Revenue based earning means that frequent flyer miles are earned based on the price of the fare rather than the number of miles flown, with multipliers for each level of elite status and
for premium cabin tickets.
Here, United and American tie for first, while Delta has lower multipliers
for premium cabin tickets.
That's saving of over 50,000 points
for a premium cabin ticket to Europe!
That's saving of over 50,000 points
for a premium cabin ticket to Europe!
Not exact matches
Singapore Airlines partners with Virgin Atlantic and only charges 100,000 miles
for a round - trip
ticket in their Upper - Class
premium cabin.
You can get excellent value out of ThankYou points, particularly if you transfer them to airlines and redeem
for expensive
premium cabin tickets.
Now, if he were flying in a
premium cabin, $ 600 might not be so bad compared to the $ 5,000
for a paid
ticket.
The Chase British Airways Visa Signature ® card is perfect
for people who fly British Airways often, especially if you are going after the Travel Together
Ticket to use on
premium cabin flights departing the U.S. on British Airways.
That can be especially lucrative if you redeem your points
for expensive
tickets, like
premium cabin seats.
Alaska has an amazing award chart, known
for its below market award prices
for certain international
premium cabin tickets.
This previously applied only to economy
tickets but can now be used
for JetBlue's
premium Mint
cabin, as well.
Normally the best use of frequent flyer miles is
for international
premium cabin awards because these are expensive
tickets if you pay with cash but not very expensive if you pay with miles.
Certain
premium cabin flight segments may earn different award miles and Premier qualifying credits than those defined
for your
ticketed fare class in the chart above (your fare class
for each flight segment is displayed during booking and when viewing a
ticketed itinerary on united.com).
Find out cash price
for the
tickets you wish to book with miles — there are a lot of good
premium cabin fares around so using miles may not be the right thing to do.
Because the fees are high
for economy, many people turn to
premium cabins to get the best value
for the Travel Together
Ticket.
Singapore Airlines partners with Virgin Atlantic and only charges 100,000 miles
for a round - trip
ticket in their Upper - Class
premium cabin.
To clarify, I mean if you're paying cash (by cash I mean hopefully using a credit card that gets travel awards)
for your economy
ticket, you may be able pay a similar amount of cash to buy points / miles and then use those points / miles to book
premium cabin travel.
The most valuable category of airline flight / bonus promos includes all airline promotions that don't have a third party, like bonuses
for buying or gifting miles, flying in
premium cabins and booking
tickets on certain routes.
While it would still be out of pocket, you'd essentially pay less
for that plane
ticket especially when booking a long - haul international flight in a
premium cabin.
Bottom line: The Lufthansa 50,000 mile offer is likely going away June 30, so if you know how to use those points
for good redemptions (domestic / intra - North / South America / Caribbean) that have low fees or
premium cabins tickets, then hop on it now.
For instance if you spend 200,000 points for a $ 2000 ticket, you get 100,000 points back on your selected airline (or any airline if it's a premium cabin ticke
For instance if you spend 200,000 points
for a $ 2000 ticket, you get 100,000 points back on your selected airline (or any airline if it's a premium cabin ticke
for a $ 2000
ticket, you get 100,000 points back on your selected airline (or any airline if it's a
premium cabin ticket).
The good news is, the program is lucrative
for crediting partner flights, awarding 200 - 300 % of miles flown
for tickets in
premium cabins on several partners including Air Canada, Air China and Lufthansa.
Matching a similar move by American Airlines, United has come out with its own offer of bonus miles
for MileagePlus members who buy
tickets in
premium cabins.
The carrier will also be selling
tickets on its new international service to São Paulo and Madrid as two
cabins until 2017, so it should also be possible
for American elites to get the
premium economy experience at the regular economy price, at least until next year.