It's easier to
find business class awards for a family, generally, than it is to find first class awards.
Assuming you can
find business class awards for that date, you can get the same ticket for approximately $ 3,000 (including awards taxes and fees), if you participate in the buy miles promotions.
The problem is that you're going to have to
find business class awards on American to Europe which can be a mighty struggle.
Korean Air is also a great option for getting to Asia and if you can
find Business Class awards on Qantas then $ 2,167 + taxes for a roundtrip fare to Australia is a very good deal.
Delta flies 757s and 767s between JFK and Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle, but
finding its business class award at a Saver rate is virtually impossible.
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.
Let's be clear,
finding business class award availability on Qantas will be tough.
While I wouldn't call award availability on Thai's first international A350 route «wide open» it's definitely reasonably easy to
find Business Class award seats.
On the United website
I found business class award seats at 130,000 miles available for my round - trip to Dublin.
If you generally buy business tickets with money, you may be able to save money if you can
find the business class award available and a little flexible.
Besides,
finding business class award availability for the p.s. service is tough.
Just over a month ago, I set off on a trip to Thessaloniki, Calais, and London booked with points and miles after
finding business class award space on AirBerlin a few days before departure.
Delta flies Los Angeles — Sydney but you won't often
find business class award space at the low level here.
Overall trends: As I mention above, you'll be hard - pressed to
find business class award availability on Air France, though I was able to find a few seats here and there.
Not exact matches
Additionally, Virgin Australia
award space is quite tough to
find (especially
business class), but sometimes you will
find more space closer to departure.
Just as if you were searching for an
award flight on Delta, you can use Delta's online
award search function to
find Korean Air
business class award space:
Hawaiian Airlines is rolling out new lie - flat
business class on its long - haul routes, but
award space is hard to
find.
Flying from the East Coast, you can book a
business class award for 110,000 Alaska Mileage Plan miles if you can
find an itinerary that includes only 1 partner (American Airlines or Qantas).
I'm lucky on the first try, and Aeroplan
found an
award on Lufthansa's non-stop flight from Seattle to Frankfurt in
business class.
Even if you need
award space for a flight within 3 or 4 months, it is not uncommon to
find business class space for 1 to 3 people.
If you see 772 or 773, you might be able to
find first or
business class award space on another date.
For those who love flying
business class, try to
find award space out of Boston on one of Air France's Boeing 777s.
Find out more about our
award winning First and International
Business class and other
classes of travel on Qantas.
While
finding saver level
business class award space on Hawaiian Airlines can be very tough, there are lots of routes with lie - flat seats if you can
find the space.
A lot of people prefer the in - air product of Jet Blue over Southwest for longer flights since it has tv's, free wifi, more leg room,
business / first
class «Mint» cabins, allows you to pick your seat, etc. but both airlines constantly rate among the best for
award availability, making them both solid choices for getting around the country, in terms of
finding award seats.
I set out to determine which cities I should focus on for my search to
find either
business or first
class award space.
It does have more reasonable
business class rates to French Polynesia (150,000 per round trip), but
finding award space at this rate is nearly impossible.
but, if you can
find a
Business Class United Saver
award for dates that work for you, it would set you back just 120,000 miles + taxes.
Well, United is the one leaving me in the cold there, as using the United
award calendar I could not
find a single transcon
business class award on that route in all of 2018.
Economy saver
awards are usually plentiful but
business class seats can be very hard to
find.
I can
find 3
Business Class Award seats in both directions on all three new routes with relative ease:
The Iberia A340 offers 27 more
Business Class seats than the smaller A330 - 200 so this aircraft swap is not going to do much for the already hard - to -
find award inventory.
Nowadays,
finding awards on the Delta website is often easier than on American or United, even for popular international routes and even in
business class.
If you can
find saver space on Delta, you can get a round trip
business class award within US for 45,000 miles.
Most of the sub - 75,000 mile
Business Class awards that you can actually
find and book through American Airlines are those that book on to British Airways flights.....
Business class flights to Australia are rarely ever seen at great prices and
award availability has never been easy to
find.
Less
Business Class and Premium Economy seating is never a good thing at it just makes
finding award seats all that more difficult.
In fact, your experience with
finding award tickets will be much more pleasant than looking for
business class routes.
This means that there can be some great value to be had if you select the right redemption options — like Cathay Pacific in
Business or First
Class between Europe and Asia (not a hard
award to
find), LAN
Business Class from the US to South American and Korean Air
Business Class between the US and Asia.
If SAAver
awards weren't so hard to
find in
business class and JAL was a transfer partner of an additional rewards program, JAL would be much higher on the list.
If you are lucky enough to
find SAAver
business class awards, total fees in
business class can be as low as $ 120 (and fees can be as low as $ 80 in economy).
Because it's not that rare to
find Business Class flights between the US and London coming in at under $ 2,000 and, on top of that, if you're booking an
award you still have the issue of
finding availability... and that hasn't been easy in recent years.
On the other hand, a
business class Travel Together Ticket redemption between Seattle and London in August (the earliest I was able to
find award space) would cost 150,000 Avios and $ 2,514, while two paid tickets would cost $ 8,093, giving you roughly 3.7 cents per Avios.
We will search
award inventory on the airlines associated with your points to
find economy,
business and first
class seats to exotic destinations.
Hawaiian Airlines is rolling out new lie - flat
business class on its long - haul routes, but
award space is hard to
find.
Just as if you were searching for an
award flight on Delta, you can use Delta's online
award search function to
find Korean Air
business class award space:
You can often
find several
business class seats available for
award bookings just days prior to departure.
While United is the most obvious choice for booking a
business class award, don't forget to check Air Canada Aeroplan as you might
find an even better redemption.
Business class award availability on Qantas is very difficult to
find, but not quite as difficult as first
class award space.
Business class award seats on Qantas are tough to
find, but worth the effort.