If you want to maximize your United Airlines miles even more,
consider economy class flights.
Not exact matches
If you are looking for a more economical way to enjoy Lufthansa's First
Class,
consider taking a United
Economy or Business
flight to Europe, and then fly First
Class while hopping between European countries.
Economy class flights should also be
considered, as
flights shorter than 800 miles only need 8,000 reward miles.
Another option to
consider is
economy class flights.
This request will be
considered if the Classic Upgrade Reward to Business
class is unsuccessful; (iii) Discount Premium
Economy, Premium
Economy, Flexible Premium
Economy or Classic
Flight Reward Premium
Economy (where available) to Business
class, (iv) Discount Business, Business
class or Flexible Business to First
class (where available).
If you are looking for a more economical way to enjoy Lufthansa's First
Class,
consider taking a United
Economy or Business
flight to Europe, and then fly First
Class while hopping between European countries.
If you're looking to fly to one of the more expensive European destinations (in this example London would come into that category) and if you're not pressed for time, I'd
consider flying to one of the cheaper destinations (Brussels) and catching a cheap short - haul
economy class flight to your final destination — that could save a few hundred dollars.
For a sub-three hour
flight the cost of a First
Class ticket would have to be very close to that of an
Economy Class ticket before I
considered paying the extra.
Tip # 2: If you don't have enough miles for that (or you would prefer to take more
flights with the miles you have),
consider using your United miles on international
economy class flights on routes that have expensive cash tickets.
Considering the difference in comfort levels between Premium
Economy and Business
Class you'd have to be mad not to scrape together the extra 7,500 KrisFlyer miles for the
flight.
Just as I don't book long haul
Economy Class awards I don't
consider short haul Premium Cabin bookings to be a good use of my miles — I can handle an exit row in
Economy Class for a short
flight.
Economy class flights from the U.S. to North Africa and Israel remain untouched and we
consider that a good thing.