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.
This month's
awards are for Business
Class flights between Europe and either Boston or NYC:
For 110,000 miles you can book a one - way first
class award flight on Lufthansa.
On an American Airlines
flight, business
class and first
class award bookings will include about $ 280 in taxes and fees for a round - trip ticket.
Because Mileage Bank miles are a bit harder to earn, it could be easier for you to use American AAdvantage miles to book off - peak economy
class award tickets for 45,000 miles round - trip on
flights operated by American Airlines.
Now that you have a handle on how to book a British Airways business
class award flight, let's take a look at some of the best redemption options.
One important point to remember when using United miles to book this
flight is that Lufthansa only releases first
class award space to its Star Alliance partners 14 days before departure.
While a round - trip economy
class award on a
flight operated by American Airlines will include about $ 180 in taxes and fees, an economy
award on British Airways will require about $ 520 thanks to carrier - imposed surcharges.
Using British Airways Avios won't be a great way to book this
flight, but you can use 63,000 Japan Airlines Mileage Bank miles or 80,000 American AAdvantage miles for a round - trip business
class award.
Korean Air SkyPass miles will not be a go - to for economy
class awards, but they are a solid way to book business
class awards on Delta
flights.
On United, all
award travel is booked one - way for flexibility, so you can book a different
award type or even
class of service on your outbound and return
flights.
If you want to book the same
award flight in economy
class, it will only be 23,000 Avios for a one - way
award booking.
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.
Most programs charge at least 35,000 miles for a round - trip
award flight to these places in economy
class.
Upgrade
awards on Korean Air
flights are limited to generally expensive fare
classes on paid tickets, so your ticket may not be eligible.
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:
As a member of Star Alliance, there are many ways to book business
class award flights on ANA.
And you'll wind up with at least 150,000 Delta miles for all your spending, which is enough for a round - trip Business
Class award flight to Europe.
So getting the Business Platinum card and completing the minimum spending means you'll have more than enough for 2 round - trip coach
flights or 1 Business
Class award flight to Europe.
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.
For instance, if you took an
award flight to Hawaii in July, 2017, use Expedia or your favorite travel booking site to look up the price of
flights in that same
class of service in July, 2018.
An
award flight in Cathay's First
Class is one of the most popular ways to redeem AAdvantage miles.
Singapore Airlines has a handful of other sweet spots in their
award chart, and
flights on United within the U.S. in business or first
class is one of them.
JetBlue, known for its
award winning service, 10 ″ HDTV screens, high speed in -
flight internet, and free snacks, is becoming more popular as they introduce new routes, expand their fantastic Mint
Class premium cabin, and more frequent flyers become aware of...
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.
Earn fixed mileage
Award Miles for European
flights based on each booking
class.
Korean Air SkyPass miles will not be a go - to for economy
class awards, but they are a solid way to book business
class awards on Delta
flights.
While we often talk about booking United business
class and first
class, this extra economy
award space can be extremely useful when you need to book a
flight but ticket prices are sky high.
Should you want to stop in Fiji for a longer period of time and then head elsewhere in the Pacific using American miles,
award flights to elsewhere in the South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand come in at 20,000 miles in Economy and 30,000 miles in Business
Class.
As I said, Alaska Airlines has a separate
award chart for each airline so we know that an Emirates First
Class flight is going to come up at 90,000 miles each way.
These rates increase to 30,000 / 60,000 miles for
awards booked in premium economy, and 40,000 / 80,000 miles for business
class flights.
Most programs charge at least 35,000 miles for a round - trip
award flight to these places in economy
class.
You could also book an
award flight on Eva Air to Southeast Asia in one of the nicest business
class cabins out there.
(There is an exception for
flights operated by Turkish Airlines, for which you will receive 25 % of earned
award miles as status miles in all
classes.)
I'm lucky on the first try, and Aeroplan found an
award on Lufthansa's non-stop
flight from Seattle to Frankfurt in business
class.
With business
class flights to the Caribbean and northern South America, United's
award regions allow you to book premium cabins in a variety of ways.
This classification makes Flying Blue a go - to program for booking economy
class award flights to Israel, Morocco, and more.
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.
Many of the
award booking options for Virgin Atlantic Upper
Class flights are going to involve some steep taxes and fees thanks to carrier - imposed surcharges.
For the day Donna would like to leave, a Saver Business
Class Award for a nonstop
flight is available.
The most common
award redemption is a domestic
flight for 25,000 miles round trip in economy
class.
Even if you need
award space for a
flight within 3 or 4 months, it is not uncommon to find business
class space for 1 to 3 people.
This is also in line with Donna's goal to fly business
class or first
class as much as possible on this trip, as a business / first
award booking with a stopover in Luxembourg takes no more points than a direct
flight back to Chicago would entail.
Thanks to Korean Air's SkyTeam partner, you can book an
award flight on Air France in economy
class from Los Angeles (LAX) to Tahiti (PPT) for 60,000 Korean Air SkyPass miles.
If you're booking a first
class award flight (or even a business
class award flight), it might make sense to purchase some miles to top off your account depending on your situation.
In this post I'll show a few simple changes to a round - trip
flight between New York and London that can lower the fees for a business
class award from $ 1,124.56 to $ 391.86.
However, adding a short - haul economy
flight to a long - haul business or first
class flight may, as in my example, drastically reduce the number of Iberia Avios required for your
award redemption.
You can fly economy on United or one of their partners for 30,000 miles, in business
class on their metal for 55,500 miles, or in business
class on one of their partners, like Lufthansa, for 70,000 miles each way (sometimes they will have sales on partner
award flights).
Below these paragraphs are screen shots of business
class award flights.
You can also upgrade your
flight to the First
Class Saver
award if you call reservations at least 26 hours before your
flight departure.