We give the nod to Chase due to United having a more valuable currency than Delta, Korean's
excellent first class award availability, and being the only program with a worthwhile hotel partner.
Not exact matches
Korean Air offers
excellent business
class and
first class award availability, and the service in those cabins is exemplary.
Last year American launched a partnership with Etihad, which has a solid
first class product and
excellent award availability to the Middle East and India.
In the past 6 months they've added
excellent transfer partners in Korean Air (cheap transatlantic Skyteam
awards, cheap Hawaii
awards, and awesome
first class award availability) and Aegean (cheap Star Alliance business
class awards).
American has
excellent award availability to London on most of their routes, both in
first and business
class.
- Cathay
First class award availability is
excellent, and it gets progressively better closer to the day of the flight, so keep on checking!
Alternatively, consider routing via Asia; for example, try flying Korean Air
First Class, which often has
excellent award availability, even for
First Class.