This is fantastic — you can use 50,000 Avios to
fly business class roundtrip to Europe from Boston (as mentioned, New York to Dublin is farther, so it would be 80,000 Avios).
Our guess is many people would be happy to pay $ 500 to
fly business class roundtrip between the west coast and the UK while giving up the typical amount of points these saver flights cost.
Not exact matches
A
roundtrip business -
class ticket from New York to Paris that is valued at $ 3,500 would cost 245,000 points under Southwest's fixed - value system (if the airline
flew to Paris).
Virgin charges 45,000 miles in economy and 90,000 in
business per
roundtrip beating both
Flying Blue and Etihad rates for American in
business class.
If you can book this aircraft, 50,000
Flying Blue miles for a roundtrip Business Class fare is a great deal and one I'd be happy to jump on if I had any interest in flying to Dubai i
Flying Blue miles for a
roundtrip Business Class fare is a great deal and one I'd be happy to jump on if I had any interest in
flying to Dubai i
flying to Dubai in May.
Redeeming on British Airways, you can
fly LAX — JFK on American's new Airbus 321T
business class for 25,000 Avios (50,000 Avios
roundtrip).
Redeeming on Air Canada, you can
fly LAX — JFK on United Airlines
business class for 25,000 miles (50,000 miles
roundtrip).
In fact, with just two Chase cards, one could net over 100,000 Ultimate Rewards and have enough points to
fly Korean Air first
class to Asia or
business class roundtrip to Europe.
Adding to the frustration, Alitalia charges 180,000 miles
roundtrip to
fly Etihad's
business class.
If you're
flying to Southern South America, you'll now be paying 10,000 more miles
roundtrip in
business class and 5,000 more miles
roundtrip in first.
If you were to
fly roundtrip Business Class on a partner airline that would cost 140,000 miles or $ 3,766 in this promotion.
Until the change happens, you still have the chance to
fly to Japan in
business class for 80,000 miles
roundtrip.
If you
fly United, that's enough for a
roundtrip business class ticket from North America to Europe on a Saver Award and enough for two round trips from North America to Europe in economy on a Saver Award.
Another excellent redemption option is
flying between New York and Los Angeles or San Francisco on United in a premium
business class cabin with lie - flat beds for 30,000 miles
roundtrip.
With that said, getting to South Africa can be very pricey with
Flying Blue, since it requires you to drop 200,000 for
roundtrip business class tickets.
For
business class flights between NA and Europe, you're looking at extra 25,000 per
roundtrip (140K vs. 115K), although Asia flights are not that bad, «only» 20,000 miles more to
fly on partners.
It takes 96,000 miles to
fly roundtrip between Hawaii and Beijing, and 102,000 miles between Hawaii and Singapore in
business class.
One of the best value redemptions using British Airways miles is to
fly business class to South America for only 80,000 miles
roundtrip.
It takes just 140,000 Korean Air miles to
fly Etihad
business class roundtrip between the U.S. and Dubai.
For instance you can read about the Pacific Hopper we
flew for 40,000 United miles
roundtrip in
business class, (also bookable as a US Airways Pacific Hopper for 30,000 miles in
business class).
Or you can
fly Delta's
business class for 125,000 miles
roundtrip with no fuel surcharges.
110K miles
roundtrip to Australia in
Business Class via Asia: in addition to enabling you to
fly Cathay via Asia, this award would be 125K AA miles, so that's a 15K miles savings
I had about 65K AAdvantage miles earmarked for this trip and while I originally planned to
fly roundtrip in coach, I was able to book a saver
business class seat for the outbound flight, and a low - cost Norwegian revenue fare for the return.
That chart has some real values, such as the ability to
fly business class between the US and Europe for 90,000 miles
roundtrip instead of the usual 100,000, the ability to pop around Europe with several extra flights thrown in for 115,000 miles in
business class instead of 100,000 miles
roundtrip plus another 20,000 miles for each and every additional intra-European flight, and the ability to
fly to Australia in
business class via Asia (not normally allowed on a single award ticket) for an extra 25,000 miles — and make stopovers in Asia, and throw in Australian domestic flights at the same time.