More
expensive first class awards on partner airlines mean I now only consider using them for international business class.
Not exact matches
This often makes economy
award tickets too
expensive to make sense, but the fees are much more reasonable when you're redeeming for
first class.
You probably can't book a business or
first class award ticket, since those are significantly more
expensive in cash terms than when using miles.
As you can see,
first class awards to Asia can get very
expensive, but business
class tickets are more reasonable, especially with zero fuel surcharges.
Remember that United's
award redemptions for
first class and business
class seats are some of the most
expensive in the game.
They charge extra for connecting flights, and business and
first class awards can be very
expensive.
Many business /
first class awards are going to be very
expensive after the change.
But the most
expensive award ticket is for
first class between Africa and South America.
The most common use for JMB
awards are to fly the famous Emirates
first class after Alaska made redeeming for
first class on Emirates prohibitively
expensive.
But for
first class, or if you want to buy a more
expensive award with last seat availability, the prices are pretty much the same.
The
first thing to notice is that
awards in economy are often very cheap, but
awards in business
class are often 2.5 x the price, which makes them extremely
expensive.
A lot of people say that they'd never pay for a super
expensive business or
first class ticket, so you're not actually getting that value from that kind of
award.
This means that even with the New British Airways Avios Devaluation, the AAdvantage
award chart devaluation will make it more
expensive to book Cathay Pacific
First Class between NYC JFK and Vancouver YVR — 55K AAdvantage miles vs. 50K British Airways Avios.