Not exact matches
Furthermore, the points can be transferred
to various airline partners and used for
first -
class upgrades (
cost will vary depending on the flight).
Again, the Avios can be used
to redeem for
first -
class upgrades on British Airways flights (
upgrade cost will vary be flight).
That means
upgrading from Economy
to Business
Class for half of this award would
cost 20,000 additional miles per person, while an
upgrade to First Class would require 37,500 more than an Economy award.
Using rewards
to fly
first class — If you want
to use your points
to upgrade your seat category on a flight, it could still
cost you money... (See Rewards)
In fact, if you're Executive Platinum and could get 10,000 redeemable miles for this sample itinerary along with the possibility of an
upgrade, that would leave you with an effective
cost of 11,000 points and miles for a transcontinental roundtrip with a potential free
upgrade to business /
first class.
Again, the Avios can be used
to redeem for
first -
class upgrades on British Airways flights (
upgrade cost will vary be flight).
Furthermore, the points can be transferred
to various airline partners and used for
first -
class upgrades (
cost will vary depending on the flight).
For example, it
costs 100,000 Qatar frequent flyer miles
to upgrade to first on a flight from New York
to Doha, versus 105,000 miles for a
first class award.
Business travel and a desire
to mix convenience with value have led them
to use frequent flyer miles and hotel loyalty programs regularly
to offset the
costs of travel and gain
upgrades (who doesn't want
to fly
first class to Paris?).
If you travel for business, you may want
to consider
upgrading to first class or the presidential suite because the entire
cost is tax deductible.
So with all of this unethical, even criminal conduct in the profession (and those are just the matters that we know about), the Illinois Disciplinary Commission chooses
to go after a lawyer with an unblemished 16 - year record who allegedly falsified his reason for
upgrading from an economy
to a
first -
class flight, and even offered
to eat the extra $ 260
cost.