With only 4 systemwide upgrades available per year, from 2017 onwards, buying
discount Economy Class fares with the idea of upgrading them to Business Class won't work for someone who travels as much as I do — especially if I'm traveling with Joanna — so I need to come up with a way to get around this issue.
For flights booked with partners it looks like United MileagePlus is more rewarding for
Discount Economy Class travel while American's AAdvantage program is marginally more rewarding for Discount Business Class travel.
The good news is that Qantas allows points upgrades from
Discounted Economy Class to Business Class despite the fact that they operate aircraft with a Premium Economy cabin.
Malaysia Airlines has launched a couple of promotions for travel on its London to Kuala Lumpur route — one is a simple
discounted Economy Class promotion which looks quire attractive while the other is a discount on award travel between the two cities which will probably be the most interesting of the two promotions if you have a stash of Enrich points.
You're not going to earn much as its a deeply
discounted Economy Class fare that's being booked but a round trip will earn 3,278 Avios and 40 Tier Points and they all help!
Malaysia Airlines has launched a couple of promotions for travel on its London to Kuala Lumpur route - one is a simple
discounted Economy Class promotion which looks quire attractive while the other is a discount on award travel between the two cities which will probably be the most interesting of the two promotions...
The net effect here is that deeply
discounted Economy Class fares will earn more miles while some more flexible fares will earn fewer miles.
Passengers flying on
discounted economy class tickets would be shifted across to a revamped version of Asia Miles where members can earn miles that are redeemed for future travel but do not earn any sort of tier status with an airline.
Because of this I thought I'd run a 3 - part series looking at the changes that are coming and how they will affect those of us who mostly book
discounted Economy Class fares and discounted Business Class fares — if you book the more expensive fares then you're in luck and you'll be doing just fine.
Worse still,
the discounted Economy Class fares booked through partners don't earn the 1 EQM / mile flown like they do if they're booked through American — these fares earn just 0.5 EQM / mile flown.
And if nothing else that shows you the gulf in earnings between
discounted Economy class fares and the more premium cabins — it's huge.
Alaska Airlines recently introduced
discounted economy class awards for shorter flights.
For example, North America to Germany is 30K miles to upgrade (one way) if your ticket was purchased in any of
the discounted economy class fares.
SWUs have long been the single best benefit of the AAdvantage program — paying for deeply
discounted economy class tickets and then finding yourself in Business Class across the Atlantic is a particularly nice experience.
Discounted economy class flights earn 50 — 100 % of miles flown, depending on the fare class.
First, Aegean offers mileage as low as 25 % of the distance flown for
discounted economy class tickets, although it can grant as much as 150 % for full fare tickets.
Not exact matches
In other words, if you tighten monetary policy, certainly by more than is
discounted in the market — and what's
discounted in the market is very minor rising market — that will reverberate through asset
class prices, as well as then you can have a situation in terms of the
economy.
Discount carriers like Southwest and JetBlue were reshaping the industry with cheap fares and an easy - to - understand business model: fly one type of plane, sell only
economy -
class seats and treat passengers like human beings.
Special offers vary but usually you get a
discount up to 30 % of the airfare price or free upgrade to business
class in case if you bought a full fare
economy class ticket.
Additionally, a companion
discount benefit allows the primary cardholders to book a flight between North America and Hawaii in
economy class with a 50 percent
discount.
Bookable in the highest
Economy and Business
class fare (Corporate fares or Abu Dhabi Goverment Employees Travel Programme
discounts are not allowed).
Additionally, a companion
discount benefit allows the primary cardholders to book a flight between North America and Hawaii in
economy class with a 50 percent
discount.
If you are a traveler that often books the cheapest
economy class ticket, then there can also be strong value in redeeming points through the ThankYou program's travel portal thanks to the 25 percent
discount offered by this card.
It does have a restriction on
economy class awards, so that could be as much as 20,000 LifeMiles
discount on a roundtrip
economy class ticket to Colombia, or 18,000 miles to Central America.
Every month Air France releases Promo Awards that allow travelers to book both business and
economy class award tickets at a 25 % -50 %
discount.
You will generally receive a 25 - 50 %
discount on
economy and business
class award tickets from Europe to specific cities.
(a) Classic Upgrade Rewards can not be used in conjunction with an open dated ticket, fares ineligible to earn Points, a travel industry reduced fare ticket, a prize ticket or any other promotional offer; (b) Classic Upgrade Rewards can only be requested on the Segments listed on the Itinerary for which the Member has been issued a ticket; (c) Classic Upgrade Rewards may only be used to obtain an upgrade as follows: (i)
Discount Economy,
Economy or Flexible
Economy to Premium
Economy class or Classic Flight Reward
Economy to Premium
Economy (where available), (ii)
Discount Economy,
Economy or Flexible
Economy to Business
class or Classic Flight Reward
Economy to Business
class (where available), Note: at the time of registration for a Classic Upgrade Reward to Business, Members may also register a request for a Classic Upgrade Reward to Premium
Economy (where available).
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).
Basically, the different fare
classes have an EQM multiplier:
discount economy is 1x, full - fare is 1.5 x, business is 2x, and first earns 3x.
GarudaMiles members can get 90 % redemption
discount for flights with Garuda Indonesia to all domestic and international routes in First
Class, Business
Class and
Economy Class.
Mileage Bargains are
discounted awards between the U.S. and Europe that change on a regular basis and cost only 30,000 miles for round - trip travel in
economy class.
At the beginning of every month the Flying Blue loyalty program releases
discounted awards for
Economy and Business
Class travel on Air France and KLM flights.
At the beginning of every month Flying Blue (the loyalty program for Air France / KLM) releases
discounted mileage awards for
Economy and Business
Class travel on Air France and KLM flights.
P (
discounted business
class) and N (lowest
economy) fares will earn zero miles.
Some
discount economy fare
classes won't earn you any Premier Miles or Segments.
At the beginning of each month, FlyingBlue releases Promo Awards that
discount economy and business
class tickets 25 % to 50 % for flights between Europe and North America.
The premium
economy and business
class discounts are particularly valuable, especially when paired with one of the frequent business
class sales that the airline tends to offer.
The stand - alone Avios Travel Reward Programme is, for a very limited travel window, offering a 50 %
discount on Avios
Economy Class award flights to New York & Boston From London Heathrow & Gatwick.
Paying for business
class seats will usually cost three to five times more than a
discounted seat in
economy class, which isn't a good deal for anyone who isn't super-rich.
Do note that some of the deepest
Discount Economy fare
classes earn Points but do not appear as Status Credit earning
classes.
he stand - alone Avios Travel Reward Programme is, for a very limited travel window, offering a 50 %
discount on Avios
Economy Class award flights to New York & Boston From London Heathrow & Gatwick.
To receive
discount, the purchase of the qualifying First, Business, or Premium
Economy Class ticket / s on a participating airline must be made over the phone through American Express Travel (Platinum Travel Service, Business Platinum Travel, or Centurion Travel Service) and paid in full with an American Express Card in the U.S. Platinum Card Member's or U.S. Centurion ® Member's name.
Full - fare tickets require 100 percent of the miles required for an award ticket to upgrade (i.e., if an
economy award between London and Bahrain is 24,000 miles one way, you'll need 24,000 miles to upgrade to the next
class), and
discount fares require 150 percent of the miles.
This month's August promo awards from North America are largely limited to 25 %
discounts, and many are for travel in
economy class.
The accrual rates start out at one qualifying mile per mile flown in
discount economy and go up with higher fare
classes.
Discounted economy -
class tickets will earn one point per qualifying mile and «deep
discount»
economy tickets will earn one - half point per qualifying mile.
The 10 %
discount available through the Chase Iberia Visa isn't limited to
Economy Class — the
discount can be applied to Premium
Economy and Business
Class fares too.
Discounts on offer this season include 25 % off business
class flights between Boston and Europe; 20 % off
economy class redemptions within Europe to cities like Luxembourg, Milan, and Prague; and 25 % off business
class redemptions between Europe and cities in China including Beijing, Chengdu, and Xiamen.
Here's the current
discounts: Save $ 65 on World Traveller (
economy) Save $ 130 on World Traveller Plus (premium
economy) Save $ 200 on Club World (business
class) and First Class tickets Increas
class) and First
Class tickets Increas
Class tickets Increased...
Fortunately you can use your Alaska Airlines companion fare on any Hawaii flight in
economy class, including already -
discounted fares published as part of this sale.