Now it's frequently the case that Air France will offer its own members 9 or
more business class award space on a given flight.
The airline releases
more business class award seats at the saver redemption level than economy seats.
A Miles &
More Business Class award flight between the US and Europe will cost 105,000 miles roundtrip and, as you can see from this randomly selected set of dates, a JFK to Frankfurt roundtrip will cost around $ 2,500:
Not exact matches
Specifically, a round - trip economy
class award ticket will cost 20,000 SkyMiles
more, while a
business class award ticket will require an additional 42,000 miles when booking Virgin Australia.
If
business class is
more your style, you can use 188,000 Flying Club miles for a round - trip
award.
Additionally, Virgin Australia
award space is quite tough to find (especially
business class), but sometimes you will find
more space closer to departure.
Awards redeemed in this way can garner a $ 0.02 / point value or
more, which you will get with
business and first
class redemptions.
Korean Air
business class is a great way to cross the Pacific, and the regularity with which they release
business class award space makes it one of the
more convenient
award booking options.
While the redemption rates with Air France / KLM Flying Blue might not be as competitive as Korean Air or Delta when booking a Korean Air
business class award, there are many
more options to earn Flying Blue miles.
So getting the
Business Platinum card and completing the minimum spending means you'll have
more than enough for 2 round - trip coach flights or 1
Business Class award flight to Europe.
Because Etihad's ANA
award chart is distance - based, San Francisco or Los Angeles to Tokyo is
more: 63,000 miles in
business class or 37,000 miles in economy.
Specifically, a round - trip economy
class award ticket will cost 20,000 SkyMiles
more, while a
business class award ticket will require an additional 42,000 miles when booking Virgin Australia.
If
business class is
more your style, you can use 188,000 Flying Club miles for a round - trip
award.
If you earn a few
more Ultimate Rewards points, you could even book a one - way
business class award ticket for 62,500 Flying Blue miles.
Similarly, Air France / flyingblue opens up
more award space to their account holders than to partners, but adds $ 600 per person of fuel surcharges to
business class award tickets.
While this is
more of an issue with first
class award space, you should also note that the Asia Miles program does have increased access to
award space for
business class.
So Miles &
More will charge you fewer miles for business and first class awards than if you used United miles AND you get more availabil
More will charge you fewer miles for
business and first
class awards than if you used United miles AND you get
more availabil
more availability.
That means upgrading from Economy to
Business Class for half of this
award would cost 20,000 additional miles per person, while an upgrade to First
Class would require 37,500
more than an Economy
award.
You probably can't book a
business or first
class award ticket, since those are significantly
more expensive in cash terms than when using miles.
If you'd rather not spend that much, Miles &
More has great deals on domestic round - trip
business class award tickets.
This is also in line with Donna's goal to fly
business class or first
class as much as possible on this trip, as a
business / first
award booking with a stopover in Luxembourg takes no
more points than a direct flight back to Chicago would entail.
We generally would not recommend spending 115,000 Delta miles to fly
business class, as there are a handful of other airlines that offer much
more economical
awards to Australia and the South Pacific.
While Saver
Awards for continental U.S. flights will remain unchanged, the new policy — which you can read about in more detail here — means those who book business or first - class awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak travel se
Awards for continental U.S. flights will remain unchanged, the new policy — which you can read about in
more detail here — means those who book
business or first -
class awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak travel se
awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even
more during peak travel seasons.
AAdvantage used to be the most valuable frequent flyer program bar none, but since March 22nd it's
more on par with other legacy programs like United and Delta that have undergone severe
business and first
class award devaluations.
If you want to use SkyMiles to book a flight on Air France, you're going to pay 10,000
more miles for economy
class and 30,000
more miles for
business class than if you booked an
award flight on Delta.
For example, Delta recently changed its partner redemption rates so that a one - way
business class award to Europe on Virgin Atlantic, Air France,... read
more
Like all Star Alliance members, ANA will not be able to book long - haul
business class and first
class awards on Singapore Airlines (See
more under Air Canada Aeroplan).
Find out
more about our
award winning First and International
Business class and other
classes of travel on Qantas.
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As you can see, first
class awards to Asia can get very expensive, but
business class tickets are
more reasonable, especially with zero fuel surcharges.
If we could earn about 50 %
more miles, then we'd have enough for
business class award tickets.
Marriott has enhanced rates with United where you get
more miles versus other airlines, and United miles can be extremely valuable — especially for international first and
business class awards.
United typically charges 115,000 miles for round trip
business class awards from the US to Europe, so even if you value the hotel at $ 125 per night, you're getting $ 875 in hotel plus $ 2,500 (or
more) in value if you can redeem for a
business class round trip ticket.
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.
Delta has excellent
award availability that often surpasses both American and United, even in
business class for
more than one passenger.
It does have
more reasonable
business class rates to French Polynesia (150,000 per round trip), but finding
award space at this rate is nearly impossible.
In general,
business class awards cost twice as many Avios as economy, and first
class awards cost three times
more.
I have reviewed the whole
award chart and... [Read
more...] about 90,000 miles in
Business Class to Asia is still an option
The Iberia A340 offers 27
more Business Class seats than the smaller A330 - 200 so this aircraft swap is not going to do much for the already hard - to - find
award inventory.
Miles &
More is offering half price
Business Class awards for travel to / from Europe, the US and select cities in Asia for bookings made by 1 January 2018.
Read
more about searching United
business and first
class award inventory.
That's $ 245
more in fees just for booking the
Business Class award using Avios from the British Airways Executive Club.
In fact, the last time I remember seeing it was when Singapore Airlines did a... [Read
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Business Class Award Space on United.com!
With the new
award chart, you will need
more miles when you want to travel in
business class / first Class (in most ca
class / first
Class (in most ca
Class (in most cases).
There were two
more things to consider at this point —
Business Class award availability on the return flights and the aircraft that British Airways was offering.
Miles &
More is offering 50 % off roundtrip
Business Class awards between Dallas Fort Worth and 56 European destinations and 50 % off roundtrip
Business Class awards between Washington Dulles and 6 European destinations.
Less
Business Class and Premium Economy seating is never a good thing at it just makes finding
award seats all that
more difficult.
In addition to naming the top - 10 airlines, Skytrax also makes
awards in a variety of categories, including Best Cabin Staff, Best
Business Class Lounge, Best
Business Class Seat, Most Improved Airline, and
more.
In fact, your experience with finding
award tickets will be much
more pleasant than looking for
business class routes.
American Airlines appears to be
more interested in discounting its
Business Class cabins (often to a great extent) than it is in opening up
award availability on a number of its routes....