If you want to earn miles and points that can be used to book business and
first class award flights, this card won't help you do that.
For 110,000 miles you can book a one - way
first class award flight on Lufthansa.
If you're booking
a first class award flight (or even a business class award flight), it might make sense to purchase some miles to top off your account depending on your situation.
That first class award flight to Bali that you've been saving up for just went from 67.5 k to 110k miles.
Casey's story might not be as glamorous as
a first class award flight overseas or a free weekend stay in a top - tier hotel, but it shows how much value there is to be found in places that are often overlooked.
For our Cathay Pacific
First Class award flight (which I often book for clients with my Award Booking Service), on the return my husband and I switched so that I could try first class with the munchkin.
Not exact matches
On an American Airlines
flight, business
class and
first class award bookings will include about $ 280 in taxes and fees for a round - trip ticket.
One important point to remember when using United miles to book this
flight is that Lufthansa only releases
first class award space to its Star Alliance partners 14 days before departure.
The taxes and fees on a round - trip
first class award ticket will be roughly $ 700 but for two 10 - hour
flights in
first class, that's not bad at all.
An
award flight in Cathay's
First Class is one of the most popular ways to redeem AAdvantage miles.
Singapore Airlines has a handful of other sweet spots in their
award chart, and
flights on United within the U.S. in business or
first class is one of them.
One of the best parts of Korean Air is that they actually release enough
first class award space for several people on some of their
flights.
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.
As I said, Alaska Airlines has a separate
award chart for each airline so we know that an Emirates
First Class flight is going to come up at 90,000 miles each way.
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.
This is also in line with Donna's goal to fly business
class or
first class as much as possible on this trip, as a business /
first award booking with a stopover in Luxembourg takes no more points than a direct
flight back to Chicago would entail.
However, adding a short - haul economy
flight to a long - haul business or
first class flight may, as in my example, drastically reduce the number of Iberia Avios required for your
award redemption.
You can also upgrade your
flight to the
First Class Saver
award if you call reservations at least 26 hours before your
flight departure.
So far I have not come across an instance where ANA actually displayed business or
first class award space on one of these
flights.
While Saver
Awards for continental U.S. flights will remain unchanged, the new policy — which you can read about in more detail here — means those who book business or first - class awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak travel se
Awards for continental U.S.
flights will remain unchanged, the new policy — which you can read about in more detail here — means those who book business or
first -
class awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak travel se
awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak travel seasons.
Here we had a stroke of luck, depending on how you look at it: while the direct service
flight from Los Angeles did not show availability for a Business
Class or First Class Saver Award on most dates, a mixed class award connecting through San Francisco was avail
Class or
First Class Saver Award on most dates, a mixed class award connecting through San Francisco was avail
Class Saver
Award on most dates, a mixed class award connecting through San Francisco was avail
Award on most dates, a mixed
class award connecting through San Francisco was avail
class award connecting through San Francisco was avail
award connecting through San Francisco was available.
For example, that one - way
first class flight from New York to Singapore had roughly $ 229 in airline fuel and insurance surcharges attached to the
award ticket.
A
first class flight on Qantas will cost only 70,000 Alaska miles, but it is extremely rare to find the necessary
award space.
A
first class award seat on Qantas isn't easy to find, but we'll show you how to give yourself the best chance and what to expect on this amazing
flight.
I've also written about a nice opportunity to get free stopovers on domestic
flights, making the Alaska Airlines
award chart particularly valuable: How to Book
Awards on Emirates with Alaska Airlines Miles Alaska Airlines
Awards: Two Domestic One Ways for the Price of One It does take 90,000 miles each way to fly
First Class, however, and the big downside is that Alaska... [Read more...]
Whether booking a
first class flight on ANA or booking a fun partner
award, ANA Mileage Club is a great program to know.
A great price point on the Singapore Airlines
award chart is for business and
first class flights within the U.S..
Business
class award flights require 90,000 miles, and
first class redemptions require 165,000 miles.
As Delta has massively devalued its own
award chart, many SkyTeam travelers are now taking a closer look at Flying Blue as their gateway to not only domestic Delta
flights, but also the glamorous Air France business and
first class, which is primarily only available to Flying Blue members with elite status.
Promo
awards, offering 25 - 50 percent off the standard
award chart, are available each month for select
flights, but most passengers will spend the bulk of their miles on classic
awards, which can be used on any partner airline but not on
first class cabins.
Platinum: Additional unlimited complimentary round - trip upgrades (transferable to
Award Nominees) on Thai Airways upon each accumulation of 50,000 miles for
flights on Thai Airways in Royal
First Class or Royal Silk
Class.
While economy
class awards aren't changing much, there will be some significant increases in the cost of business and
first class awards on American Airlines» partners —
flights on American Airlines have their own
award chart.
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.
This Thai Airways 9 hour
first class flight for just 40k miles will be gone after tomorrow... Here are 5
awards to consider in the next 24 hours.
For
flights to Korea, Asiana does not offer any savings in economy, but relatively cheap
awards are available in both business and
first class.
If you are a frequent traveler, both the number of airlines and their quality will be important: You will not only be able to earn miles on a large number of
flights, you will also have access to some of the best airlines for aspirational
award travel — a trip in Singapore Airlines or Lufthansa
First Class will make any honeymoon very special!
They don't let you book
First Class awards with partners at all, they rarely have low - level
award availability (and I think this might get worse after the recent devaluation), you can only redeem round trip
flights (one - ways are coming in 2015 though), and in general their miles are much harder to use than those of other programs.
New MileSAAver
awards for
flights of 500 miles or less will now cost only 7,500 miles in economy
class or 15,000 miles in
first class.
However, the cheapest option in
first class on the very same
flight is also 25,000 miles, so be sure to check both the economy and
first -
class award options in case it makes more sense to sit up front!
Upgrade rates are no longer included in the Hawaiian Airlines
award chart, but cost roughly 25,000 miles for
flights when
First Class Saver
awards are available and 50,000 when only Flex
awards remain.
With a load factor of 84 %, the carriers are constantly tweaking the cost of
award flights by either raising redemption levels or reducing the saver
award inventory, especially in
first and business
classes.
Award flight tip *: Miles & More members have better access to Lufthansa and SWISS
first class awards.
If you're new to the «travel rewards» world, booking cheap domestic
award flights might be your way of getting your feet wet before you book an international
award flight or a
first class flight that will require more miles.
Many people like to transfer points to an airline loyalty program to redeem
first class flights or partner
flights as they have better
award values than your typical economy seat.
Availability in the other direction (Auckland to Doha) is pretty good do and, in this case, there are actually 4 Business
Class awards available on the very
first Qatar Airways non-stop
flight between Auckland and Doha:
Flights between L.A. and Sydney feature a 777 - 300ER with excellent configuration in both
first and business
class cabins, but premium
class seats on this route are virtually impossible to get at saver
award rates.
Here's another ExpertFlyer screenshot showing 4
First Class and a minimum of 7 Business
Class awards available on a single
flight from Santiago and Miami:
After rolling out a new A380
First Suite and Business
Class, increasing the amount of KrisFlyer miles needed for many
flights and making StarAlliance
award bookings available online, my favorite airline is changing Economy
Class fare categories and the KrisFlyer
award miles you earn!
They charge extra for connecting
flights, and business and
first class awards can be very expensive.
That's a minimum of 7 Business
Class awards on each
flight (one of which is operated by the 777 - 300ER) and 9
First Class award on a single day!