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economy awards require 1.5 times as many Avios, while business - class awards are double the price and first - class awards are triple the price!
Economy awards require just 55,000 miles round - trip, but these costs vary depending on the season.
Not exact matches
So if I am earning miles from credit card spending to use for a domestic round trip
economy award that
requires 25,000 miles, it has to be for a flight that I would have paid at least $ 500 for.
The 60,000 MileagePlus miles
required for an
economy class
award are not far from the 55,000 Mileage Club miles
required by ANA, but ANA is a much better choice for business class if you have the necessary points.
Japan Airlines Mileage Bank will
require the fewest miles from the East Coast for an
economy class
award ticket, at just 39,000 Mileage Bank miles round - trip.
While a round - trip
economy class
award on a flight operated by American Airlines will include about $ 180 in taxes and fees, an
economy award on British Airways will
require about $ 520 thanks to carrier - imposed surcharges.
Specifically, a round - trip
economy class
award ticket will cost 20,000 SkyMiles more, while a business class
award ticket will
require an additional 42,000 miles when booking Virgin Australia.
Japan Airlines Mileage Bank
requires the fewest miles for a round - trip nonstop
economy class
award on American Airlines or Qantas to Sydney or Brisbane at 60,000 miles.
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.
Japan Airlines Mileage Bank
requires the fewest miles for a round - trip nonstop
economy class
award on American Airlines or Qantas to Sydney or Brisbane at 60,000 miles.
Specifically, a round - trip
economy class
award ticket will cost 20,000 SkyMiles more, while a business class
award ticket will
require an additional 42,000 miles when booking Virgin Australia.
That's not the total for a one - way
award ticket, though: it's the total miles
required for a round - trip
economy class
award.
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.
A one - way
award requires 9,500 Elevate points in
economy and 16,000 in business class.
However, adding a short - haul
economy flight to a long - haul business or first class flight may, as in my example, drastically reduce the number of Iberia Avios
required for your
award redemption.
Off - peak
economy awards will also
require fewer miles, as will business class
award bookings.
JAL Mileage Bank
requires the fewest miles to book a nonstop
economy class
award on American Airlines from the East Coast, at just 39,000 miles round - trip.
Round - trip
economy awards with Singapore Airlines come in at just 55,000 miles, as opposed to the 60,000 miles
required by United.
Singapore Airlines
requires the fewest number of miles when booking
economy class
award tickets on Alaska Airlines from Zone 1 and Zone 2 at 24,000 and 23,000 miles, respectively.
A Star Alliance
award requires 50,000 - 55,000 Mileage Club miles in
economy class, depending on the origin of travel.
Trips and from Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica will
require a minimum of 15,000 and 27,500
award miles for a one - way trip at the
Economy and Elite levels, respectively.
Though the 2013 Flying Blue devaluation made flying in
economy much easier, the number of miles
required for first class
awards increased as much as 80 percent on some routes.
Singapore Airlines is offering a 50 % discount on the number of Krisflyer points
required for selected
Economy Saver
award tickets.
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.
Flying Club
requires 35,000 miles for round - trip
award flights between the U.S. and the Caribbean in
economy class and 60,000 miles in business class.
While a round - trip
economy class
award on a flight operated by American Airlines will include about $ 180 in taxes and fees, an
economy award on British Airways will
require about $ 520 thanks to carrier - imposed surcharges.
Pro Tip: If you book
economy class flights, you should always compare the travel portal rate to the number of points
required to book an
award flight with one of Chase's airline partners.
But, business class redemptions on International routes
required twice the number of miles needed for an
economy award.
The chart shows the number of points
required for an upgrade from
Economy, from a Flexible
Economy, Discount
Economy or Classic Flight
award.
Now (and through
awards booked by April 27th), the price to redeem for Business Class is twice the amount
required for
Economy, and the price to redeem for First Class is three times
Economy.
In terms of comparison to other airlines, two domestic roundtrip
award tickets in
economy class on United would
require 50,000 miles.
Emirates and Qatar also charge 10 % of the miles
required, but restrict infant
awards to
economy class.
American Airlines also offers discounted off - peak
awards to Europe through May 15, 2014, which
require only 40,000 AAdvantage miles round - trip in
economy.
The promotion, called «Reward Flights For Less», allows passengers to book
awards in
Economy Class (World Traveller) for 40 % fewer Avios than would normally be
required.