The worst possible Dynasty Flyer redemption would be
an economy class award between the U.S. and South East Asia at 120,000 miles.
Not exact matches
To give you some context, the difference of 30,000 miles
between booking Delta One and Upper
Class is enough for a one - way economy class award to London or anywhere in Eu
Class is enough for a one - way
economy class award to London or anywhere in Eu
class award to London or anywhere in Europe.
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.
Awards between New Zealand and Australia (including the Pacific Islands) come to 20,000 Flying Club miles in
economy and 30,000 miles in business
class, which is pretty reasonable.
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.
For example,
economy awards between the U.S. and Hawaii increase from 40,000 to 45,000 miles; and business
class awards on United
between North America and Europe go from 100,000 to 115,000 miles.
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 beginning of each month, FlyingBlue releases Promo
Awards that discount
economy and business
class tickets 25 % to 50 % for flights
between Europe and North America.
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.
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.
They could earn the Avios by flying but, if they booked the cheapest
Economy Class tickets, it would take 57 round trip flights
between New York and London to earn the 100,000 Avios needed for that
award (865 Avios in each direction).
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.
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...
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.
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.
This quarter, you can save 25 % of mileage
awards on Air France
between Houston, Miami, or San Francisco in
economy class or
between Chicago and Detroit and Europe in business
class on Air France and KLM.
Most
economy class redemption levels, with the exception of Taiwan domestic
awards and flights
between North and South / Central America, are less competitive than what's offered by U.S. - based programs.
American Airlines has to come up with a mileage cost for its international Premium
Economy cabin and, obviously, that cost has to fall somewhere
between the cost of an
Economy Class award and a Business
Class award.
To give you some context, the difference of 30,000 miles
between booking Delta One and Upper
Class is enough for a one - way economy class award to London or anywhere in Eu
Class is enough for a one - way
economy class award to London or anywhere in Eu
class award to London or anywhere in Europe.
Combining these two
award bookings in order of date flown results in a one - way biz
class flight from any two cities in the US, a one - way flight biz
class from San Francisco to Panama City, a roundtrip biz
class between Bogota and Lima, and an
economy roundtrip
between San Francisco and Newark.
There is some very good news here for those booking
Economy Class fares — 20,000 miles for a roundtrip
award between the UK and the East coast is cheap.
Cathay Pacific is providing the winner with an additional 60,000 Asia miles, which are enough to book another round - trip
award ticket in
economy class between the West Coast and Hong Kong.
Though Miles & More
awards carry high fuel surcharges, their redemption rates are relatively comparable to the main domestic airlines, though occasionally with a bit of a discount, such as 50,000 miles for round - trip flights
between the U.S. and Europe in
economy class.
Pay attention to the differences in
class (
economy, business, first, etc.) and to the differences
between standard and saver
awards (as you'll be trying to go for the saver
awards).
For example, if you redeem 12,500 United miles for a flight
between Boston and San Diego via Chicago, you won't earn miles in any program because your booking
class (X —
Economy award) is not eligible.
For trips within the U.S. and Canada, you have the option of getting a 15,000 - mile
economy or 25,000 - mile business
class round - trip
award for short - haul flights
between a wide variety of U.S. and Canadian cities.
You need 40K Delta Sky miles for one way
economy ticket
between India and North America and 95K miles for one way business
class award between India and North America
Thai Airways, also
awarded as «Airline of the year 2017 in
Economy Class» by Skytrax, has released competitive solution
between selected European cities and Bangkok.
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.
For instance, there is plenty of
award availability both on United and other Star Alliance carriers
between Melbourne and Los Angeles in both
economy and business
class the last week in January...
Roundtrip
award flights will range
between 35,000 miles (
economy) to 60,000 miles (first
class) to fly United from the continental U.S. to Hawaii as a KrisFlyer partner flight.
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.