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Now that United has two award charts for itself and for partners, it charges some ludicrous amounts for first class partner awards.

Given the devaluation of United MileagePlus, and the reduction by Asiana of first class partner award seat allocations (including A380s), Korean looks like a better option for spending Chase Ultimate Reward points.

Not exact matches

For only 65,000 MileagePlus award miles, you can fly first class one - way on a Star Alliance partner such as Lufthansa.

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.

JAL uses a distance - based award chart and is not only part of Oneworld; it also partners with Emirates (and hasn't devalued first - class redemptions like Alaska, another SPG transfer partner).

And if you think that's bad, First Class awards are going up even more, especially on American Airlines» partners.

For example, see the New British Airways Avios Devaluation which really made first class and business class awards a terrible value, especially for peak travel dates on British Airways and on partners, since all partner awards are at the peak travel rate.

Using a Star Alliance partner award, anywhere in North America to Hawaii on United is 17,500 miles each way for economy class or 30,000 miles each way for first class (on a two - cabin plane) with no fuel surcharges.

United Airlines changed its award chart last year to create separate categories for partner awards in business or first class.

SWISS first class awards are not bookable using KrisFlyer Miles and neither are premium economy seats on Star Alliance partner airlines.

* It's important to note that all award bookings on Etihad airways incur a partner booking fee of $ 50 in economy, $ 205 in business, and $ 300 in first class.

But Lufthansa doesn't release award space to partners further than 2 weeks in advance (at least that seems to be the pattern the last few years) so there were no other viable First Class options.

Unlike Lufthansa first class award space, which is only released to partners about 2 weeks prior to departure, business class is available long before that.

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.

That's because there are some fantastic ways to utilize these partners such as booking Singapore Airlines Suites (or first class), Delta One, and Etihad's award - winning first class known as The Apartment.

If you are more flexible and using a partner program to book, start looking for Lufthansa first class award space 15 days prior to your departure.

Another great redemption option is for first class saver awards on partner airlines.

Compared to 115,000 American Airlines miles or 140,000 United miles for a partner award, this is a great deal for long - haul first class travel.

Finding first class award seats on Cathay Pacific is getting tougher and tougher as the airline keeps limiting the number of available bookings made through partner airlines.

With several routes to the US, a competitive award chart, and plenty of partner booking options, let's dive into ANA first class.

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.

If you need to fly International First and Business Class awards on Star Alliance partners you really may need to drop United completely.

Whether booking a first class flight on ANA or booking a fun partner award, ANA Mileage Club is a great program to know.

Simply put, if you want to experience this product, there is no other way to get this award ticket, other than transferring your points to Singapore — because Singapore doesn't release its first class award seats to its partners.

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.

Finally, those who hope to book some of the most luxurious awards on partner Singapore Airlines will find their attempts thwarted: any award in this carrier's first class cabin on an Airbus A380 or Boeing 777 - 300ER is blocked in the system.

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.

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer members have access to premium cabin awards (such as first and Suites class seats) not released to other partner airlines.

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.

Lufthansa generally only releases award seats to partners within a week or so of departure, so you can book business class and change to first - class if availability opens up.

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.

(Air Tahiti Nui doesn't offer first class awards to its partners.)

With an exception of last - minute tickets (within a couple weeks before departure), Lufthansa almost never shares its first class award inventory with partners.

Alaska Airlines increased the cost for business and first class awards on flights with their partner, Emirates.

You can get even better value if you use miles for high - end cabins on award - winning partner airlines, such as Cathay Pacific which regularly comes in right behind Singapore Airlines» famous suites in lists of the top first class cabins.

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.

The damage done to First Class awards on partner airlines mirrors that done to the Business Class awards discussed above.

Lufthansa first - class seats on many planes include a bed completely separate from your seat, but it is one of the hardest awards to get and they only appear on partners» websites a couple weeks before take - off.

More expensive first class awards on partner airlines mean I now only consider using them for international business class.

While with many airlines the award chart sweet spots are found using one airline to fly a partner, Korean Air gives great rates to fly its own wonderful first - class suite from one of its more than a dozen U.S. destinations, with first - class seats for 80,000 miles one way.

Korean Air doesn't partner with any carriers from Oceania, New Zealand and Australia, and its significantly higher award prices for these areas (up to 110,000 in economy and 240,000 in first class roundtrip) reflect this lack of coverage.

In some limited circumstances, it might make sense to book an award seat on a Star Alliance partner in business or even first class.

Unlike airlines such as Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa, Emirates does not have a regular schedule for releasing first class award space to their partner airlines.

Recently, the blogosphere exploded with the news that SWISS appeared to release First Class award space to Star Alliance partners.

Booked SWISS First One day back in November 2017 SWISS released partner award space in their First Class cabin.

While you can't book Korean Air first class with partner miles, this actually ensures there is more award space available.

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.

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.

Only 3 partner award rates were changed in business class (1) and first class (2).

Another 30,000 miles (25,000 transferred Starpoints) would get you a one - way flight from Europe in Lufthansa first class, with increased access to award seats compared to redemptions of partner award miles.