These allow members to save roughly a third when they book
economy class awards on flights operated by American Airlines during the low season.
Passengers originating in the UK will now pay slightly more for
Economy Class awards on routes to destinations outside the East Coast during peak dates when compared to how much they would have paid at a similar time of year in the past.
Economy class awards on Aerolineas Argentinas from New York to Buenos Aires are just 60,000 miles round - trip with many options for onward connections.
On the whole,
Economy Class awards on partner airlines have always been even worse value than
Economy Class awards on American's own aircraft — mostly due to the surcharges that partners like British Airways add to award tickets.
Unfortunately, most
economy class awards on partner airlines are overpriced.
While a round - trip
economy class award on a flight operated by American Airlines will include about $ 180 in taxes and fees, an economy award on British Airways will require about $ 520 thanks to carrier - imposed surcharges.
Japan Airlines Mileage Bank requires the fewest miles for a round - trip nonstop
economy class award on American Airlines or Qantas to Sydney or Brisbane at 60,000 miles.
Japan Airlines Mileage Bank requires the fewest miles for a round - trip nonstop
economy class award on American Airlines or Qantas to Sydney or Brisbane at 60,000 miles.
JAL Mileage Bank requires the fewest miles to book a nonstop
economy class award on American Airlines from the East Coast, at just 39,000 miles round - trip.
While a round - trip
economy class award on a flight operated by American Airlines will include about $ 180 in taxes and fees, an economy award on British Airways will require about $ 520 thanks to carrier - imposed surcharges.
Not exact matches
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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 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.
> Value: 25,000 miles is enough for a roundtrip
Economy Class award less than 1,201 miles each way
on Cathay or partners like American Airlines.
Korean Air SkyPass miles will not be a go - to for
economy class awards, but they are a solid way to book business
class awards on Delta flights.
-- You can transfer your UR points to Korean SKYPASS miles, where you can book
awards to Hawaii
on Delta for just 25,000 miles round - trip in
economy or 40,000 miles in first
class.
Even so, at the longest distance for Etihad Guest
awards on Royal Air Maroc (2,001 + miles), New York to Casablanca costs just 22,000 miles one - way in
economy, or 44,000 miles one - way in business
class.
Korean Air SkyPass miles will not be a go - to for
economy class awards, but they are a solid way to book business
class awards on Delta flights.
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.
Using a Star Alliance partner
award, anywhere in North America to Hawaii
on United is 17,500 miles each way for
economy class or 30,000 miles each way for first
class (
on a two - cabin plane) with no fuel surcharges.
While
award availability in
economy class has generally improved
on American Airlines and its partners over the last few years, you will have more options when you can choose any airline to fly to your destination.
SWISS first
class awards are not bookable using KrisFlyer Miles and neither are premium
economy seats
on Star Alliance partner airlines.
* It's important to note that all
award bookings
on Etihad airways incur a partner booking fee of $ 50 in
economy, $ 205 in business, and $ 300 in first
class.
As a point of comparison, United's own
award chart charges 22,500 miles each way for
economy class and 40,000 miles each way for first
class (
on a two - cabin plane).
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.
Thanks to Korean Air's SkyTeam partner, you can book an
award flight
on Air France in
economy class from Los Angeles (LAX) to Tahiti (PPT) for 60,000 Korean Air SkyPass miles.
You can fly
economy on United or one of their partners for 30,000 miles, in business
class on their metal for 55,500 miles, or in business
class on one of their partners, like Lufthansa, for 70,000 miles each way (sometimes they will have sales
on partner
award flights).
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!
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.
You can book airline
awards on Turkish Airlines or Lufthansa via Star Alliance partners such as United, using 70,000 United miles each way in business
class or 30,000 miles in
economy.
You might be wondering why the taxes and fees vary so much
on economy and business
class awards.
Recently he found another
award flight
on that same route for 42,500 points when the
economy class was booking at 70,000!
At only 15,000 miles for
economy class and 30,000 miles for business
class award flights
on Flying Blue partner Delta, these are among the cheapest options available.
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 Delta.
When compared to booking an
award with Air France / KLM Flying Blue, American AAdvantage could save you $ 35 - $ 155
on economy awards and $ 35 - $ 465
on business
class awards.
You will generally receive a 25 - 50 % discount
on economy and business
class award tickets from Europe to specific cities.
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.
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.
Examining the calendar, there is
award space available in
economy class on every day, business
class on most days, and first
class on just one day.
In addition, many of the
economy and business
class awards also include travel
on British Airways.
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.
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.
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.
Even so, at the longest distance for Etihad Guest
awards on Royal Air Maroc (2,001 + miles), New York to Casablanca costs just 22,000 miles one - way in
economy, or 44,000 miles one - way in business
class.