Even at
their higher economy class ticket prices, 40,000 SkyMiles would give you almost 3 free tickets.
Not exact matches
Business
class and first
class are where you'll get the most value for your miles, but
economy class bookings can be very useful when cash
ticket prices are
high.
While we often talk about booking United business
class and first
class, this extra
economy award space can be extremely useful when you need to book a flight but
ticket prices are sky
high.
The key thing to note is that sometimes all of the
economy saver awards sell out before all of the business saver awards do — and the price of the
economy award
tickets are then actually
higher than a business
class award seat on the same flight.
Now, BA has
high taxes and carrier fees, but this works out to 2 first
class return
tickets from U.S. to London for the price of 1
economy ticket ($ ~ 950 per person + 170 points).
Business
class and first
class are where you'll get the most value for your miles, but
economy class bookings can be very useful when cash
ticket prices are
high.
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.
Last year Delta introduced a revenue component to its SkyMiles program, which means that
higher - paying passengers earn more miles, so the more you pay for your
tickets, the more bonus miles you get (premium
economy, business, and first
class tickets will earn more miles than discount
economy).
Our Platinum members can redeem Skywards Miles for a Business
Class or
Economy Class Flex Plus reward
ticket, even on
high - demand flights with restricted availability.