Not exact matches
Considering the mileage price to
fly Delta's A350 in
business class, maybe it's worth just ponying up the cash for the ticket
instead.
Fly in
business class instead — here's how I managed that).
With a 25 % discount,
instead of using 62,500
Flying Blue miles for a one - way
business class flight, it will cost 46,875 miles.
Joanna and I
flew with Air Tahiti Nui from Los Angeles to Tahiti as part of our Bora Bora trip and, although our
Business Class tickets with the airline entitled us to entry to the Los Angeles International Lounge (in the Tom Bradley Terminal), we chose to use my Priority Pass membership (courtesy of my Citi Prestige credit card) to visit the Korean Air Lounge
instead.
Earn a few more miles on your own to
fly business class to Southeast Asia or book first
class instead.
But for just 55,000 miles, you could
fly in
business class instead.
For example, if you wanted to use Avios to book American flights,
flying transcontinentally from New York to Los Angeles would only cost you 9,000 Avios with this bonus
instead of 12,500 each way in economy, and 18,000 Avios
instead of 25,000 in
business class.
On the other hand, you're
flying in
business class instead of economy, meaning a more spacious, more comfortable seat; better food and service; complimentary alcoholic beverages; and so on.
However, for 40,000 more Skymiles, you can
fly to Prague in
business class instead of economy.
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.
If you booked a Breaking Deals Economy or
Business Class ticket prior to 8 July 2015 (fare class E or Z), the number of Etihad Guest Miles you earn would be determined by the earning rate at the time of booking - 0.5 Etihad Guest Miles per mile flown on E (instead of 0.25), and 1.3 Etihad Guest Miles per mile flown on Z (instead of 1
Class ticket prior to 8 July 2015 (fare
class E or Z), the number of Etihad Guest Miles you earn would be determined by the earning rate at the time of booking - 0.5 Etihad Guest Miles per mile flown on E (instead of 0.25), and 1.3 Etihad Guest Miles per mile flown on Z (instead of 1
class E or Z), the number of Etihad Guest Miles you earn would be determined by the earning rate at the time of booking - 0.5 Etihad Guest Miles per mile
flown on E (
instead of 0.25), and 1.3 Etihad Guest Miles per mile
flown on Z (
instead of 1.15).