Use Singapore miles on a premium
class domestic award ticket on United (including Alaska) without fuel surcharges.
Not exact matches
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.
If you'd rather not spend that much, Miles & More has great deals on
domestic round - trip business
class award tickets.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ranging anywhere from $ 5 for
domestic awards to $ 1,000 + for upper
class international itineraries,
award ticket fees are not foreign to
award travelers.
In terms of comparison to other airlines, two
domestic roundtrip
award tickets in economy
class on United would require 50,000 miles.
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.
- 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.
Someone redeeming for U.S.
domestic flights that are normally inexpensive will typically get much less face value out of the same number of miles or points than someone redeeming for an international first
class award ticket, which could have a retail value of $ 20,000 or more.