Not exact matches
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.
If you have a family of three or
more people, it can be REALLY hard to find
award inventory to book a big trip, especially when it comes to
premium cabins.
For a trip this complicated — and any time you're looking for
premium cabin award seats for
more than 1 person — that timeframe is normal and strongly suggested.
If you're staying at non-chain hotels, or hotels where you don't collect that chain's loyalty points, and you redeem your miles for high - value
awards, like intercontinental
premium cabin awards, you'll get
more value by booking through PointsHound than through a traditional cashback portal.
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.
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.
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!)
In general, you would get
more value for
premium cabin awards, but the challenge is limited availability.
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).
While you can't redeem points for Even
More Space seats (
premium economy), you can often buy up to that section of the
cabin using cash after you've made your
award reservation.
If I were to save them for an international
award in a
premium cabin, they could be worth even
more.
Now, granted, LH can probably price those C
cabins to sell if they want to
more than they can price F to sell (since a lowball F price really damages their C pricing), but I think it's pretty clear than LH has a very high
premium cabin to coach ratio that invites the sort of spoilage during «soft» travel periods that leads to reasonable
award inventory.
Then in April of this year they made
more changes increasing the cost of
premium cabin awards further.
On average,
premium cabin awards increased by 33 - 50 %, in many cases,
more.
Getting to Los Angeles using Delta miles can be a challenge, but once you reach that gateway (by
award or separate ticket) I find that
more often than not it's possible to put together a
premium cabin award using Delta miles on China Southern.