If your travel plans aren't very flexible, Asia Miles could be your best bet for
finding first class award space.
Not exact matches
They told me they would not / could not honor the SWISS
First booking, but they could reaccommodate me on another carrier or in another
class of service if we could
find partner level
award space available.
If you see 772 or 773, you might be able to
find first or business
class award space on another date.
A
first class flight on Qantas will cost only 70,000 Alaska miles, but it is extremely rare to
find the necessary
award space.
While
first class award space isn't always the easiest to
find, you can sometimes
find a single seat if you check back regularly.
I set out to determine which cities I should focus on for my search to
find either business or
first class award space.
Though Delta isn't known for offering a generous amount of
award space to its partners, I was able to
find four
first -
class award seats available in August from Denver to Maui via Los Angeles and Seattle using the online
award search engine for Alaska Airlines, which you don't even need an account to use.
Business
class award availability on Qantas is very difficult to
find, but not quite as difficult as
first class award space.
This means that AAdvantage members who
find and book
award space before this deadline could save thousands of miles, especially for business - and
first -
class travel.
One of the best
first class experiences — if you can
find award space — is on Qantas, the primary carrier in Australia.
So if you're planning last minute or way in advance you still shouldn't have trouble
finding space, but this isn't an airline that's always going to have business or
first class award space.
It's worth noting that it's tougher than ever before to
find first class Star Alliance award space on Lufthansa and Swiss (see How to Deal with No More Lufthansa Advance First Class Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to open up award space no more than three weeks
first class Star Alliance award space on Lufthansa and Swiss (see How to Deal with No More Lufthansa Advance First Class Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to open up award space no more than three weeks
class Star Alliance
award space on Lufthansa and Swiss (see How to Deal with No More Lufthansa Advance
First Class Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to open up award space no more than three weeks
First Class Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to open up award space no more than three weeks
Class Availability), so nowadays this is most practical when planning close to departure, as Lufthansa tends to open up
award space no more than three weeks out.
While they used to also release a lot of
first class award space, that's no longer the case, though you can still occassionally
find two
first class award seats.
I used it to
find business -
class award space on Iberia ahead of the recent AAdvantage devaluation, and I know many others who use it for
awards like Cathay Pacific
first class or JAL business
class.
There's no doubt it's tougher to
find award space than before, but at the same time we're also redeeming miles for better
first class products than ever before.
On occasion I have had to purchase a domestic positioning leg if I want to
find business or
first class award space, but at least United checks my bags through and protects me in the case of a missed connection.»
You can't book international
First class, which takes away flexibility when trying to
find premium cabin
award space.