Sentences with phrase «in premium cabins award»

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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...

But I suspect there are a lot more situations like this, where increased redemption costs under the new United award chart — especially in premium cabins — will make it worth paying potentially astronomical fuel surcharges to their rivals.

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

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.

With business class flights to the Caribbean and northern South America, United's award regions allow you to book premium cabins in a variety of ways.

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

In addition, upgrade availability is often in greater supply than low - level award availability, meaning you have a better chance of being able to work your way into a premium cabin in the first placIn addition, upgrade availability is often in greater supply than low - level award availability, meaning you have a better chance of being able to work your way into a premium cabin in the first placin greater supply than low - level award availability, meaning you have a better chance of being able to work your way into a premium cabin in the first placin the first place.

When booking award flights in premium cabins, it's sometimes possible to get up to 15 cents per point in value (or even higher)!

If you live on one of the coasts, booking a transcontinental award flight in a premium cabin is a great way to use MileagePlus miles.

Spencer has put that knowledge to use by booking some of the top premium cabin award flights in the sky.

There are also some premium cabin award seats available, though not nearly as many as you will find in economy.

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

Purchasing these points at a discount is a great way to boost your stock of airline miles (by up to 35,000 miles) if you're looking to book a huge award in a premium airline cabin and are still short.

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.

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.

Airline programs offer significant value on international awards in premium cabins — exactly the sort that most people can not afford and which are desperately needed on long - haul journeys.

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.

To use it, you just input your route, choose one - way or roundtrip, the cabin you want to fly in (economy, premium economy, business, or first), whether you're willing to make a stop or not, the type of award (peak or off - peak), and which frequent flyer program (the 20 airlines are listed below) or credit card (Amex Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards, Citi ThankYou Points, and / or Starwood Preferred Guest) you want to use and search.

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.

Historically Singapore Airlines has split Europe into two regions, Europe 1 & Europe 2, with Saver Awards to / from Europe 1 costing considerably less than awards to / from Europe 2 in the airline's premium cAwards to / from Europe 1 costing considerably less than awards to / from Europe 2 in the airline's premium cawards to / from Europe 2 in the airline's premium cabins:

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.

But British Airways charges fuel surcharges, award availability with Qatar can be a challenge, especially in premium cabins.

Qatar Airways is another great airline on which to spend your hard - earned miles but premium cabin awards on Qatar are definitely not in the «easy to find» category (in my experience).

Waitlisting for travel awards is permitted in premium cabins on flights operated by United, and will be automatically confirmed, if the waitlisted cabin is available, based on the status of the account holder.

And onboard both airlines, you'll experience intuitive, personal service, award winning entertainment, innovative products and stylish comfort in some of the best premium cabins in the sky.

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).

The change in aircraft could have an effect on premium cabin award availability too... but not necessarily for the worse.

With Ft. Lauderdale's proximity to Miami and most other things South Florida offers this route is a nice bonus for Avios collectors — we suddenly have a lot more premium cabin space flying in / out of the Miami metropolitan area and that should be good for fares and award availability (hopefully!)

You'll often get the best value for your miles for awards in premium cabins.

If you purchase American Airlines miles there is absolutely no guarantee that you'll find award availability that suits your needs — either in Coach or in a premium cabin, on domestic or international routes.

Both loyalty currencies cost around the same in the promotions but with MileagePlus miles you can avoid paying fuel surcharges when using them on United and a number of other airlines and, on top of that, you can purchase long - haul premium cabin awards on United for fewer miles than you can on British Airways.

I already discussed what I thought would be a good use of AAdvantage Miles during the Cyber Monday promotion — premium cabin awards on airlines whose rewards are going to rocket in cost when the devaluation kicks in.

Kenya Airways and KLM are both part of the Flying Blue program and offer greater award availability, particularly in premium cabins, to their own mileage members.

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

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.

It raised the amount of miles you need for most international awards, especially in the premium cabins, and introduced their new EveryDay awards (variable even higher level awards than the old Standard level).

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).

Just keep in mind that Singapore Airlines often restricts awards for their premium cabins to their own members, so you might struggle to find any open seats to book with Virgin America miles.

It raised the amount of miles you need for most international awards, especially in the premium cabins, and introduced their new EveryDay awards (variable even higher level awards than...

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).

But it's not nearly enough to just allocate them some kind of uniform valuation, as some miles may be very valuable for a given type of redemption (e.g. Avios for short - haul economy awards) and quite a poor value for other types of redemptions (for Avios, ultra long - haul in a premium cabin with high mileage cost and often high fuel surcharges).

Though United has majorly devalued its award chart, the fact that it doesn't charge or pass on fuel surcharges makes MileagePlus miles one of the best ways to book many highly desirable airlines and premium cabins that would otherwise require at least $ 500 in fees.

British Airways displays award space in only three cabins at a time, including premium economy, so you'll also need to select «first class» if this is your preference.

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.

This is about 70 % cheaper than most other awards between the US and Africa and represents one of the best values for getting to Africa in a premium cabin.

The greatest benefit of the KrisFlyer is preferred access to award flights in their premium cabins.

If you're looking to book international flights in premium cabins, those fares tend to be quite a bit higher than domestic first, so while you'll still get two cents per points in value, you'll likely need fewer points or miles to book traditional award tickets.

This does not help the fact that premium cabin award availability in the sAAver category is generally nil or close to it unless you can travel literally the next day.