Previously, you would earn significantly fewer miles if your cash ticket was in a low fare class, but Flying Club members now earn 100 percent miles on all tickets, and all awards have fuel surcharges several hundred dollars lower on
economy class award tickets.
Discount can only be redeemed for Economy or Premium
Economy class award tickets only.
Because Mileage Bank miles are a bit harder to earn, it could be easier for you to use American AAdvantage miles to book off - peak
economy class award tickets for 45,000 miles round - trip on flights operated by American Airlines.
For those who book
economy class award tickets, you'll love the fact that you will also receive access to extra economy award space.
At 60,000 miles,
economy class award tickets to Florence cost the same using any alliance, unless you fly during American Airlines» off - peak season, between October 15 and May 15.
Economy class award tickets to Lisbon cost about the same on all of the alliances, except for American Airlines» off - peak awards.
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.
With this in mind, British Airways» award chart provides a great option to book nonstop
economy class award tickets from the West Coast to Hawaii on both American Airlines and Alaska Airlines.
Every month Air France releases Promo Awards that allow travelers to book both business and
economy class award tickets at a 25 % -50 % discount.
Fortunately, the taxes and fees for business class and
economy class award tickets are quite reasonable.
With this in mind, British Airways» award chart provides a great option to book nonstop
economy class award tickets from the West Coast to Hawaii on both American Airlines and Alaska Airlines.
For those who book
economy class award tickets, you'll love the fact that you will also receive access to extra economy award space.
Because Mileage Bank miles are a bit harder to earn, it could be easier for you to use American AAdvantage miles to book off - peak
economy class award tickets for 45,000 miles round - trip on flights operated by American Airlines.
With Aer Lingus AerClub, you can use 26,000 Avios to book a round - trip
economy class award ticket.
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.
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.
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.
With 60,000 Ultimate Rewards from your Chase Sapphire Preferred ® Card, you can transfer them to your United account and book a round - trip
economy class award ticket to Europe.
With Aer Lingus AerClub, you can use 26,000 Avios to book a round - trip
economy class award ticket.
But if you are going to transfer your miles to United for
an economy class award ticket to Hawaii, don't.
When award space is availble, it's not too difficult to find
an economy class award ticket for 25,000 miles instead of paying $ 500 (valuing miles at 2 cents each), or an international business class award ticket for 120,000 miles instead of $ 6,000 (valuing miles at 5 cents each).
An economy class award ticket costs 60,000 Delta Skymiles, which I can manufacture at a cost of $ 400 using the American Express Delta Platinum (you only need to manufacture $ 50,000 in spending since you'll receive 10,000 bonus miles at the $ 25,000 and $ 50,000 spend levels, for a total of 70,000 Skymiles after $ 50,000 in spending).
Not exact matches
It's not a bad way to book business
class award tickets, but you shouldn't book
economy class with the Korean Air SkyPASS program.
For example, a one way domestic business
class award ticket in the contiguous U.S. redeemed through Singapore Airlines will cost 20,000 miles, 17,500
economy to Hawaii or 30,000 business to Hawaii.
If
economy class is more your style, the
award rate is 40,000 miles for a round - trip
ticket.
With
award tickets starting at 4,000 - 4,500 Avios in
economy or 7,750 - 9,000 Avios in business
class for any flight less than 651 miles you'd be able to book 22 flights with that 100,000 point bonus.
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.
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.
This often makes
economy award tickets too expensive to make sense, but the fees are much more reasonable when you're redeeming for first
class.
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.
When booking
economy class flights, you should always compare the cost of an
award ticket if you transfer Ultimate Rewards points to the cost of using points to book through the Chase travel portal.
It does have a restriction on
economy class awards, so that could be as much as 20,000 LifeMiles discount on a roundtrip
economy class ticket to Colombia, or 18,000 miles to Central America.
Award tickets in business class are usually in the range of 1.5 times the price of an award ticket in economy c
Award tickets in business
class are usually in the range of 1.5 times the price of an
award ticket in economy c
award ticket in
economy 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!
What I like about the below is that one credit card bonus would give you enough
award miles to book a one - way
ticket in business
class (or round - trip in
economy).
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.
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.
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.
For 60,000 miles, you can book a round - trip
award ticket in
economy class.
There are three types of
economy awards (super saver, saver and refundable) and two types of first
class awards (refundable and nonrefundable), along with two levels of Money + Miles
tickets.
You will generally receive a 25 - 50 % discount on
economy and business
class award tickets from Europe to specific cities.
While there is nothing wrong with
economy class or budget travel, many points - pinching travelers miss out on bargains because they aren't even looking at the price of the business -
class award tickets.
If there is no
award availability in
economy, then redeeming your miles for a business
class ticket still makes economic sense.
Premium
economy tickets can be booked for 35,000 - 55,000 miles depending on the route, with Upper
Class awards priced between 95,000 - 135,000 Virgin miles.
Promo
Awards are usually 25 % -50 % off
economy class and business
class award tickets from Europe to certain cities around the world.
There's a code for a first
class award ticket, one for business
class seats, and a third for
economy rewards.
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.
Quick tip: if you are planning on using miles to upgrade, search for business
class award space prior to booking your premium
economy ticket.