Not exact matches
Nonetheless, this is where you'll get the
most value for your points, particularly when it comes to
premium cabin award seats on long - haul flights.
Valuation: The new British Airways
award chart went into effect at the end of April, dramatically increasing the mileage requirements for
most premium cabin redemptions, particularly on long - haul flights.
Booking a
premium cabin award aboard Lufthansa through a partner airline is very difficult since the carrier reserves
most those seats for its own frequent flyer program members.
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.
One of the
most affordable
premium cabin awards is to visit Europe for just 115,000 miles in business class.
Most airlines just release 1 to 2
premium cabin seats per route so even if you're incredibly aggressive with searching for
award seats, you may never have a chance.
Airline partners are where you will find the
most value for your points, particularly on
award flights in international
premium cabins.
The bad news is that
premium cabin awards are going to increase the
most when the
award chart devalues on March 22.
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.
There are four Promo
Awards for travel between Europe and the Caribbean this time... but only two are for
premium cabin travel (which is where
most of the value is to be found):
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.
For
most long - haul
premium cabin partner
awards you are better off booking through other Star Alliance partners such as Aviana, ANA or Asiana.
(By contrast, I value
most other airline points at about 2 cents each because I can use them for international
premium cabin awards, or even some pricey domestic fares that normally cost $ 500 +.)
Under this type of program, Cathay would only
award status - earning points to travellers who purchase
premium cabin seats or the
most expensive economy class seats (which are often just as expensive as the cheapest
premium cabin seats).
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!)
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).
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...
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.
Second, British Airways» Avios program underwent a major devaluation last April that meant some huge increases in redemption requirements for
most premium -
cabin and partner
awards.
Already they have one of the
most insanely expensive
award charts for long haul
premium cabin travel.
According to OMAT, Air China's Business Class hard product is «phenomenal» and he says that Air China is one of the
most generous airlines in Star Alliance in terms of releasing
premium cabin award space.
That was pretty unfortunate, given that Virgin Australia is the airline which releases the
most premium cabin saver level
award space between the US and Australia, making it one of the best uses of SkyMiles.
Swiss used to be the
most generous Star Alliance airline when it comes to releasing
premium cabin award availability to Star Alliance partners.