Club Premier, the airline's frequent flyer program, has favorable
economy and business class redemptions on flights between North America and other destinations worldwide, including Europe and Southeast Asia.
The reward program for ANA has some very valuable sweet spots for
both economy and business class redemptions to pretty much every corner of the globe.
You can get up to 7,500 miles off roundtrip tickets for
both economy and business class redemptions.
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 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.
Not exact matches
Take a look at the table below to see the round - trip
economy class and business class redemption rates to Hawaii.
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.
With ANA Mileage Club, you will find the best
redemption rates for
economy class and business class to Australia on United Airlines.
If your flights are more than 650 miles, you can still find some great value with British Airways Avios when flying within Asia
and Europe, as they often have some of the better
redemption rates for both
economy class and business class.
You can find the round - trip
redemption rates for both
economy and business class, as well as estimates of the respective taxes
and fees required.
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.
The KrisFlyer program has some amazing partner
redemption options to the Middle East
and North Africa: one - way in
economy class for 37, 500 miles, one - way in
business for 57,400 miles, or one - way in first
class for 75,000 miles.
Take a look at the table below to see the round - trip
economy class and business class redemption rates to Hawaii.
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.
The 32,500 rate in
economy to get all the way to Europe from the West Coast roundtrip is a great
redemption and 125,000 in
business class is respectable.
Thus, I'd probably try to use Alaskan miles on American to get to Europe,
and although finding availability in
business class can be difficult, that off - peak 40,000
redemption in AA
economy is very nice.
The
economy redemption to Europe for 55,000 miles is decent but the mileage requirement for 88,000 miles to Europe in
business class is one of the best sweet spot
redemptions out there
and absolutely one of the best ways to use miles
and points to get to Europe.
Virgin Atlantic has great award
redemption values for flights between the U.S. (especially Eastern U.S.)
and Europe in both
classes,
economy and business, although outrageous Heathrow Airport fees
and fuel surcharges in Upper
Class make business class TY redemptions on Virgin a less attractive op
Class make
business class TY redemptions on Virgin a less attractive op
class TY
redemptions on Virgin a less attractive option.
At the same time, Miles & More dropped domestic
business class redemptions outside of Europe by 5,000 miles
and Singapore introduced premium
economy redemptions.
Most
economy level
redemptions remained the same or even improved while
business and first
class awards took the biggest hits.
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.
That award chart is particularly valuable for premium cabin
redemptions, since
business class and first
class awards cost 2
and 3 times the cost of
economy, respectively, instead of the 3
and 4 times charged on the standard Executive Club award chart.
Finally, LAX to Tahiti (PPT) on Air France's fifth - freedom route could become an interesting
redemption as it drops from 75,000 to 64,000 miles in
business class and from 30,000 miles to 25,500 in
economy class.
Among the most expensive Royal Orchid Plus
redemptions are
economy tickets between Europe
and New Zealand for 140,000 miles,
business class tickets between Europe
and Hawaii for 220,000 miles
and first
class tickets between North America
and Thailand for 264,000 miles.
These awards are bookable for the coming three months
and offer 25 % or 50 % off
economy class and business class redemptions.
Flying Blue has a number of great sweet spots in
economy class but unfortunately isn't the most lucrative reward program for
business class flights because many of these flights are on the higher side of
redemptions and many
redemptions also come with high fees.
For your convenience, I've input the mileage zones
and redemption requirements for
economy and business class for each program below.
Instead of having a pretty straight forward distance based award chart with
redemption rates by fare
class for
economy, Economy FlexyFlyer, Premium Economy and business class tickets, PAL introduced multiple award levels for each fare class: In addition to the Standard Economy awards, there are no Flex 1, Flex 2, Flex 3 and Flex 4
economy,
Economy FlexyFlyer, Premium Economy and business class tickets, PAL introduced multiple award levels for each fare class: In addition to the Standard Economy awards, there are no Flex 1, Flex 2, Flex 3 and Flex 4
Economy FlexyFlyer, Premium
Economy and business class tickets, PAL introduced multiple award levels for each fare class: In addition to the Standard Economy awards, there are no Flex 1, Flex 2, Flex 3 and Flex 4
Economy and business class tickets, PAL introduced multiple award levels for each fare
class: In addition to the Standard
Economy awards, there are no Flex 1, Flex 2, Flex 3 and Flex 4
Economy awards, there are no Flex 1, Flex 2, Flex 3
and Flex 4 awards.
There are always a couple of seats in
business and economy available for
redemption,
and business class is the same as the seats on the A380 (not the short - haul «
business» seats).
Do note that Flying Blue's best award
redemptions tend to be in
economy class vs
business and -LSB-...]
Any
economy ticket requires at least $ 200 in YQ,
and business -
class redemptions are often well over $ 400.
On the flip side,
redemption rates for
economy and business -
class flights are right in line with AAdvantage
redemption rates.
Complimentary baggage allowances apply for Silver, Gold
and Platinum Velocity members
and all members traveling on Any Seat
redemptions booked in Saver, Flexi, Premium
Economy and Business Class fares.
Air Tahiti Nui has much better availability for both
business -
and economy -
class redemptions, though I recommend trying to book as far in advance as possible.
Booking awards: Miles & More basics are laid out in this post, but the key things to keep in mind are that you can only have two stopovers
and two open jaws on round - trip awards, that you can score deals like 30,000 - mile
economy awards between select cities in the US
and Europe,
and that its award chart is not the best deal overall, but there are some interesting
redemptions like North America to Hawaii for 40,000 miles round - trip in
economy, domestic
business -
and first -
class awards for 35,000 / 50,000 miles respectively,
and business class to Central
and Southeast Asia as well as Australia / New Zealand for 135,000 miles.