Another factor is that
most economy class tickets on partners did not increase either so again majority will still have a good chance of picking them up as well.
On the flying front British Airways took a hatchet to the Executive Club earning rates (amongst a lot of other things) earlier this year —
Most Economy Class tickets earn a lot less Avios than they used to.
Not exact matches
The
most valuable thing for frequent travelers is a World Elite Air program that helps you save on
tickets and get free upgrades from
economy to business
class.
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.
In fact,
most of my long - haul flights are in business
class, and for less (all in) than the cost of an equivalent
economy ticket.
Most one - way
tickets from India to Europe, including Frankfurt, London and Paris, cost 25,000 miles in
economy, 50,000 miles in business and 62,500 miles in first
class.
Most airlines offer business
class tickets for less than the 130,000 miles Victoria charges for
economy.
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.
That's for two reasons: it can only be redeemed for
tickets in Lufthansa's
most expensive
economy fare
classes (H, M, Y, and B), and it requires you to pay all the taxes and fees associated with a paid
ticket.
And
most of my long - haul flights are in business
class (for less than the price of an
economy ticket).
I've often said that, generally, I can't bring myself to cough up the extra miles needed for a First
Class award
ticket when Business
Class on
most airlines is more than good enough for me (that's not me being low - maintenance, that's just how good the Business
Class hard product often is) but I'll happily do whatever it takes not to sit in
Economy.
Among the
most expensive Royal Orchid Plus redemptions are
economy tickets between Europe and New Zealand for 140,000 miles, business
class tickets between Europe and Hawaii for 220,000 miles and first
class tickets between North America and Thailand for 264,000 miles.