People who have the British Airways Travel Together companion pass from spending $ 30,000 a year on a British Airways Visa card are seeing the value of that pass go down as longhaul Business and
First Class prices go up.
Airlines have
made first class pricing more competitive while also offering discounted buy - up fares to people as they check in.
When comparing business and
first class prices between Singapore Airlines and the other Star Alliance members will normally show that KrisFlyer points are more valuable than other Star Alliance points.
* Business and
first class pricing can be confusing.
That blows, but for a flight this short it still only comes to 18,000 Avios (remember,
the first class price is 4x the economy price, which for this 496 - mile flight would be only 4,500 Avios).
This means that the seats can be booked directly as an award ticket for a price between the standard economy price and business /
first class price.
Unfortunately,
First Class prices have increased rather significantly for all regions to the point where it's not really worth considering in my opinion.
Currently
the First Class price is $ 1,243 or 45,000 miles.
In fact, All Seasons Sunshine Tower Hotel has all the facilities of a first class hotel without
the first class price tag.
The First Class price of 80K is still a great price, but I'd say Business is a better value on this one.