So while
standard economy saver awards will remain unchanged, get ready for some «enhancements» to the premium awards and even the standard economy awards.
80,000 is enough for a one way business class to India (67,500 miles for a one way AAdvantage award) and a one
way economy saver award in domestic USA.
In this instance a one - way
Premium Economy saver award will cost 65,000 miles while a one - way Business Class saver award will set you back 80,000 miles.
United has a traditional airline award chart that charges 12,500 miles each way for a
domestic economy saver award within the lower 48 states.
Economy saver awards from the US to Japan increase 2.5 k each way (to 35k), increase 5k in business each way (to 65k), and increase 12.5 each way in first (to 80k) on United operated flights.
My family's favorite vacation destination is Hawaii, and via their own version of a «Cyber Monday» offering, United is making it 20 % cheaper to get there on miles if you book a
roundtrip economy saver award by December 8th and travel between January 7 — March 10, 2018.
There are five Business Class saver award seats and seven
economy saver award seats between Los Angeles and Sydney for much of late December.
A one -
way economy Saver award is 20k United miles, while first and business class saver awards are 35k and 45k, respectively.
The lower prices of short haul
intra-region economy saver awards for flights outside of the US is nice, but I don't suspect that many folks will feel the benefit since those flights are often so cheap that it often makes sense just to use cash on them.
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.
We also still offer our one - way
Economy Saver Awards for 12,500 miles and one - way short - haul Economy Saver Awards for 10,000 miles for awards within the 48 contiguous United States.
Economy saver awards are usually plentiful but business class seats can be very hard to find.
[ThankYou points] have recently caught my eye as they seem easier to redeem and if I'm booking non-premium rewards, they might have comparable value to if I transferred UR points to United to book
an economy saver award.
XN is
an economy saver award for elites and provides additional availability over fare class X which is the economy saver award for non-elites.
Economy saver awards will stay the same price (one way will continue to cost 10,000 miles for flights under 700 miles or 12,500 miles for all other flights)