Sentences with phrase «for premium cabin awards»

Coach travelers will welcome the changes, those looking for premium cabin awards likely will not.

American also dealt a major blow to AAdvantage members that used those hard earned miles for premium cabin awards.

Air France KLM's Flying Blue program is increasing mileage costs for premium cabin awards and reducing fuel surcharges.

ANA and Aeroplan are transfer partners of American Express Membership Rewards (as is Singapore Airlines, useful for premium cabin awards on Singapore).

Since United went to separate charts for its own flights and partner flights in February 2014, I have lost interest in using United miles for premium cabin awards on its partners.

Effective April 28, British Airways has devalued their award chart for premium cabin awards (Premium Economy, Business and First class awards) Only positive change in this devaluation is the introduction of off - peak awards on British Airways awards (not applicable for partner awards like Cathay Pacific).

Delta is really working hard to get SkyMiles members to use miles on things like premium drinks and, in a new test, paying for airline fees instead of redeeming them for premium cabin awards (which cost the airline much more).

United Airlines may not have many cabins that one would call aspirational (The latest Polaris seats on the 777 - 300ER are nice but there's hardly any of them in service) but it offers far better award availability than American Airlines and requires considerably fewer miles for premium cabin awards than Delta — that makes it a valuable transfer option to have.

In general, you would get more value for premium cabin awards, but the challenge is limited availability.

Amex Membership Rewards (MR) program offers many ways to redeem points, but higher values can be realized when the MR points are transferred to frequent flyer programs and redeemed for premium cabin awards.

You can not redeem Virgin Atlantic Flying Club miles for premium cabin awards on Singapore airlines routes that are operated by A380, B777 or A350 (you can still redeem economy awards)

Effective April 28, British Airways has devalued their award chart for premium cabin awards (Premium Economy, Business and First class awards)

For example, Lufthansa itself charges exorbitant fees on its flights, especially for a premium cabin award.

For example, Lufthansa itself charges exorbitant fees on its flights, especially for a premium cabin award.

For a trip this complicated — and any time you're looking for premium cabin award seats for more than 1 person — that timeframe is normal and strongly suggested.

If you're looking for premium cabin award space, that's going to be really tough.

While the number of miles needed for a Business Class redemption isn't exactly low (you're better off trying to get to / from Europe on United's own aircraft which will only cost 115,000 for roundtrip Business Class), the taxes for a premium cabin award are low for a European route.

Travelling in premium cabins is a dream for most of us, but it can be reality if you can redeem frequent flyer miles for a premium cabin award seat.

I would never hesitate to speak for Scott, so what I think Scott was trying to say is that certain points (such as American Express Membership Rewards earned on a Platinum card, which was the actual subject of his post) are so incredibly valuable when used for premium cabin award redemptions on a regular award chart that it's almost a shame to not maximize them for that purpose.

Or if you're redeeming for a premium cabin award, you'd never pay such an exorbitant amount of actual money, so it's not fair to calculate the redemption at full cash value.

Not exact matches

Nonetheless, this is where you'll get the most value for your points, particularly when it comes to premium cabin award seats on long - haul flights.

Valuation: The new British Airways award chart went into effect at the end of April, dramatically increasing the mileage requirements for most premium cabin redemptions, particularly on long - haul flights.

Booking a premium cabin award aboard Lufthansa through a partner airline is very difficult since the carrier reserves most those seats for its own frequent flyer program members.

Because Spirit only offers one class of service and award travel only covers your base fare, redeeming miles for a premium cabin is not an option.

JetBlue, known for its award winning service, 10 ″ HDTV screens, high speed in - flight internet, and free snacks, is becoming more popular as they introduce new routes, expand their fantastic Mint Class premium cabin, and more frequent flyers become aware of...

KrisFlyer miles are best used for award travel on Singapore Airlines» own flights, especially in premium cabins.

If you're traveling as a family, it can be tough to find enough premium cabin award space for everyone.

KrisFlyer Miles are best used for Singapore Airlines premium cabin awards but there are some other sweet spots as well.

Most importantly, Delta left untouched the basic deal between frequent flyer programs and their members: you can redeem your miles for «aspirational» awards in premium cabins anywhere their partner airlines fly.

It has a large 60,000 - mile bonus, which is great for anyone who wants to build miles towards a premium cabin award on Star Alliance airlines.

One of the most affordable premium cabin awards is to visit Europe for just 115,000 miles in business class.

Most airlines just release 1 to 2 premium cabin seats per route so even if you're incredibly aggressive with searching for award seats, you may never have a chance.

American Airlines miles aren't the easiest award miles to use to get to Europe, since you will often have to route through London (higher fees), fly British Airways (high fuel surcharges on longer flights), and they limit award availability on their own metal, especially for premium cabin flights.

Yes, British Airways raised the award prices for premium cabin flights, but there's still one award flight to Europe that can make sense.

Delta Air Lines devalued their partner awards overnight without notice, Virgin Atlantic devalued their award chart for flights on Delta, and Etihad cut one of their coolest perks for premium cabin passengers: chauffeur service.

If you're staying at non-chain hotels, or hotels where you don't collect that chain's loyalty points, and you redeem your miles for high - value awards, like intercontinental premium cabin awards, you'll get more value by booking through PointsHound than through a traditional cashback portal.

The award rats for premium cabin travel are increasing whether you're flying across the country or across the ocean.

Airline partners are where you will find the most value for your points, particularly on award flights in international premium cabins.

Keep in mind, that while the awards may not be particularly cheap, Cathay Pacific has one of the nicest premium cabin products in the world so quality makes up for quantity to an extent here.

Japan Airlines has an excellent distance - based award chart for premium cabin redemptions, though their miles are difficult to obtain.

Also, if you're trying to make a premium cabin booking for a route that's not considered a «sweet - spot» on an award chart, you might be getting a poor return in value for your points.

US Airways probably has the most generous premium - cabin award chart for airlines right now (90K round trip in Business Class to North Asia, 110K to Australia / New Zealand), and it's been that way for a looong time.

Alaska has an amazing award chart, known for its below market award prices for certain international premium cabin tickets.

There are four Promo Awards for travel between Europe and the Caribbean this time... but only two are for premium cabin travel (which is where most of the value is to be found):

United explains: «We're increasing miles required in these markets for the first time in several years to account for the increased cost of providing transportation, particularly in the premium cabin and particularly on the MileagePlus partner carriers... We faced a decision other airlines have faced — to either increase the number of miles required for partner awards or to eliminate them altogether.»

Starpoints are worth even more than the cash - back currencies, assuming you prefer to redeem for international awards in premium cabins, which is where miles get their maximum value.

It's true, last year British Airways devalued their award chart for «premium» cabin flights and 4,500 short haul domestic flights.

There's no getting away from it, American Airlines is incredibly stingy with its premium cabin award inventory and the lack of award space on American Airlines has been a regular grip with frequent flyers for years.

Not only does Amsterdam not have the high taxes that the UK imposes on premium cabin awards but the 17,000 KrisFlyer miles saved in each direction (after accounting for the 15 % online booking discount) simply made the proposition even more attractive.

United (via Star Alliance partners), Singapore and Korean all allow for aspirational international premium - cabin awards.