Delta Air Lines has no award charts but you can
find economy award tickets to Dublin for 60,000 - 70,000 miles round trip.
Not exact matches
When we checked in May 2017, we
found future
award flights from the U.S. to Europe available from 60,000 miles (in
economy).
Economy awards are also cheaper (but not by much), while first class
awards are just a touch higher than what you'll
find with United MileagePlus.
He also
found award space on Qantas in
economy 4 days later from SYD - > SFO - > OMA, so he secured that for 40,000 AA miles + $ 87 in taxes and fees.
First, by carrying a Chase United card (even the fee - free version) you have access to more saver level domestic
Economy award availability (HT: bluecat who correctly points out the availability extends to international flights on United metal) I haven't
found the difference that noticeable for the most part, but while doing some research for an upcoming Brandon Asks post I noticed it was quite useful for positioning flights.
Fortunately, the EarlyReturns
award redemption levels have not changed even though the
economy rates are getting a bit harder to
find nowadays.
Saver level
economy award tickets for domestic flights can offer good value for your miles, but they may be difficult to
find.
In the past, you could not mix an
Economy Class seat into a First Class
award, and would have to
find your way to the gateway city on another ticket.
Recently he
found another
award flight on that same route for 42,500 points when the
economy class was booking at 70,000!
There are also some premium cabin
award seats available, though not nearly as many as you will
find in
economy.
If you can ever
find a promo
award to Europe for 25,000 in
economy, that's one of the most valuable sweet - spot redemptions available.
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.
A huge caveat, however, is
award availability, which is much harder to
find in premium classes than an
economy seat.
Economy saver
awards are usually plentiful but business class seats can be very hard to
find.
United
award redemptions are best for an
economy ticket and good deals can be
found for domestic U.S. flights.
It's rare to
find more than two business
award seats available on the same flight, but I've often seen four and six
economy seats available.
Less Business Class and Premium
Economy seating is never a good thing at it just makes
finding award seats all that more difficult.
On American Airlines one - way
economy award flights can be
found starting at 15,000 miles.
Under the expanded Qantas - American Airlines arrangement customers will be able to fly Qantas» reconfigured B747 - 400 six times per week on the San Francisco - Sydney route; featuring the same product
found on the airline's A380s, including Marc Newson's fully - flat Skybed in Business,
award winning
Economy cabin and large seat - back screens with over 1500 entertainment options.
You can
find low - level
economy award tickets on Delta Air Lines for as little as 12,500 miles each way but the cost can surge to 45,000 miles for a peak one - way
award ticket.
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).
We will search
award inventory on the airlines associated with your points to
find economy, business and first class seats to exotic destinations.
As well as that, any airline or alliance that I choose to fly also needs to be one that regularly offers good deals on the routes I want to fly — as the airlines around the world gradually increase the cost of
award travel it's becoming increasingly important, for those of us with a healthy aversion to
Economy Class, to be able to
find great value Business Class fares to keep our flights comfortable.
Flying Blue offers some great redemption rates for
economy, which means that when you're able to
find economy promo
awards, it's probably offering you one of the best rates you'd be able to
find out of any airline.
The British Airways website can
find and book almost any partner
award pretty easily, and
economy class
awards start at just 4,500 Avios.
That means you can not fly
economy class to a gateway city to meet up with that amazing first class
award you finally
found to your destination.
Use your Delta points to book Virgin Atlantic from across the U.S. and you'll
find award fares for 30,000 SkyMiles in
economy class each way or 62,500 SkyMiles for business class — or «Upper Class» as the Virgins like to call it.
When
award space is availble, it's not too difficult to
find an
economy class
award ticket for 25,000 miles instead of paying $ 500 (valuing miles at 2 cents each), or an international business class
award ticket for 120,000 miles instead of $ 6,000 (valuing miles at 5 cents each).
So since Alaska lets you redeem for JAL premium
economy, you shouldn't have any trouble
finding those seats when first & business class
awards aren't available.
In general, you'll
find more value in international business class
awards than you will with
economy class.
Unfortunately, you can't
find Korean Air first - class
award availability on Delta.com since you can only redeem Delta miles for
economy and business - class
awards on partners, and Alaska does not let you redeem its miles for first - class
awards on Korean.
Just to do a quick comparison, I tried booking
award flights on Delta.com for Delta flights from New York to London and
found the following in October: 60,000 miles + $ 185 in taxes and fees for
economy.
SAAver level
award seats on the A321T can be difficult to
find, but if you're lucky, you can redeem for 12,500 AAdvantage miles each way in
economy, 25,000 each way in business or 32,500 each way in first class (these amounts will increase on March 22, 2016).
BG Group won the
award in 2007 after an arbitral tribunal
found that the emergency law Argentina enacted after its
economy collapsed in 2002 breached the UK - Argentina Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT).