Not exact matches
Generally, the only time it makes sense to book a British Airways
first class award is by using the British Airways Travel Together Ticket so you can
get 2
first class seats for the miles of on.
And depending on how you like to use your miles and points, you can
get terrific deals booking Business and
First Class award seats worth thousands of dollars.
Finding
first class award seats on Cathay Pacific is
getting tougher and tougher as the airline keeps limiting the number of available bookings made through partner airlines.
Simply put, if you want to experience this product, there is no other way to
get this
award ticket, other than transferring your points to Singapore — because Singapore doesn't release its
first class award seats to its partners.
A lot of people prefer the in - air product of Jet Blue over Southwest for longer flights since it has tv's, free wifi, more leg room, business /
first class «Mint» cabins, allows you to pick your
seat, etc. but both airlines constantly rate among the best for
award availability, making them both solid choices for
getting around the country, in terms of finding
award seats.
Two caveats: You can't buy a
first class seat with miles from Delta, and if you're able to fly during the low season, you can
get an off - peak
award ticket in economy from American or US Airways for only 15,000 miles.
Flights between L.A. and Sydney feature a 777 - 300ER with excellent configuration in both
first and business
class cabins, but premium
class seats on this route are virtually impossible to
get at saver
award rates.
Lufthansa
first -
class seats on many planes include a bed completely separate from your
seat, but it is one of the hardest
awards to
get and they only appear on partners» websites a couple weeks before take - off.
Or you could
get a United
first -
class award seat, which is going to cost you 160,000 miles per roundtrip but has better availability.
Generally, the only time it makes sense to book a British Airways
first class award is by using the British Airways Travel Together Ticket so you can
get 2
first class seats for the miles of on.
Another 30,000 miles (25,000 transferred Starpoints) would
get you a one - way flight from Europe in Lufthansa
first class, with increased access to
award seats compared to redemptions of partner
award miles.
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.
Getting two nonstop business or
first class seats on a non-stop flight to Paris during warm weather would not normally be an easy proposition, but the born - again Delta Airlines
award chart still shows awesome availability to Paris and other European cities in the late summer 2015.
Considering that it's almost impossible to
get a Saver
award seat in their current lousy
first class configuration, good luck
getting the new one!
There are no
first class seats, no confirmed
seat assignments, no extra legroom
seats, no meals, no international
award flights... I could go on but you
get my point.
Flying
first class is a great way to begin your honeymoon, and several airline
first class seats work very well with couples, even though it can be tough to
get two
first class award seats on the bsame flight unless you plan far in advance.
Sure it's still tough to
get 2
first class award seats on their A380 from US destinations to and from Asia.
If you're flexible with dates and can stomach possibly
getting your second
first class award seat just in the week prior to when you fly, I'd recommend American miles, which you can earn cheaply with Citi AAdvantage credit card signup bonuses and / or BankDirect.
If I can
get a
first class award on United, even without
first class seats for US to Australia (perhaps using a three - cabin
first class flight domestically, or because
first class was available in one direction) then I can waitlist for the segments I don't have in
first.
If I
get the CP
first class seat immediately after it releases (353 days out), then I have to add a US flight spending extra miles later when AA releases it's
award seats.