And while this isn't Jen's situation, since she has
first class award tickets on Singapore, note that only Business and First Class award ticket holders are able to select seats in advance on Singapore Airlines.
However, the lack of
first class award tickets on international routes does impose an upper limit since those often represent the most valuable use of miles.
You can book
first class award tickets on Japan Airlines through their own Mileage Bank program, Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan, or one of their Oneworld partners.
Another solid option to book
first class award tickets on Lufthansa is Air Canada's Aeroplan program.
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.
If you prefer, you can book a business
class award ticket... but the taxes and fees for each person will be the same as those
on a
first class award.
This is especially frustrating for business
class and
first class award tickets, and even worse if you book
on an airline that hits you with steep carrier - imposed surcharges (such as British Airways).
Generally, the only time it makes sense to book a British Airways
first class award is by using the British Airways Travel Together
Ticket so you can get 2
first class seats for the miles of
on.
Landing a premium
class award ticket in
First or Business class on Singapore has traditionally been a difficult task for North American points and miles collectors due to the common Singapore Airlines practice of offering first and business class award space almost solely to members of their own KrisFlyer pro
First or Business
class on Singapore has traditionally been a difficult task for North American points and miles collectors due to the common Singapore Airlines practice of offering
first and business class award space almost solely to members of their own KrisFlyer pro
first and business
class award space almost solely to members of their own KrisFlyer program.
Expect to pay ~ $ 400 in fuel surcharges and taxes per long - haul segment
on award bookings, but that's still cheaper than paying for a business or
first class ticket.
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.
Thanks to four credit card applications, we were able to book two
first -
class round - trip
award tickets on Cathay Pacific to Bali, via Hong Kong, for this past summer.
If you've still got an Aeroplan / SWISS
First award ticket (s) hanging around in an ambiguous state it might be worth holding
on to it until you can change it to a Lufthansa
First or Business
Class ticket.
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.
But while there are lots of great ways to earn bonus miles, Etihad has squashed one of our favorite benefits
on first class award tickets.
You can check out this
first class product
on this route for 75,000 Flying Club miles round - trip while a one - way
award ticket would cost 37,500 miles.
You can upgrade
award tickets to a Big Front Seat for cash, which is equivalent in size to standard domestic
first class on most airlines.
Etihad offers complimentary Chauffer service for Business and
First class passengers even
on award tickets
Yesterday I discussed how Asiana was the hot
ticket to getting
first class award awards for two to Asia with TONS of options
on dates, even in peak summer travel.
For the past few years two of the big «sweet spots» in the AAdvantage program have been the cost of Business and
First Class award tickets,
on Etihad, for travel between Europe and the Middle East.
This is especially true for
first class flights, even
on award tickets.
Generally, the only time it makes sense to book a British Airways
first class award is by using the British Airways Travel Together
Ticket so you can get 2
first class seats for the miles of
on.
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.
While not the easiest
award ticket to get, Qantas
first class definitely should be
on your bucket list.
If you prefer, you can book a business
class award ticket... but the taxes and fees for each person will be the same as those
on a
first class award.
If you pay for Business or
First Class flights then you can still rack up a lot of miles from flying but those of us flying at the back are seeing a far lower rate of return than ever before — Delta and United (and soon American) base the number of miles they
award travelers
on the cost of the
ticket purchased (less taxes) so the cheaper
ticket you by the fewer miles you'll earn.
I've often said that, generally, I can't bring myself to cough up the extra miles needed for a
First Class award ticket when Business
Class on most airlines is more than good enough for me (that's not me being low - maintenance, that's just how good the Business
Class hard product often is) but I'll happily do whatever it takes not to sit in Economy.
Of course, as I discussed in my
first article
on travel hacking theory, I do value that
award trip at more than $ 790, in fact, I value it at about $ 1,300, since that's what I'd typically pay for an economy
class ticket to Europe.
The real question for me is if I'd fly Garuda Indonesia
first class again at the standard
award price of 180,000 Garuda Miles for a one - way
ticket on the same route.
For
award tickets, you can receive a 50 % discount
on first class bookings and a 30 % discount
on business
class or economy
class bookings.
As we did our last time, we'll likely split up
on the trip over and back, such that either my husband or I will get a third
award ticket, perhaps one way in business using 40,000 United miles from the over 100,000 United miles I've earned from the Ink Bold (see How to Book a Business Class Award to Hawaii) and the other a combination of AA in coach from Hawaii to the West Coast for 12,500 Avios from the British Airways Visa — 100,000 points offer plus United Business First lie flat 757 - 200, which I recently reviewed for EWR -
award ticket, perhaps one way in business using 40,000 United miles from the over 100,000 United miles I've earned from the Ink Bold (see How to Book a Business
Class Award to Hawaii) and the other a combination of AA in coach from Hawaii to the West Coast for 12,500 Avios from the British Airways Visa — 100,000 points offer plus United Business First lie flat 757 - 200, which I recently reviewed for EWR -
Award to Hawaii) and the other a combination of AA in coach from Hawaii to the West Coast for 12,500 Avios from the British Airways Visa — 100,000 points offer plus United Business
First lie flat 757 - 200, which I recently reviewed for EWR - LAX.
Considering I bought these miles at 1.1 cents a piece, that was like paying $ 330 extra to fly in
first class on most legs of what will be a 25,900 - mile
award ticket - a no - brainer since
first class seats are generally much more spacious and every inch of pitch counts when you're 6» 7 ″!
If you do now worry about the heft Fuel surcharge that British Airways charges
on Award tickets you can consider using you Avios and the companion
ticket to fly
First Class From North American to Europe.
I booked myself a
First Class award ticket from Cairo, Egypt to Washington DC with 15 hours
on the brand new Etihad 787 - 9 Dreamliner for 90,000 American Airlines miles and a few dollars in taxes.
- Miles & More is the mileage program of Lufthansa as well as Austrian and SWISS, and members get more access to premium
award tickets - All three airlines are part of Star Alliance, so you can use these miles
on any of the 27 partner airlines including US Airways and United (and Miles & More
awards can be booked one - way, which US Airways
awards can not)- You can book a roundtrip domestic business
class award on United and US Airways for 35,000 miles, or a
first class ticket for 50,000 miles.
Although I have access as an Amex Platinum cardholder, I didn't even need to show that card - simply having a
First class boarding pass was enough - even
on a British Airways
award ticket.
Normally I write more about Singapore Suites than Singapore
First Class, both since most of my
Award Booking Clients aspire to fly Singapore Suites on the A380 and because as an award ticket, Singapore Suites is the same cost in KrisFlyer miles as Singapore First C
Award Booking Clients aspire to fly Singapore Suites
on the A380 and because as an
award ticket, Singapore Suites is the same cost in KrisFlyer miles as Singapore First C
award ticket, Singapore Suites is the same cost in KrisFlyer miles as Singapore
First Class.
I booked 2
First Class tickets from North America to Asia,
on Cathay Pacific, which are 150,000 each
on the current BA single partner
award chart.
Unfortunately, figuring out how many, has become a science
on its own, because United will
award you a different number of points based
on the partner and the fare
class of your ticket, anywhere between 0 % of the miles flown for a deeply discounted ticket and 250 % for a First Class ti
class of your
ticket, anywhere between 0 % of the miles flown for a deeply discounted
ticket and 250 % for a
First Class ti
Class ticket.
My Singapore
First Class award ticket was something I'd been looking forward to for a few months, having booked it back in July that weekend that KrisFlyer
award inventory was available
on United.com.