-LSB-...] United miles are awesome for
economy and Business Class awards with no fuel surcharges and great Sav... availability.
This post will focus on United miles, which are ideal for international
economy and business class awards with stopovers, open jaws, and free one ways.
In addition, many of
the economy and business class awards also include travel on British Airways.
You might be wondering why the taxes and fees vary so much on
economy and business class awards.
This is because round - trip flights operated by Delta and originating in the U.S. do not incur fuel surcharges, thus keeping your out of pocket expenses below $ 200 for
both economy and business class award tickets.
You will generally receive a 25 - 50 % discount on
economy and business class award tickets from Europe to specific cities.
The Star Alliance (which United is a part of) has great
economy and business class award availability to Europe.
Not exact matches
As with
economy awards, Japan Airlines Mileage Bank provides the cheapest
business class award option at 100,000 miles to Sydney
and Brisbane.
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.
Promo
awards change every few months throughout the year,
and offer 25 % or 50 % off
economy and business class redemptions from Europe to certain destinations around the world.
Promo
Awards are usually 25 % -50 % off
economy class and business class award tickets from Europe to certain cities around the world.
While we often talk about booking United
business class and first
class, this extra
economy award space can be extremely useful when you need to book a flight but ticket prices are sky high.
Should you want to stop in Fiji for a longer period of time
and then head elsewhere in the Pacific using American miles,
award flights to elsewhere in the South Pacific, Australia
and New Zealand come in at 20,000 miles in
Economy and 30,000 miles in
Business Class.
The US Airways
award chart suddenly has a former great deal missing: gone are the off - peak
awards to South America that cost 35,000 miles round - trip in
economy and 60,000 miles round - trip in
business class.
These rates increase to 30,000 / 60,000 miles for
awards booked in premium
economy,
and 40,000 / 80,000 miles for
business class flights.
* It's important to note that all
award bookings on Etihad airways incur a partner booking fee of $ 50 in
economy, $ 205 in
business,
and $ 300 in first
class.
There's no difference in price for
economy class, but
business and first
class awards are still a bargain compared to the difference in cash prices.
As with
economy awards, Japan Airlines Mileage Bank provides the cheapest
business class award option at 100,000 miles to Sydney
and Brisbane.
As per
award chart, a round - trip ticket from New York City to Honolulu costs 35,000 Elevate points in
economy and 80,000 points in
business class.
Each Promo
Award specifies the available dates, route, airline (Air France
and / or KLM)
and class (
economy or
business).
A one - way
award requires 9,500 Elevate points in
economy and 16,000 in
business class.
If you manage to avail such
award at 50 % off rate on the Europe — North America route, you'll need to pay only 25,000 FlyingBlue miles for one way
business class tickets
and 12,500 miles for one way
economy class tickets, making it an excellent deal!
A United round - trip ticket in
business class will only cost you 88,000 ANA
award miles, or 55,000
award miles in
economy,
and ANA doesn't add fuel surcharges on United flights.
The key thing to note is that sometimes all of the
economy saver
awards sell out before all of the
business saver
awards do —
and the price of the
economy award tickets are then actually higher than a
business class award seat on the same flight.
As a result,
economy class awards will include roughly $ 240 in taxes
and fees, while
business class awards will include about $ 600 in taxes
and fees.
Fortunately, the taxes
and fees for
business class and economy class award tickets are quite reasonable.
At only 15,000 miles for
economy class and 30,000 miles for
business class award flights on Flying Blue partner Delta, these are among the cheapest options available.
If you want to use SkyMiles to book a flight on Air France, you're going to pay 10,000 more miles for
economy class and 30,000 more miles for
business class than if you booked an
award flight on Delta.
When compared to booking an
award with Air France / KLM Flying Blue, American AAdvantage could save you $ 35 - $ 155 on
economy awards and $ 35 - $ 465 on
business class awards.
Every month Air France releases Promo
Awards that allow travelers to book both
business and economy class award tickets at a 25 % -50 % discount.
Do note that Flying Blue's best
award redemptions tend to be in
economy class vs
business and offer low rates to places like Hawaii, Central
and South America,
and even Europe at costs less than many of their partner airlines included Alaska or Delta.
Examining the calendar, there is
award space available in
economy class on every day,
business class on most days,
and first
class on just one day.
When Promo
Awards are offered at 50 % off for the Europe — North America routes, you'll only pay 12,500 miles each way in
economy and 25,000 miles each way in
business class... a seriously great deal!
Promo
awards change every few months throughout the year,
and offer 25 % or 50 % off
economy and business class redemptions from Europe to certain destinations around the world.
Domestic
awards from Kuala Lumpur to East Malaysia (Malaysian Borneo) come to 30,000 miles in
economy and 50,000 in
business class.
The
award chart lists a round - trip flight from Los Angeles to the U.K. for 50,000 Flying Club miles in
economy and 75,000 miles in
business class, which are fantastic rates.
Awards between New Zealand
and Australia (including the Pacific Islands) come to 20,000 Flying Club miles in
economy and 30,000 miles in
business class, which is pretty reasonable.
Promo
Awards are usually 25 % -50 % off
economy class and business class award tickets from Europe to certain cities around the world.
For example, domestic round - trip
awards from Kuala Lumpur to the West Malaysia region (Malay Peninsula) come to just 20,000 miles in
economy class and 40,000 miles in
business.
Effective April 28, British Airways has devalued their
award chart for premium cabin
awards (Premium
Economy,
Business and First
class awards)
At the saver level,
business class awards cost twice the price of
economy awards on the same route,
and first
class awards cost three times as much.
There's a code for a first
class award ticket, one for
business class seats,
and a third for
economy rewards.
The Cathay Pacific
award chart is ideal for
business class travel, since the difference between
economy and business is not much.
If by chance the
award you're looking at goes down in price (which will be true for
economy and business class tickets to Mexico, the Caribbean,
and Central America, as well as
economy class tickets to India
and the Middle East) then you may also call American
and ask them to re-price the
award to refund the extra miles back to your account.
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.
While
economy class awards aren't changing much, there will be some significant increases in the cost of
business and first
class awards on American Airlines» partners — flights on American Airlines have their own
award chart.
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.
For flights to Korea, Asiana does not offer any savings in
economy, but relatively cheap
awards are available in both
business and first
class.
For example,
economy awards between the U.S.
and Hawaii increase from 40,000 to 45,000 miles;
and business class awards on United between North America
and Europe go from 100,000 to 115,000 miles.
In general,
business class awards cost twice as many Avios as
economy,
and first
class awards cost three times more.