You can't book international First class, which takes away flexibility when trying to
find premium cabin award space.
It can be very difficult to
find premium cabin award travel on many of these airlines.
Online posters were
finding premium cabin award travel on Singapore Airlines that was bookable using United Mileage Plus miles.
Not exact matches
If you're traveling as a family, it can be tough to
find enough
premium cabin award space for everyone.
If you have a family of three or more people, it can be REALLY hard to
find award inventory to book a big trip, especially when it comes to
premium cabins.
There are also some
premium cabin award seats available, though not nearly as many as you will
find in economy.
Airline partners are where you will
find the most value for your points, particularly on
award flights in international
premium cabins.
There are four Promo
Awards for travel between Europe and the Caribbean this time... but only two are for
premium cabin travel (which is where most of the value is to be
found):
I don't get to fly with Qantas all that often as, let's face it, international
premium cabin awards on Qantas aren't exactly easy to
find and the airline never seems to discount its
premium cabins down to what I'm prepared to pay.
Qatar Airways is another great airline on which to spend your hard - earned miles but
premium cabin awards on Qatar are definitely not in the «easy to
find» category (in my experience).
If you purchase American Airlines miles there is absolutely no guarantee that you'll
find award availability that suits your needs — either in Coach or in a
premium cabin, on domestic or international routes.
You can forget about using the miles you buy for
premium cabin saver
awards on American Airlines — they're so hard to
find they may as well not exist nowadays.
Those aren't terrible prices to pay for
premium cabins on the likes of JAL or Cathay Pacific but, once again there's no guarantee you'll
find award availability on dates where cash fares are higher than that cost.
Just keep in mind that Singapore Airlines often restricts
awards for their
premium cabins to their own members, so you might struggle to
find any open seats to book with Virgin America miles.
Getting to Los Angeles using Delta miles can be a challenge, but once you reach that gateway (by
award or separate ticket) I
find that more often than not it's possible to put together a
premium cabin award using Delta miles on China Southern.