Will be transferring it to Alaska to redeem
for business class award for Australia.
Your secret weapon
for Business Class award space to Europe this summer is United's daily seasonal flight from Newark to Hamburg.
As you can see, all non-stop flights were pricing out at the highest mileage level
for a business class award, costing 325,000 miles round - trip.
That translates to 60,000 miles plus taxes
for a business class award to South America, which is an unbeatable deal.
If you would like to use these miles
for business class award ticket, you need another 35,000 miles (135,000 miles for round trip business class award ticket for Trans - Atlantic routes).
And for 125,000
for a Business Class Award on Korean Air, you can make it to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji from North America as well.
I wouldn't even bother using this voucher
for a business class award depending on the hassle.
This is equivalent to 4.06 Cent per KrisFlyer mile or MR point in this case,
for a Business class award ticket.
I have to admit that it was a bit of an eye opener to discover that Bangkok — Melbourne costs just 30,000 MileagePlus miles
for a Business Class award and that's definitely given me reason to reconsider how best to use my Chase Ultimate Rewards points....
I can also redeem 110,000 miles
for a business class award to Europe, which is only worth about $ 2,200 to me, not the published fare of $ 5,000 +.
It would be good news for some if the airline was to price Premium Economy closer to Economy Class than to Business Class (in terms of miles needed for an award) but it may be bad need
for Business Class award availability if Emirates shrinks Business Class cabins to accommodate the new product.
See how the price
for a business class award increases with the new rules.
Quick tip: if you are planning on using your miles to upgrade, search
for Business Class award space prior to booking your Premium Economy ticket.
American Airlines charges 57,500 miles in each direction
for a Business Class award on airberlin (taxes and fees come to under $ 100) and, unlike not too long ago, you can now search for airberlin award availability on AA.com.
Redeeming United miles
for business class award flights on United might be the most common way to book, but there might be some better options.
This is more than many airlines charge
for a business class award seat on the same route.
Once again it's the Europe - Hawaii route that sees the biggest hit with an incredible 40 % increase in the number of AAdvantage miles needed
for a Business Class award.
So you might want to spring
for a business class award seat.
Quick tip: if you are planning on using miles to upgrade, search
for business class award space prior to booking your premium economy ticket.
I am nowhere near the 200,000 frequent flyer miles that I will need
for a business class award ticket to Bangkok.
If we could earn about 50 % more miles, then we'd have enough
for business class award tickets.
Often if you are looking to build in a stopover, even redeeming the number of miles required
for a business class award ticket will save you some money over a revenue ticket.
I'll search
for a business class award between Los Angeles (LAX) and Hong Kong (HKG) because these two cities have four flights a day; there's a good chance that business class award space will be available.
At only 15,000 miles for economy class and 30,000 miles
for business class award flights on Flying Blue partner Delta, these are among the cheapest options available.
For example, here are two options
for a business class award between North America and Europe: pay 140,000 miles and no fuel surcharges to United, or pay 88,000 miles and ~ $ 500 to ANA.
In this post I'll show a few simple changes to a round - trip flight between New York and London that can lower the fees
for a business class award from $ 1,124.56 to $ 391.86.
Start looking
for business class award space as soon as you know the routes you want to fly and what days you are free to fly them.
The next time you search
for business class award space to Seoul, South Korea on Korean Air's site, you'll notice they even let you know how many seats are available to be booked with Korean SkyPass miles.
The extra 5,000 miles you earn could be just what you need to reach the number of miles required
for a business class award.
In theory, Delta charges 50,000 miles
for business class awards from LAX — JFK at the low saver level.
While the changes to the cost of First Class awards are annoying, the fact is that they won't affect too many customers... but the same is not true
for Business Class awards.
For almost a year now I've had ExpertFlyer alerts out
for Business Class awards on 6 different routes to / from Europe (for a friend of mine) and not one single award seat has been made available — that's not exactly impressive.
If you are looking
for Business class awards, Avianca Life Miles and Air Canada Aeroplan offers best value.
Next, be aware that these great values
for business class awards are only offered directly from the airline's frequent flyer programs, not hotel or credit card programs.
However, the miles required
for business class awards are very good at 88,000 miles for a round - trip ticket.
Avios is split into off - peak and peak seasons while,
for Business Class awards, AAdvantage has the same pricing year round — I've included all three figures for comparison.
You can also use this trick to redeem
for Business class awards or first class awards with Emirates.
I generally wouldn't recommend using British Airways Avios
for business class awards to Europe because the fees can be so high but if you fly on a partner from the East Coast, it's not bad at all.
Similarly, the O fare class used
for business class awards on Delta One flights (international business class and some premium domestic routes) will match the OP fare class used for mileage upgrades.
Most destinations from the west coast to Paris (CDG) or Amsterdam (AMS) will also see a substantial increase of 8,500 to 9,500 miles
for business class awards which means awards that were previously 62,500 miles will be 71,000 or 72,000 miles.
That may be as much as 10 % of a full - fare ticket — easily $ 500 or more
for business class awards to Europe or Asia.
They even have a sale
for business class awards from the US to Spain for 51,000 miles round trip going on.
If you weren't aware, American Airlines changed their award chart
for Business class awards.
The new award chart will raise prices
for some business class awards to 3X — those greater than 2,000 miles — and all first class awards to 4X.
It often charges outrageous amounts
for business class awards on the flights it operates.
Right now there are NO good options
for Business Class awards to Australia or New Zealand that don't transit Asia.
Not exact matches
However, the United
award chart shows that
business class saver tickets only cost 60,000 each way, or 120,000 round - trip
for the same exact flight, a quarter of how many miles or points you would have needed with cash back or a statement credit.
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