The first is a generous 20 % discount on
economy class award travel within North America.
Not exact matches
Besides redeeming miles for
award travel, you can redeem miles for upgrades (e.g., upgrading from Main Cabin, aka
Economy, to Delta One, First or Business
Class).
Using an Alaska Airlines
award,
travel from the west coast to Hawaii is only 12,000 miles each way for
economy class (but first
class is way overpriced at 44,500 miles each way).
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.
The same pricing can be used for availing a cheaper
award booking to Australia, which normally costs around 50,000 miles for one way
economy class travel.
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.
In addition, many of the
economy and business
class awards also include
travel on British Airways.
A Star Alliance
award requires 50,000 - 55,000 Mileage Club miles in
economy class, depending on the origin of
travel.
Award travel starts at just 20,000 miles each way in
economy class.
Mileage Bargains are discounted
awards between the U.S. and Europe that change on a regular basis and cost only 30,000 miles for round - trip
travel in
economy class.
The Cathay Pacific
award chart is ideal for business
class travel, since the difference between
economy and business is not much.
Besides redeeming miles for
award travel, you can redeem miles for upgrades (e.g., upgrading from Main Cabin, aka
Economy, to Delta One, First or Business
Class).
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.
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.
SkyTrax released their
awards for the best
Economy Class travel experience in 2017 and Thai Airways won the important
award, followed by Qatar Airways, Asiana, Garurda and Singapore Airlines!
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.
For
Economy Class flyers this will probably make little difference as the British Airways Executive Club already essentially factors in the cost of a fare when it
awards Avios — that's why the cheaper
Economy Class tickets only earn Avios based on 25 % of the distance
traveled.
There have been smaller increases for
award travel in business
class and no increases for
award travel in
economy class.
The stand - alone Avios
Travel Reward Programme is, for a very limited travel window, offering a 50 % discount on Avios Economy Class award flights to New York & Boston From London Heathrow & Ga
Travel Reward Programme is, for a very limited
travel window, offering a 50 % discount on Avios Economy Class award flights to New York & Boston From London Heathrow & Ga
travel window, offering a 50 % discount on Avios
Economy Class award flights to New York & Boston From London Heathrow & Gatwick.
Malaysia Airlines has launched a couple of promotions for
travel on its London to Kuala Lumpur route — one is a simple discounted
Economy Class promotion which looks quire attractive while the other is a discount on
award travel between the two cities which will probably be the most interesting of the two promotions if you have a stash of Enrich points.
You can also book Cathay Pacific
awards, however it needs two separate
awards as per the rules of AAdvantage for
travelling to India on trans - pacific routes, which means you need 57,500 miles for a one - way
economy and 85,000 miles for a one - way business
class award to India.
Business v.
Economy = We always saved business
class award travel for longer flights like Asia, etc..
You can also book Cathay Pacific
awards, however it needs two separate
awards as per the rules of AAdvantage for
traveling to India on trans - pacific routes, which means you need 57,500 miles for a one - way
economy and 85,000 miles for a one - way business
class award to India.
You can also book Cathay Pacific
awards, however it needs two separate
awards as per the rules of AAdvantage for
traveling to India on trans - pacific routes, which means you need 62,500 miles for a one - way
economy, 110,000 miles for a one - way business
class award to India and 160,000 miles for a one way first
class award to India.
he stand - alone Avios
Travel Reward Programme is, for a very limited travel window, offering a 50 % discount on Avios Economy Class award flights to New York & Boston From London Heathrow & Ga
Travel Reward Programme is, for a very limited
travel window, offering a 50 % discount on Avios Economy Class award flights to New York & Boston From London Heathrow & Ga
travel window, offering a 50 % discount on Avios
Economy Class award flights to New York & Boston From London Heathrow & Gatwick.
Victoria Miles are
awarded for First, Business and
Economy Class travel.
This month's August promo
awards from North America are largely limited to 25 % discounts, and many are for
travel in
economy class.
Malaysia Airlines has launched a couple of promotions for
travel on its London to Kuala Lumpur route - one is a simple discounted
Economy Class promotion which looks quire attractive while the other is a discount on
award travel between the two cities which will probably be the most interesting of the two promotions...
Though I'm primarily discussing
economy redemptions here, I also wanted to mention that booking through Virgin Atlantic, you can get first -
class award tickets for domestic
travel in the U.S. for an absolute steal: just 45,000 miles.
While we all enjoy booking an extravagant first
class award to Asia and getting a massive amount of value out of our miles, the truth is
award tickets simply aren't available every time we want to book and some
travel needs like domestic
economy tickets don't offer such great value.
American Airlines puts many of its
economy class award redemptions on sale for
travel during off - peak times of year when demand slows.
All the intra-Europe
awards are only reduced by 20 %, the three awards to the Middle East are only 25 % off and are for travel to Amman, Cairo and Tehran and the three Promo Awards to / from Africa are all for Economy Class travel to cities most will have never head of (although they are 50 %
awards are only reduced by 20 %, the three
awards to the Middle East are only 25 % off and are for travel to Amman, Cairo and Tehran and the three Promo Awards to / from Africa are all for Economy Class travel to cities most will have never head of (although they are 50 %
awards to the Middle East are only 25 % off and are for
travel to Amman, Cairo and Tehran and the three Promo
Awards to / from Africa are all for Economy Class travel to cities most will have never head of (although they are 50 %
Awards to / from Africa are all for
Economy Class travel to cities most will have never head of (although they are 50 % off).
Delta considers Alaska to be part of the same geographic region as the contiguous U.S. and Canada when it comes to pricing
awards, which means you can
travel round - trip for just 25,000 miles in
economy class.
As well as that, any airline or alliance that I choose to fly also needs to be one that regularly offers good deals on the routes I want to fly — as the airlines around the world gradually increase the cost of
award travel it's becoming increasingly important, for those of us with a healthy aversion to
Economy Class, to be able to find great value Business
Class fares to keep our flights comfortable.
Some
award price increases on
Economy Class awards if
traveling in Peak Season and originating in the UK or Europe
At the beginning of every month Flying Blue releases discounted
awards for
Economy and Business
Class travel on Air France and KLM flights.
Air Mauritius picked up two titles at the World
Travel Awards Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony this year, walking away with trophies for Indian Ocean's Leading Airline -
Economy Class and Indian Ocean's Leading Airport Lounge.
The levels shown here are for
award flights in
economy, business, and first from / to the Continental U.S. Remember that Delta doesn't let you redeem SkyMiles for first -
class travel.
Of course, as I discussed in my first article on
travel hacking theory, I do value that
award trip at more than $ 790, in fact, I value it at about $ 1,300, since that's what I'd typically pay for an
economy class ticket to Europe.
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.
Qantas Points may not be earned on some fare types and booking
classes including Classic
Award flights and flights with a QF flight number on the ticket operated by Jetstar or Jetstar Asia other than in
Economy classes of Y, B, H, K or L (earn in L
class is eligible only when
travelling on a oneworld ® fare product).
Also, business and first
class awards cost a LOT of Avios, so we'll focus on
economy travel only.
More recently Oman Air won two
awards at the World Travel Awards Middle East 2015, wherein the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman came top in the «Middle East's Leading Airline - Business Class» and «Middle East's Leading Airline - Economy Class» categ
awards at the World
Travel Awards Middle East 2015, wherein the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman came top in the «Middle East's Leading Airline - Business Class» and «Middle East's Leading Airline - Economy Class» categ
Awards Middle East 2015, wherein the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman came top in the «Middle East's Leading Airline - Business
Class» and «Middle East's Leading Airline -
Economy Class» categories.
as the leading Continue reading «Oman Air is the Middle East's leading
economy class airline the 20th World
Travel Awards»
MileSAAver
economy class awards for off - peak
travel increase from 20,000 to 22,500 for Europe, and from 25,000 to 32,500 for Japan / Korea.
On average you'll pay 2 % less when you redeem American AAdvantage miles for
economy class awards vs. booking the same
travel through Alaska Airlines.
This is a huge reduction in miles for
economy class fares, but it is only fair, as American Airlines also plans to
award customer
traveling on the cheapest fare (discount
economy tickets fare) fewer miles as the ticket is likly to be inexpensive.
For flights exclusively on Alitalia, you'll want to follow their specific charts for
economy and premium
economy, or business
class award travel.
The new
award chart introduces a five tier structure similar to Delta Airlines, the difference is that milesAAver
awards are not increasing in price and off peak
award pricing for
travel will remain available throughout different times of the year in the
economy class cabin.
Traveling around Asia this past weekend, I heard it mentioned a couple of times on Bangkok Airways, which received an
award for the best Regional Airline, and Thai had advertisements for the best Worlds Best
Economy Class.