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.
Not exact matches
Tip # 2: Redeem miles
for an upgrade; you only
need 15,000
for a
first class upgrade
award!
It is a great option to fly, but when booking
awards in BA
first class you really
need to watch out
for high taxes and fees.
While this isn't the best way to earn Alaska miles because of the cost, it can help you get those last few miles
needed for to book a
first class award ticket with Cathay Pacific, one of Alaska's best international partners.
Note, however, that
for first class awards, you'll generally
need to pay miles plus a large cash component (sometimes topping $ 1,000!).
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Award is here as your ally and advocate for all of your award and mileage needs — especially when it comes to those elusive international business and first class awards you so des
Award is here as your ally and advocate
for all of your
award and mileage needs — especially when it comes to those elusive international business and first class awards you so des
award and mileage
needs — especially when it comes to those elusive international business and
first class awards you so deserve.
It used to cost 70,000 miles
for a one - way
First Class award from the US to Korea (and other parts of Asia), so I booked the space for the first week of March — if I needed to cancel or change my booking, I could do so for free as a Premier Plat
First Class award from the US to Korea (and other parts of Asia), so I booked the space
for the
first week of March — if I needed to cancel or change my booking, I could do so for free as a Premier Plat
first week of March — if I
needed to cancel or change my booking, I could do so
for free as a Premier Platinum.
If you buy miles during this promotion,
for a
First class award to India, you
need to buy 90,000 miles and will cost you $ 2,027.89
After rolling out a new A380
First Suite and Business
Class, increasing the amount of KrisFlyer miles
needed for many flights and making StarAlliance
award bookings available online, my favorite airline is changing Economy
Class fare categories and the KrisFlyer
award miles you earn!
So,
for example, if you're interested in booking two
first -
class award tickets from the continental United States to Hawaii, you'll
need 160,000 HawaiianMiles.
This is a positive change, now we
need only 115,000 AA miles
for a
first class award to India instead of the the 160,000 AA miles when traveling on Cathay Pacific.
If you are redeeming an economy
award, British Airways Executive club will offer excellent value and
for business
class /
first class awards Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan will be perfect choice as you
need only 62,500 miles
for a one way business
class award and 70,000 miles
for a one way
first class award to India.
If you buy miles during this promotion,
for a
First class award to India, you
need to buy 90,000 miles and will cost you $ 2,186.45 plus taxes & fees.
You can also book Cathay Pacific
awards, however it
needs two separate
awards as per the rules of AAdvantage
for traveling to India on trans - pacific routes, which means you
need 62,500 miles
for a one - way economy, 110,000 miles
for a one - way business
class award to India and 160,000 miles
for a one way
first class award to India.
Though Delta isn't known
for offering a generous amount of
award space to its partners, I was able to find four
first -
class award seats available in August from Denver to Maui via Los Angeles and Seattle using the online
award search engine
for Alaska Airlines, which you don't even
need an account to use.
The 56.3 % increase in miles
needed for a
First Class redemption between Europe and the Middle East / Indian Subcontinent is a hammer blow to anyone wanting to book Etihad's
First Class cabin and, at 230,000 AAdvantage miles
for a round trip
First Class award to Australia on Qatar Airways, that
award just became a whole lot harder to achieve.
Similarly, You
need 168,750 Skywards miles + $ 770 in taxes / fees
for a one way
first class award from Dallas to Bengaluru.
You can be sure that I'll be hunting
for award availability the moment the new routes go live (I suspect it will be scarce) as I
need another excuse to visit the Qantas Sydney
First Class lounge
American and the other airlines are also increasing the miles
needed for some
award tickets, especially those in business and
first class.
Also, if you're interested in business
class or
first class award redemptions, you're going to have to spend much, much more on your Capital One Venture card than on a card like the Chase Sapphire Preferred to earn anywhere near the miles
needed for those redemptions.
You're going to
need all the help you can get if you want to fly
first class as it will cost 150,000 miles
for one - way
award.
If you
need a little inspiration
for your next vacation, I shared some of my favorites experiences traveling in Singapore, flying Eithad's
First Apartments, and booking first class on Garuda Indonesia thanks to an amazing award
First Apartments, and booking
first class on Garuda Indonesia thanks to an amazing award
first class on Garuda Indonesia thanks to an amazing
award sale.
Sometimes you can purchase the miles
needed to book an
award business /
first class seat
for the same price you would have paid
for an economy revenue ticket.
You
need 90,000 miles
for a one way
first class award from USA to India on Etihad Airways.
Effective, Mar 22, 2016 you would
need 115K AA miles
for a one way
first class award between India and USA instead of 90,000 AA miles.
Awards for business and
first class are always two or three times, respectively, the number of Avios
needed for an economy fare.
Unfortunately American Airlines did devalue it's
award chart from when I booked my flight, so we'll
need to get 230,000 miles to replicate my flight from Abu Dhabi to LAX
for two people in
First Class.
You'll
need more lead time
for premium
awards, such as an international
first -
class ticket, than you will
for a domestic economy flight.
With many of the most popular
awards going up in price (like the shocking 63 % jump on Cathay Pacific
first class to Asia or the across - the - board increases for Etihad's A380 First Apartment), it'll be easier to spend the 100,000 AAdvantage miles needed to earn the full 10 %
first class to Asia or the across - the - board increases
for Etihad's A380
First Apartment), it'll be easier to spend the 100,000 AAdvantage miles needed to earn the full 10 %
First Apartment), it'll be easier to spend the 100,000 AAdvantage miles
needed to earn the full 10 % back.
Negatives: • United miles were devalued on February 1, 2014 so you will
need a lot more United miles if you want to redeem them
for international
awards on partner airlines (especially
for first and business
class flights).
Anyway, I was firm (but nice) with the agent explaining that my
award already has a
first class for the inbound and already paid
for the maximum number of miles
needed for the routing and all I'm changing is the cabin
class on one of the segments (no changes to dates, routing, destination, etc.).
While these
awards will carry some fees (typically a couple hundred dollars round - trip), the low number of miles
needed round - trip 80,000
for business and 110,000
for first class makes JAL a great way to get to Asia.