The thing is that it's on the shorter routes where British Airways Avios gives (gave) the most value for your Avios because it's routes like Chicago — Washington, Boston — New York and Washington — New York that can have some extremely
high Economy Class fares.
Not exact matches
If passengers don't want to pay a fee, they will have to pay a
higher fare — conveniently, it's often the same sum as the baggage fee — to upgrade to regular
economy class.
In an effort to grow revenue and profits amid margin - crimping cost increases, American and its rivals are segmenting their cabins into smaller
classes of service, including no - frills basic
economy and premium
economy, which offers a larger seat, more leg room and an amenities kit for a
higher fare.
The certificate applies to round - trip Lufthansa flights in
economy fare class H or
higher.
Bookable in the
highest Economy and Business
class fare (Corporate
fares or Abu Dhabi Goverment Employees Travel Programme discounts are not allowed).
The certificate applies to round - trip Lufthansa flights in
economy fare class H or
higher.
The Platinum Delta SkyMiles card offers has a
higher annual fee ($ 195) than most standard airline cards but includes an annual domestic companion
fare for
economy class or first
class travel.
The accrual rates start out at one qualifying mile per mile flown in discount
economy and go up with
higher fare classes.
Among the changes: The number of Avios earned (that's Executive Club's «currency») will basically be increased for passengers in business and first
class — especially in the
higher fare classes — and decreased for those flying on the lowest
economy fares.
Clearly if you're booking an
Economy Class ticket this isn't anything to get excited about but, if you're booking a Premium
Economy fare or
higher, the earning s can be substantial.
With domestic first
fares barely priced
higher than
economy class, this could be a very useful tool for helping you upgrade yourself when the price is right.
Anytime you see a
high promotional rate, you should always consider this route because it's not uncommon to be able to pay an
economy rate for a business
class fare by purchasing miles during a promotion (especially if you can stack promotions).
only
high fare economy class bookings are eligible for upgrade.
In the above example you would need 45,000 Asia miles to upgrade from
high fare economy to Premium Economy and per the Asia Miles representative I have talked to, there is no fee to upgrade from Economy to Premium Economy as long as it is booked in the Y, B, H, K and M booking c
economy to Premium
Economy and per the Asia Miles representative I have talked to, there is no fee to upgrade from Economy to Premium Economy as long as it is booked in the Y, B, H, K and M booking c
Economy and per the Asia Miles representative I have talked to, there is no fee to upgrade from
Economy to Premium Economy as long as it is booked in the Y, B, H, K and M booking c
Economy to Premium
Economy as long as it is booked in the Y, B, H, K and M booking c
Economy as long as it is booked in the Y, B, H, K and M booking
classes.
Qantas has begun implementing changes to its loyalty program, Qantas Frequent Flyer, rewarding those who book
higher fare classes and penalizing those who snatch up the heavily discounted
economy fares.
The new Global upgrades will also work on certain
higher fare classes on KLM for upgrades to business and on Air France for upgrades to Premium
Economy.
Weight Concept - 1.5 % of the
Economy one - way IATA
fare if available or 1.5 % of the
highest, direct, adult, one way,
Economy class fare.
Airtran will let you upgrade to business
class from any
fare at the airport on a first - come, first - served basis for $ 69 and up per flight segment (that's one take off and one landing), or from
higher economy fares in advance; Spirit's Airbuses have one row of four extra-wide seats at the front of the plane with more legroom for sale at $ 12 to $ 199 if bought in advance or $ 25 to $ 75 for onboard upgrades, depending on flight length.