You have to redeem it at the time you buy a ticket in certain
discounted fare classes (classes L, U and T) on the same flight.
Not exact matches
At a presentation to investors on Wednesday, JetBlue discussed its three new
fare families, including a
discount class that does not come with a free checked bag.
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.
Bookable in the highest Economy and Business
class fare (Corporate
fares or Abu Dhabi Goverment Employees Travel Programme
discounts are not allowed).
Silver, Gold and Platinum
discount is only valid on instant upgrades performed at the airport and will be calculated at the time of request based on the
fare class booked.
Get up to 50 % in
discounts on comparison tickets once a year whenever you buy the eligible Air Canada Business
Class fares.
One Mile at a Time and The Points Guy have both shared a great
discount on Emirates First
Class, with
fares as low as $ 3,800 to travel from Toronto to destinations in Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Unsurprisingly, these
fares are often double the cost of just 2
discounted business or first
class fares.
If you book in
discounted business
class fare classes Z or I, there will be a $ 500 surcharge in each direction.
Alaska offers an option called «Money & Miles» which offers up to a 50 %
discount on most coach and first
class fares.
If you are buying
discounted fares and think this is your easy path to business or first
class, it's possible that booking an award ticket would be just as easy and a better value.
This
discount only applies to certain
fare classes, and travel must be booked through a Delta Private Jets representative.
However, if you buy a
discounted I business
class fare, you will only receive 55 % of the miles flown.
(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).
The bonus goes only as high as 3,500 miles per segment for
discounted business
class fares on long - haul and p.s. / A321T service.
Note: it is not possible to upgrade to First
class other than from
Discount Business, Business or Flexible Business; (d) Points and Status Credits will be earned only for the
class of travel originally purchased or redeemed, rather than the upgraded
class of travel; (e) the
Fare Conditions applicable to the fare originally purchased or redeemed will apply, irrespective of upgraded class of travel; and (f) special meals may not be available in the upgraded class of tra
Fare Conditions applicable to the
fare originally purchased or redeemed will apply, irrespective of upgraded class of travel; and (f) special meals may not be available in the upgraded class of tra
fare originally purchased or redeemed will apply, irrespective of upgraded
class of travel; and (f) special meals may not be available in the upgraded
class of travel.
«Deep
discounted First
class fares are cheaper than your coach ticket, would you like us to upgrade you?»
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.
International Airline Program offers
discounted companion
fares for first and business
class flights purchased through Amex Travel Center
Discount Class fares are available on select flights from Moscow Domodedovo Airport to a number of domestic and international destinations, including London, Berlin, Vienna, Barcelona, Rome, Milan, Tel Aviv, Saint Petersburg, and Sochi.
Readers: Would you be more likely to pay for a first
class seat instead of trying for an upgrade if first
class fares were
discounted?
These
classes also include both full
fare and
discounted rates.
Airlines have made first
class pricing more competitive while also offering
discounted buy - up
fares to people as they check in.
They've also started offering more and more
discounted first
class fares.
P (
discounted business
class) and N (lowest economy)
fares will earn zero miles.
Some European and Asian carriers already take it to greater extremes, awarding as little as 10 % of the distance flown with deeply
discounted fares but 300 % for long - haul first
class tickets.
Some
discount economy
fare classes won't earn you any Premier Miles or Segments.
The following
classes will be excluded for accrual by Mileage Plan members: Z, R, G, X, or W. Industry and some deeply
discounted fares are ineligible to earn miles.
Do note that some of the deepest
Discount Economy
fare classes earn Points but do not appear as Status Credit earning
classes.
I happen to be considering a trip to Europe this fall with my wife, and thanks to
discounted ~ $ 1,500 business
class fares we are considering paying cash.
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!
For air transportation provided by Delta, a Card Member who purchases a Delta Private Jet Card is entitled to a 20 %
discount off published
fares for select
fare classes in effect when booked.
Delta Private Jets 20 %
Discount on Commercial Flights For air transportation provided by Delta, a Card Member who purchases a Delta Private Jet Card is entitled to a 20 % discount off published fares for select fare classes in effect when
Discount on Commercial Flights For air transportation provided by Delta, a Card Member who purchases a Delta Private Jet Card is entitled to a 20 %
discount off published fares for select fare classes in effect when
discount off published
fares for select
fare classes in effect when booked.
The 20 %
discount on Delta scheduled flights (applicable to published
fares excluding taxes and fees) is limited to select
fare classes on Delta - marketed and operated flights and requires booking through a Delta Private Jets Jet Card account representative; full terms are provided in the Jet Card Agreement.
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.
I spend a lot of time flying out of Europe nowadays and the
discounted Business
Class fares I can book mean that I'm seriously reconsidering the point of having EXP status.
I wrote just a short time ago about the
discounts that FoundersCard was adding for members who purchase first
class Mint
fares on JetBlue.
The accrual rates start out at one qualifying mile per mile flown in
discount economy and go up with higher
fare classes.
The net effect here is that deeply
discounted Economy
Class fares will earn more miles while some more flexible
fares will earn fewer miles.
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.
The even better news is that highly
discounted Business
Class fares (Q
fare code) will go from earning zero miles to earning miles at a rate of 130 % of the distance flown from 29 October 2017.
British Airways, Finnair and Qatar Airways are all offering
discounted Business
Class fares to cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore and Bangkok and, as these are all oneworld carriers, you can earn a LOT of Elite Qualifying Miles (EQM) / Tier Points and Redeemable Miles / Avios when you credit these flights to AAdvantage of the British Airways Executive...
This Business
Class fare appears to be just a very well
discounted fare rather than a sale
fare so there's no pre-set end date telling us when it will disappear — it could be around for some time or disappear overnight.
I also found difficulty finding
discounts on first
class fares, so either there is a blackout date I'm not aware of or there is still a bug with the
discount.
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.
Sometimes a
discounted first
class ticket is a better deal than an upgradeable main cabin ticket because the upgradeable
fare also has other benefits, like more flexible change policies.
One of the key things to remember is that, if you find your preferred European destination doesn't have a nicely
discounted Business
Class fare associated with it, you can always use one of the
fares listed above and then use a cheap, separate, short - haul
fare (possibly on a low - cost carrier) to get you to where you really want to go.
Benefits of this status include complimentary upgrades to first
class, when available, from most
fares including award tickets but excluding ultra
discounted E
fares and Pay With Miles tickets.
Non-Peak days on British Airways and Iberia offer between a 15 - 25 %
discount depending on
fare class and the distance.