Feeling pretty good about my guess, I confirmed that there were
economy class award seats available.
Not exact matches
Additionally, cardholders are guaranteed the ability to book a standard level
award in first
class, business
class, or
economy on United if there is a
seat for sale.
SWISS first
class awards are not bookable using KrisFlyer Miles and neither are premium
economy seats on Star Alliance partner airlines.
They offer a choice of 19 fully flat beds in Upper
Class, 46 extra leg room
economy seats, and 222
economy seats — all offering
award - winning inflight entertainment showing over 400 hours of films, TV shows, music, and games.
In the past, you could not mix an
Economy Class seat into a First
Class award, and would have to find your way to the gateway city on another ticket.
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.
There's a code for a first
class award ticket, one for business
class seats, and a third for
economy rewards.
Since business travel plummets during holiday weeks, airlines often make first -
class awards available at the saver
award level even when
economy seats are selling like hotcakes.
I've got an extra incentive to check out the new Premium
Economy cabin when I'm on board as I suspect Cathay Pacific Premium
Economy may be what I'll be booking the next time I can't find Business
Class award seats to Australia.
Until our premium
economy seats are assigned a fare
class and loaded for sale, it's too soon to say what the upgrade policies will be or what rates will be applied for redemption
awards.
A huge caveat, however, is
award availability, which is much harder to find in premium
classes than an
economy seat.
Economy saver
awards are usually plentiful but business
class seats can be very hard to find.
Two caveats: You can't buy a first
class seat with miles from Delta, and if you're able to fly during the low season, you can get an off - peak
award ticket in
economy from American or US Airways for only 15,000 miles.
Domestic business
awards are double the price of
economy, so you could get one business
class award seat for 50,000 United miles.
What you do know is that a round - trip Delta
award flight generally costs 30,000 SkyMiles for an
economy seat and 60,000 miles for business
class.
Many people like to transfer points to an airline loyalty program to redeem first
class flights or partner flights as they have better
award values than your typical
economy seat.
You have to call to see if your fare qualifies, but if it does, the rate is comparable to the difference between
economy and upper
class seats on the general
award chart.
The aircraft also offers a Premium
Economy cabin which, considering how little
seat - width the
seats in
Economy Class offer, may be a good compromise if Business
Class is expensive or if Business
Class award availability is non-existent.
Less Business
Class and Premium
Economy seating is never a good thing at it just makes finding
award seats all that more difficult.
This allows you to book
award seats on Delta for just 25,000 SkyPass miles round - trip in
economy, and a mere 45,000 miles in first
class.
Under this type of program, Cathay would only
award status - earning points to travellers who purchase premium cabin
seats or the most expensive
economy class seats (which are often just as expensive as the cheapest premium cabin
seats).
We will search
award inventory on the airlines associated with your points to find
economy, business and first
class seats to exotic destinations.
On the inaugural flight I enjoyed my
economy class seat in 16H, but on the return flight I was able to upgrade to business
class with help from the Booking Guru
Award Service.
The Virgin Atlantic Dreamliner has fewer Premium
Economy and Upper
Class seats than both the A330 and A340 aircraft so I suspect this won't do much for
award availability on this route.
Cardholders receive access to extra saver level
awards for
economy class and guaranteed standard level
awards as long as a
seat is available for purchase.
On top of this the A380 offers more Business
Class seating than the 777 (good for
award availability) and the
Economy Class product is more comfortable - its a win all round.
Level will offer 6 fare
classes: Basic
Economy offers a flight from A to B with 1 piece of handluggage and you'll pay extra for
seat assignment, food and checked luggage, but do earn (some) Avios
award miles.
I essentially got a Business
Class seat for the same price as
Economy, because I did a little research to figure out the best way to redeem this
award.
Sometimes you can purchase the miles needed to book an
award business / first
class seat for the same price you would have paid for an
economy revenue ticket.
For example, an
award seat to Europe costs 50,000 kilometers in
economy and 80,000 kilometers in business
class.
AAdvantage miles offer the cheapest rates for
economy and premium
class award seats to Tasmania.
Known for its
award - winning customer service, JetBlue offers travelers a premium experience that includes unlimited free snacks and drinks, plus the most legroom in
economy class (based on average fleet - wide
seat pitch of U.S. airlines) and the first checked - in luggage for free (a), as well as the most free live entertainment of any U.S. airline.
Award seats can be cheaply upgraded for cash to Exit Seats (like comfort economy) or Big Front Seats (like domestic first c
seats can be cheaply upgraded for cash to Exit
Seats (like comfort economy) or Big Front Seats (like domestic first c
Seats (like comfort
economy) or Big Front
Seats (like domestic first c
Seats (like domestic first
class)
SkyMiles offer the cheapest
award seats in
economy at 80,000 miles, but using AAdvantage miles will get you the cheapest business
class tickets.
This aircraft is fully configured with 31 Upper
Class, 48 Premium
Economy and 185
Economy seats, allowing more customers to experience Virgin Atlantic's
award winning service.
There are no
award charts that allow for Premium
Economy seats to be solely booked using points or miles yet but you can use Lufthansa Miles and More miles to upgrade to Premium
Economy from a paid
Economy Class ticket.
Those
award prices for flights to Paris are for
economy seats, but if you really want to fly close to the one you love for Valentine's Day, you can book first -
class seats on the Singapore Airlines A380 that flies from JFK to Frankfurt, Germany.
The airline releases more business
class award seats at the saver redemption level than
economy seats.
On the airlines» websites, I searched for
economy -
class award seats on nonstop between Salt Lake City and Chicago for every day in June and July.
So since Alaska lets you redeem for JAL premium
economy, you shouldn't have any trouble finding those
seats when first & business
class awards aren't available.
I didn't see any first
class saver
awards from dfw but
economy seats are available.
SAAver level
award seats on the A321T can be difficult to find, but if you're lucky, you can redeem for 12,500 AAdvantage miles each way in
economy, 25,000 each way in business or 32,500 each way in first
class (these amounts will increase on March 22, 2016).
With 237 destinations, Turkish Airlines is the fourth largest carrier in the world by number of destinations and has thrice won the Skytrax
award for Europe's Best Airline, Southern Europe's Best Airline and the World's Best Premium
Economy Class Airline
Seat for three consecutive years - 2011, 2012 and 2013.
For $ 25 per flight (on select, but most, airlines I'll monitor the
award space in either
economy, business or first
class, or a specific
seat assignment or fare code.
However, United said it will continue to offer MileagePlus domestic Saver
awards (which are subject to capacity controls) at levels of 10,000 or 12,500 miles one - way for
economy class seats, depending on distance.
From the U.S. to Japan,
award seats begin at 50,000 miles for round - trip in
economy, 65,000 for premium
economy, 100,000 for business
class and 140,000 for first
class.
United will continue to offer MileagePlus domestic Saver
awards (which are subject to capacity controls) at levels of 10,000 or 12,500 miles one - way for
economy class seats, depending on distance.
It has trouble with some partner
award availability and pulling up
awards with mixed cabins (for instance, if one flight has a business -
class seat availability but the next segment only has
economy awards available), though that seems to have gotten better lately.
The first leg was in United
economy as there was no domestic First
Class award seat available (I monitored award space but it never opened up — more on that in the Anatomy of an Award p
award seat available (I monitored
award space but it never opened up — more on that in the Anatomy of an Award p
award space but it never opened up — more on that in the Anatomy of an
Award p
Award post).