low as 4,500 miles in economy or 9,000 in business
class), thus perfect for
domestic flights within Japan (with no taxes!)
As you can see, while at the moment American's
domestic first
class award price is only 32,500, starting March 22nd the price for that seat will be 50,000 miles one way.
With first
class partner redemptions on United now pricing at 110,000 miles each way from the U.S. to Europe, the elimination of the low 4,500 Avios level
award band for
domestic short - hops via British Airways, and Southwest points worth less than ever before, it's hard to suggest that Ultimate Rewards still has the strongest stable of transfer partners.
In terms of comparison to other airlines, two
domestic roundtrip
award tickets in economy
class on United would require 50,000 miles.
Why it's worth it: Even if you don't spend a total of $ 10,000 in the first year to earn 75,000 Avios, earning 50,000 Avios can open the door to some great redemptions, such as
domestic business -
class awards on American and off - peak Aer Lingus flights to Europe.
American also took three GT Tested Reader Survey
Awards - for Best Airline Website, Best Airline for
Domestic First
Class, and Fastest - Growing Airline Transpacific.
You'll need more lead time for premium
awards, such as an international first -
class ticket, than you will for a
domestic economy flight.
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.
High level airline elite status comes with many valuable perks such as free
domestic first
class upgrades (when available), elite security lines, waived fees (such as free checked bags, and free changes to
award bookings), improved availability of
award seats, and more.
As I explained yesterday in my post about booking
domestic awards with American Airlines miles,
award space is wide open in First
Class from New York to Los Angeles or San Francisco.
On occasion I have had to purchase a
domestic positioning leg if I want to find business or first
class award space, but at least United checks my bags through and protects me in the case of a missed connection.»
- Miles & More is the mileage program of Lufthansa as well as Austrian and SWISS, and members get more access to premium
award tickets - All three airlines are part of Star Alliance, so you can use these miles on any of the 27 partner airlines including US Airways and United (and Miles & More
awards can be booked one - way, which US Airways
awards can not)- You can book a roundtrip
domestic business
class award on United and US Airways for 35,000 miles, or a first
class ticket for 50,000 miles.
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.
However, United said it will continue to offer MileagePlus
domestic Saver
awards (which are subject to capacity controls) at levels of 10,000 or 12,500 miles one - way for economy
class seats, depending on distance.
Many of the increases from airlines and hotels are on business - and first -
class flights and luxury hotels, with basic
awards such as
domestic coach flights generally unaffected.
These passes are usually
awarded annually and are good for a
domestic economy
class flight.
United will continue to offer MileagePlus
domestic Saver
awards (which are subject to capacity controls) at levels of 10,000 or 12,500 miles one - way for economy
class seats, depending on distance.