Not exact matches
With Aer Lingus AerClub, you can
use 26,000 Avios to book a round - trip
economy class award
ticket.
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.
These can be
used to upgrade to business on paid
economy tickets, even on the longest international routes.
-- If you
use United MileagePlus miles for United flights to Hawaii, it will cost you 45,000 miles for a round - trip
economy ticket to Hawaii.
When you
use your miles to fly a partner airline, you are allowed to have one stopover when you book an
economy ticket of at least 60,000 miles, a business class
tickets of at least 90,000 miles, or a first class
ticket of at least 135,000 miles.
Free Companion
Ticket (
economy class) upon the first
use of the new Lufthansa World MasterCard, and on the anniversary of your account opening
The argument is that the bills would have helped boost the local
economy since the extra money that borrowers would be saving each month could then be
used for big -
ticket purchases.
I
use them when needed (airplane
tickets, etc) but most of the places I live in do not accept credit cards and are cash - based
economies.
Hot Tip:
Use a United MileagePlus credit card from Chase if you have to purchase basic
economy tickets so you can bring a carry - on bag with you.
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.
I'd probably opt for the
Economy ticket so long as it's available, knowing that those marginal miles could be
used for another
Economy one - way back to South America or elsewhere in the future, but if availability were to dry up for the flight to Rio given the popularity for this
ticket that may be fairly expected thanks to the World Cup, it would be a good way to make lemonade from lemons, given Alanna and her husband's healthy points balances.
The caveat to the 35 % rebate is that it can only be
used for
economy tickets on your airline of choice, but if you are booking business or first class
tickets you get the rebate for any airline.
Using Elevate program points to redeem for flights on Hawaiian Airlines - operated flights presents an opportunity to
use a set number of points instead: 20,000 Elevate points in
economy and 50,000 in business for a round - trip
ticket between San Francisco and Honolulu, for example.
You can travel to anywhere in the southern zone of South America, from US, by purchasing an
economy class round - trip
ticket using 50,000 Korean Air SKYPASS miles.
When you
use your miles to fly a partner airline, you are allowed to have one stopover when you book an
economy ticket of at least 60,000 miles, a business class
tickets of at least 90,000 miles, or a first class
ticket of at least 135,000 miles.
Redemptions start as low as 5,000 miles for one - way
economy tickets, so there are plenty of opportunities to only
use a portion of the miles earned from the sign - up bonus.
Otherwise,
use the points for a simple
economy ticket and you will get better value for them.
For international / domestic routes
using the «weight» system, members are allowed an extra 15 kg in addition to the
ticketed economy baggage allowance.
(a) Classic Upgrade Rewards can not be
used in conjunction with an open dated
ticket, fares ineligible to earn Points, a travel industry reduced fare
ticket, a prize
ticket or any other promotional offer; (b) Classic Upgrade Rewards can only be requested on the Segments listed on the Itinerary for which the Member has been issued a
ticket; (c) Classic Upgrade Rewards may only be
used to obtain an upgrade as follows: (i) Discount
Economy,
Economy or Flexible
Economy to Premium
Economy class or Classic Flight Reward
Economy to Premium
Economy (where available), (ii) Discount
Economy,
Economy or Flexible
Economy to Business class or Classic Flight Reward
Economy to Business class (where available), Note: at the time of registration for a Classic Upgrade Reward to Business, Members may also register a request for a Classic Upgrade Reward to Premium
Economy (where available).
With Aer Lingus AerClub, you can
use 26,000 Avios to book a round - trip
economy class award
ticket.
How to
Use Frequent Flyer Miles Effectively (All my long - haul flights are in business class, for less than the price of an equivalent
economy ticket)
If you have purchased Basic
Economy, you will only be allowed one personal item, unless you are a Premier ® member or a primary card member
using a qualifying MileagePlus credit card.1 Everyone else who is traveling on a Basic
Economy ticket and brings a full - sized carry - on bag to the gate will be required to check their bag and pay the applicable checked bag fee plus a $ 25 gate handling charge.
25,000 could get you a roundtrip
economy ticket anywhere in the continental US, so you could
use it to fly United for the same mileage requirement.
Quick tip: if you are planning on
using miles to upgrade, search for business class award space prior to booking your premium
economy ticket.
However, I would recommend buying a premium
economy class
ticket and then
using miles to upgrade to business class.
Etihad Guest miles can be
used to upgrade your paid
ticket in
Economy to Business class, even if the
ticket is issued by your company.
This previously applied only to
economy tickets but can now be
used for JetBlue's premium Mint cabin, as well.
We had a general set of rules that said you had to purchase
economy tickets for domestic travel, you had to purchase
tickets 21 days in advance wherever possible, and you had to book with our preferred airline partners
using our custom travel website, which was run by Orbitz.
MileagePlus Upgrade Awards can be
used on any United -, United Express - or Copa - operated flight, with no fare restrictions except for
tickets containing a Basic
Economy fare.
You can
use miles to upgrade cash
tickets from
economy to business, but it is expensive.
You can
use miles to upgrade cash
tickets from
economy to premium
economy or business class, depending on the route.
One of the lesser known but still extremely valuable features of the British Airways Avios program is the ability to
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use Avios to upgrade from
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Use Avios to Upgrade Paid
Tickets to Business Class
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.
It
used to be you could
use it for first or
economy class, so you could get two first class
tickets for the price of one.
Tip # 2: If you don't have enough miles for that (or you would prefer to take more flights with the miles you have), consider
using your United miles on international
economy class flights on routes that have expensive cash
tickets.
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.
The other best
use of Etihad Guest miles is the ability to upgrade paid
economy tickets on Etihad airways.
On the flying front British Airways took a hatchet to the Executive Club earning rates (amongst a lot of other things) earlier this year — Most
Economy Class
tickets earn a lot less Avios than they
used to.
You can
use miles to upgrade cash
tickets from
economy to business or from business to first.
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.
To clarify, I mean if you're paying cash (by cash I mean hopefully
using a credit card that gets travel awards) for your
economy ticket, you may be able pay a similar amount of cash to buy points / miles and then
use those points / miles to book premium cabin travel.
Note: If you were planning on taking a roundtrip
economy ticket, I'd check with what routes are served by Alaska and Virgin America first to make sure you could
use this on your travels since their networks don't cover the US equally.
Delta's new «Premium Select» international premium
economy cabin will start to appear as the airline deploys new Airbus A350s in 2017, and the airline confirmed that SkyMiles members can
use miles to upgrade to those seats after they buy a Main Cabin
ticket.
Additionally, you will receive a companion
ticket each year on your card anniversary that can be
used for
economy class cash bookings.
Generally, you can not
use miles to upgrade a deeply discounted coach
ticket, such as a basic
economy ticket.
You can
use miles to upgrade cash
tickets one class: from
economy to business, or from business to first.
SkyMiles offer the cheapest award seats in
economy at 80,000 miles, but
using AAdvantage miles will get you the cheapest business class
tickets.
You can
use miles to upgrade cash
tickets to business class from
economy.
Emirates is also offering a 10 percent discount on first and business class
tickets, and a 5 percent discount on
economy class
tickets from U.S. cities to Dubai and onward, when purchased at www.emirates.com/AS
using the promotion code USALK14.
The rebate applies to
economy flights on the member's selected airline, or business - class and first - class
tickets on any airline booked through Amex Travel when they choose to
use the Pay with Points feature.