Some award price increases on
Economy Class awards if traveling in Peak Season and originating in the UK or Europe
Not exact matches
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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.
If you are booking an
economy class award from the west coast, we suggest you consider using 45,000 American AAdvantage miles to fly American Airlines during their off - peak season as you can easily earn the necessary miles their co-branded Citi and Barclays offerings.
If economy class is more your style, the
award rate is 40,000 miles for a round - trip ticket.
If you want to book the same
award flight in
economy class, it will only be 23,000 Avios for a one - way
award booking.
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.
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.
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!
You can book a round - trip
economy class award flight for only 56,000 miles
if economy is more your style.
If you want to use SkyMiles to book a flight on Air France, you're going to pay 10,000 more miles for economy class and 30,000 more miles for business class than if you booked an award flight on Delt
If you want to use SkyMiles to book a flight on Air France, you're going to pay 10,000 more miles for
economy class and 30,000 more miles for business
class than
if you booked an award flight on Delt
if you booked an
award flight on Delta.
When searching, it's best to select Business or First
Class, even
if you're primarily focused on
Economy availability, as BA's
award engine.
If you want to book the same
award flight in
economy class, it will only be 23,000 Avios for a one - way
award booking.
If there is no
award availability in
economy, then redeeming your miles for a business
class ticket still makes economic sense.
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.
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.
If you get poor value by redeeming Avios for
Economy class awards under these promotional conditions just how bad is the value when the promotion isn't running?
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.
Let us look at the retail cost of an
Economy class ticket,
if it even makes sense to buy miles and book an
award ticket.
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).
If you are redeeming an
economy award, British Airways Executive club will offer excellent value and for business
class / first
class awards Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan will be perfect choice as you need only 62,500 miles for a one way business
class award and 70,000 miles for a one way first
class award to India.
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.
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.
If you search for
economy class by default on a carrier that has four cabins, you will not see first
class award availability.
If American doesn't alter the cost of Economy or Business Class awards then, depending on how Premium Economy is squeezed in, there could be some very good value redemptions to be had (Premium Economy if the premium over Economy Class is low or Business Class if the premium over PE is low... it will be one or the other
If American doesn't alter the cost of
Economy or Business
Class awards then, depending on how Premium
Economy is squeezed in, there could be some very good value redemptions to be had (Premium
Economy if the premium over Economy Class is low or Business Class if the premium over PE is low... it will be one or the other
if the premium over
Economy Class is low or Business
Class if the premium over PE is low... it will be one or the other
if the premium over PE is low... it will be one or the other).
If you are lucky enough to find SAAver business
class awards, total fees in business
class can be as low as $ 120 (and fees can be as low as $ 80 in
economy).
Warning:
If you're intending to fly in
economy class, you might be better off paying for the ticket than spending the money to attain miles to get an
award ticket this offer.
If you fly United, that's enough for a roundtrip business
class ticket from North America to Europe on a Saver
Award and enough for two round trips from North America to Europe in
economy on a Saver
Award.
If you are booking an
economy class award from the west coast, we suggest you consider using 45,000 American AAdvantage miles to fly American Airlines during their off - peak season as you can easily earn the necessary miles their co-branded Citi and Barclaycard offerings.
For transatlantic Business
Class I'll look to book an
award on American Airlines, Air France or Iberia and,
if those aren't available I'll turn my attention to cash fares (both Business and
Economy Class).
Quick tip:
if you are planning on using your miles to upgrade, search for Business
Class award space prior to booking your Premium
Economy ticket.
So,
if I booked an
Economy Class award we'd definitely be sitting in
Economy Class all the way but,
if we paid with cash, there's a chance we'd get upgraded in to Business
Class.
It would be good news for some
if the airline was to price Premium
Economy closer to
Economy Class than to Business
Class (in terms of miles needed for an
award) but it may be bad need for Business
Class award availability
if Emirates shrinks Business
Class cabins to accommodate the new product.
If you can get both the cards and you could end up with a balance of 100,000 miles in you AAdvantage account which is good enough for a round trip
economy award to India or close to a Business
class award.
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.
This can problematic
if you are searching for business or first
class awards, so unless you are searching for flights in
economy, you should always search British Airways one segment at a time.
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.
If you choose to redeem for one - way
awards, it will 55,000 and 85,000 miles for one - way
Economy and business
class respectively.
British Airways displays
award space in only three cabins at a time, including premium
economy, so you'll also need to select «first
class»
if this is your preference.
But
if you are going to transfer your miles to United for an
economy class award ticket to Hawaii, don't.
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.
With American AAdvantage, you will still spend fewer miles
if you fly British Airways»
economy class on
award tickets, and it is a bit of a wash on business
class.
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.
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).
Consider using a Cash and Miles
award, especially
if you are short of miles and / or flying
Economy or Premium
Economy (not as good a deal for First
Class, and a poor deal for Business
Class)
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.