For those who book economy class award tickets, you'll love the fact that you will also receive access to
extra economy award space.
While we often talk about booking United business class and first class,
this extra economy award space can be extremely useful when you need to book a flight but ticket prices are sky high.
For those who book economy class award tickets, you'll love the fact that you will also receive access to
extra economy award space.
Not exact matches
These flights will generally be an hour or less, so unless your miles are burning a hole in your pocket it might be better to redeem an
economy ticket and save the
extra miles for another (more exciting)
award redemption.
They offer a choice of 19 fully flat beds in Upper Class, 46
extra leg room
economy seats, and 222
economy seats — all offering
award - winning inflight entertainment showing over 400 hours of films, TV shows, music, and games.
If by chance the
award you're looking at goes down in price (which will be true for
economy and business class tickets to Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America, as well as
economy class tickets to India and the Middle East) then you may also call American and ask them to re-price the
award to refund the
extra miles back to your account.
I've got an
extra incentive to check out the new Premium
Economy cabin when I'm on board as I suspect Cathay Pacific Premium
Economy may be what I'll be booking the next time I can't find Business Class
award seats to Australia.
The 50 %
extra Flying Club miles are
awarded in addition to the normal
Economy, Premium
Economy or Upper Class Flying Club mileage earned.
I've often said that, generally, I can't bring myself to cough up the
extra miles needed for a First Class
award ticket when Business Class on most airlines is more than good enough for me (that's not me being low - maintenance, that's just how good the Business Class hard product often is) but I'll happily do whatever it takes not to sit in
Economy.
Cardholders receive access to
extra saver level
awards for
economy class and guaranteed standard level
awards as long as a seat is available for purchase.
Level will offer 6 fare classes: Basic
Economy offers a flight from A to B with 1 piece of handluggage and you'll pay
extra for seat assignment, food and checked luggage, but do earn (some) Avios
award miles.
For example, an
economy award ticket to India is 80,000 miles, so paying only 20,000 miles more for the
extra comfort is hard to resist.
One of the other plaintiffs booked two roundtrip
economy award tickets and paid $ 1,437 in
extra fees and charges, the majority of which were fuel surcharges.
The packages come in two types;
Economy Plus Essentials, which includes
Economy Plus seating and one standard checked bag; and
Economy Plus Enhanced, which provides an
Economy Plus seat, one checked bag, a United Club pass for that trip,
extra award miles, and Premier Access benefits (dedicated check - in and security line access, priority boarding).
You can add domestic
economy or First MileSAAver
award space to the international Business or First Space on the 77W for zero
extra miles.