Also, business and
first class awards cost a LOT of Avios, so we'll focus on economy travel only.
That award chart is particularly valuable for premium cabin redemptions, since business class and
first class awards cost 2 and 3 times the cost of economy, respectively, instead of the 3 and 4 times charged on the standard Executive Club award chart.
In general, business class awards cost twice as many Avios as economy, and
first class awards cost three times more.
At the saver level, business class awards cost twice the price of economy awards on the same route, and
first class awards cost three times as much.
Not exact matches
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The BEST ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
AWARD distinguishes the vehicle in each
class to hold claim to the lowest
cost of ownership when considering purchase and operating
costs across the
first 6.5 years of vehicle ownership (87,594 vehicle miles traveled, the average distance traveled by the vehicle's
first buyer).
While it will
cost about $ 200 per person to hire an
award booking service, this could be money well spent when you are able to use the lowest possible number of miles to book business or
first -
class award reservations that can be worth thousands of dollars.
That means upgrading from Economy to Business
Class for half of this
award would
cost 20,000 additional miles per person, while an upgrade to
First Class would require 37,500 more than an Economy
award.
This
award would
cost you 115,000 AAdvantage bonus miles one - way in the
first class apartment.
The mileage
cost of
first class awards is actually the same for the low and regular seasons so there are plenty of travel dates from which to choose.
While this isn't the best way to earn Alaska miles because of the
cost, it can help you get those last few miles needed for to book a
first class award ticket with Cathay Pacific, one of Alaska's best international partners.
Business and
first class awards will soon
cost $ 300 for a no show / canceling within 24 hours PLUS an additional $ 75 to redeposit your miles back into your account.
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 Saver level domestic
first class awards will continue to
cost 25,000 miles one - way in the continental U.S. and 40,000 miles one - way to Hawaii, routes with premium service are seeing increases.
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.
First class awards can only be booked as flex
awards, which
cost substantially more than classic
awards, but with no change fees and much greater availability than classic
awards.
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.
It used to
cost 70,000 miles for a one - way
First Class award from the US to Korea (and other parts of Asia), so I booked the space for the first week of March — if I needed to cancel or change my booking, I could do so for free as a Premier Plat
First Class award from the US to Korea (and other parts of Asia), so I booked the space for the
first week of March — if I needed to cancel or change my booking, I could do so for free as a Premier Plat
first week of March — if I needed to cancel or change my booking, I could do so for free as a Premier Platinum.
While it will
cost about $ 200 per person to hire an
award booking service, this could be money well spent when you are able to use the lowest possible number of miles to book business or
first -
class award reservations that can be worth thousands of dollars.
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.
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.
I called up American Airlines and booked the JAL
First Class awards between London and Tokyo at a
cost of 90,000 AAdvantage Miles & $ 239.80 per person:
If you buy miles during this promotion, for a
First class award to India, you need to buy 90,000 miles and will
cost you $ 2,027.89
While the changes to the
cost of
First Class awards are annoying, the fact is that they won't affect too many customers... but the same is not true for Business
Class awards.
Even with
first class awards constantly
costing more through point devaluations, flying international
first class is still something that all of us very, very much... Read more
From March 22, 2016, one way business
class award will
cost you 80,000 miles and one way
first class awards will
cost you 100,000 miles.
If you buy miles during this promotion, for a
First class award to India, you need to buy 90,000 miles and will
cost you $ 2,186.45 plus taxes & fees.
Alaska Airlines increased the
cost for business and
first class awards on flights with their partner, Emirates.
I found plenty of dates during the summer where
first -
class awards from Denver to Maui
cost 165,000 miles round - trip!
A one - way Business
Class award between North America and Europe
costs 50,000 miles while a
First Class award for the same trip
costs 62,500 miles....
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.
Compare those
award costs to how much it would
cost if you were paying with AAdvantage Miles (120,000 miles Business
Class / 220, 000 miles
First Class) and you can see how much you can save.
A one - way
First Class award from the US to Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific now requires 110,000 miles which, at these prices,
cost $ 2,101.
Or you could get a United
first -
class award seat, which is going to
cost you 160,000 miles per roundtrip but has better availability.
One - way Business
Class awards between Europe and the Middle East will
cost 42,500 AAdvantage Miles (an increase of 42 %) and
First Class awards will
cost 62,500 (an increase of 56 %).
Remember that for international business or
first class awards, you'll be avoiding the
cost of a ticket that could
cost thousands of dollars.
Most people's preferred carrier on this route is Cathay Pacific and, while you could snag Cathay Pacific
First Class awards for 67,500 AAdvantage Miles (one way) before the devaluation, post devaluation the
cost has shot up to 110,000 (one way).
Domestic
First Class awards are coming down in cost to 25,000 miles (40,000 miles for Hawaii) while First Class awards to / from Central America are coming down to 27,500 miles... but this all only good news if American Airlines ever opens up Saaver awards in the first p
First Class awards are coming down in
cost to 25,000 miles (40,000 miles for Hawaii) while
First Class awards to / from Central America are coming down to 27,500 miles... but this all only good news if American Airlines ever opens up Saaver awards in the first p
First Class awards to / from Central America are coming down to 27,500 miles... but this all only good news if American Airlines ever opens up Saaver
awards in the
first p
first place.
For example, if you book an
award that has you fly American Airlines from Philadelphia to Chicago then on to Tokyo via Japan Airlines
first class, your total mileage
cost would be 155,000 Asia miles.
For example, a one - way
first class award on Lufthansa between the U.S. and Europe would
cost 110,000 United miles and few fees.
While the
cost of some AAdvantage
awards will only be increasing by around 10 %, the more aspirational
awards (e.g. Etihad
First Class) are increasing by 40 % -60 %.
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.
In fact,
first class tickets
cost the same as or less than the business
class awards offered by the other alliances.
Business
Class awards on flights under 650 miles will be going from 9,000 Avios to 15,00 o Avios (66.67 % increase) and
First Class awards on the same flights will now
cost 30,000 Avios (another 66.67 % increase).
Compare that to the 120,000 United miles it will
cost you to fly
first class one way from the US to «North Asia» on one of their partner airlines (per their
award chart).
Business
Class awards cost fewer miles (62,500) but you'll pay the same taxes and fees as you would for a
First Class ticket so, if you have the miles,
First Class appears better value.
If you earn most of your miles from flying in Business
Class /
First Class then there's a good chance that the new higher mileage earning rates will mostly offset any increases in
award costs (discounted Business
Class will now earns 50 % more miles while, where
award costs have gone up they've done so by between 6 % and 72 %)
A one - way
First Class award between Ft. Lauderdale and Dubai will
cost 150,000 miles while a one - way Business
Class award will set you back 82,500 miles.
Now, a no - show with an economy
award (Saver or Advantage) will
cost $ 100 with Premium economy up to $ 200, business
class and
first class / Suites
class up to $ 300.