Business class award flights require 90,000 miles, and first
class redemptions require 165,000 miles.
Not exact matches
I like how you broke down each program, the points
required for all fare
classes, and how to earn points for each
redemption.
Bottom Line: Sign - up bonus has relatively high
required spend, but points carry very high value for business
class redemptions
ANA Mileage Club's business
class redemption rate is the real sweet spot — it's 40,000 miles less than what's
required by United MileagePlus!
Except for Melbourne, the
redemption rates for economy, business, and first
class awards from the U.S. to major cities in eastern Australia will
require the same number of Japan Airlines Mileage Bank miles.
Investors have the right to redeem or switch out of an affected mutual fund
class up to the close of business prior to the effective date of termination and will not be
required to pay any
redemption fees, sales charges or other fees associated with the
class termination.
ANA Mileage Club's business
class redemption rate is the real sweet spot — it's 40,000 miles less than what's
required by United MileagePlus!
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 find the round - trip
redemption rates for both economy and business
class, as well as estimates of the respective taxes and fees
required.
To show you how good this sweet spot is for the BA award chart, United would
require 60,000 miles for a roundtrip business
class redemption from DFW to CUN which is 30,000 more than Avios (and twice the price)!
But, business
class redemptions on International routes
required twice the number of miles needed for an economy award.
This one - way
redemption in business
class requires 34,000 Avios with both British and Iberia programs on off - peak dates.
For business
class redemptions, flights to Asia 1 will
require 20,000 more miles, while flights to Asia 2 30,000 more miles, and 35,000 extra miles for the South Pacific.
For most fare types across all cabin
classes, the number of KrisFlyer miles
required for
redemption upgrades remains the same.
Any economy ticket
requires at least $ 200 in YQ, and business -
class redemptions are often well over $ 400.
The table below outlines first
class redemption requirements for the major frequent flier programs and, based on the amount of spend that is
required to earn those miles, I've outlined when it's better to pay for a ticket out of pocket and / or redeem Arrival Plus Miles.
Considering the miles
required is less than what most U.S. airlines
require for a roundtrip business
class award to Europe, this still works out favorable — especially, if you factor in an Arrival Miles
redemption.
People love Aeroplan because they offer some pretty great
redemption options (90,000 miles for business
class to Europe, though they've recently changed their award chart to be less valuable)-- see here for details, and they love ANA because with their distance - based rewards you can get some great values (63,000 ANA miles for a business
class ticket on Virgin to London which until recently did not
require Virgin's outrageous fuel surcharges).