Sentences with phrase «for first class awards before»

Not exact matches

In fact some award travel (like Lufthansa First Class booked via United for example) doesn't even open up until 2 week before departure.

Many travelers know Singapore Airlines best for its award - winning service, and especially for its over-the-top suites, which was the only way to get a king bed in the sky before Etihad launched its new first class apartments.

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).

Asiana has a super cheap award chart that I've mentioned before for awards to Europe like 50,000 miles one way in Lufthansa First Class.

Before Delta did away with award charts, they introduced five tiers of awards for coach and first class / Delta One on flights they operated.

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.

Booking directly with Miles & More award miles is the easiest way to get in Lufthansa's coveted first class cabin, for which seats only open for partner airlines» frequent flyer bookings two weeks before departure, and SWISS first class, which is only open to Miles & More members.

This means that AAdvantage members who find and book award space before this deadline could save thousands of miles, especially for business - and first - class travel.

Typically Cathay Pacific, for example, releases only ONE First Class award seat per flight until a few days before the flight.

With first class partner redemptions on United now pricing at 110,000 miles each way from the U.S. to Europe, the elimination of the low 4,500 Avios level award band for domestic short - hops via British Airways, and Southwest points worth less than ever before, it's hard to suggest that Ultimate Rewards still has the strongest stable of transfer partners.

So before you pull out the credit card to pay the AAnytime rate for a coach or business class award, we strongly suggest checking the MileSAAver availability for the next highest class of service (business or first class).

The problem Cathay Pacific is experiencing is high demand for its first class award seats from those with AAdvantage miles, with these seats often booked soon after the award calendar opens, leaving no award availability for its own Asia Miles frequent flyer members who may seek to book just a few months before the date of departure.

As I mentioned above, generally all but one first class seat become available for awards 24 - 36 hours before departure.

There's no doubt it's tougher to find award space than before, but at the same time we're also redeeming miles for better first class products than ever before.

Qantas has certainly made the decision to protect its first class and fly it empty instead of releasing seats right before departure for awards.

But space does open up before that as well — typically about one to two weeks out, Cathay Pacific will open all but three first class seats for awards.