Let's take a look at the different airline loyalty programs you can use to book
your next business class award ticket.
Not exact matches
Korean Air SkyPass requires 45,000 miles for a round - trip
business class award ticket which is 15,000 miles fewer than the
next closest program, Singapore Airlines.
The
next time you search for
business class award space to Seoul, South Korea on Korean Air's site, you'll notice they even let you know how many seats are available to be booked with Korean SkyPass miles.
Korean Air SkyPass requires 45,000 miles for a round - trip
business class award ticket which is 15,000 miles fewer than the
next closest program, Singapore Airlines.
The very condensed version is that Brussels Airlines has opened a ton of
business class award availability through
next year and you can book those using 36,620 Etihad miles.
I've got an extra incentive to check out the new Premium Economy cabin when I'm on board as I suspect Cathay Pacific Premium Economy may be what I'll be booking the
next time I can't find
Business Class award seats to Australia.
The very condensed version is that Brussels Airlines has opened a ton of
business class award availability through
next year and you can book...
You'll see economy and
business class fares on the
next page regardless, but each day shows the cheapest
award on that date.
Next, be aware that these great values for
business class awards are only offered directly from the airline's frequent flyer programs, not hotel or credit card programs.
As things stand I can't see any Mile SAAver
Business Class or First
Class awards on the 777 - 300ER but, as the flight is only newly loaded into the system, that may change over the
next few days.
Flying Club members will now have to pay 50 % the cost of an
award ticket to upgrade to the
next cabin of service and pay 75 % of an
award ticket to upgrade from Economy to Upper
Class (
Business Class)
Next to Delta you'll find that they offer some of the best
award space between North America and Europe for 150,000 miles in
business class.
As I was playing around with the British Airways Search tool, I noticed that there are as many as 6
business class award seats available for travelling to India
next week.
I fully expect there to be an all - out
Business Class fare war in July and August
next year so, if you're looking to fly to / from Europe in either of those months, I wouldn't rush to book any
awards that would cost you a lot to cancel.
Finding American Airlines
Business Class saver
awards across the Atlantic can be
next to impossible but, early last year, I was lucky enough to find two
Business Class saver
awards between Madrid and LA for travel on Iberia.
So before you pull out the credit card to pay the AAnytime rate for a coach or
business class award, we strongly suggest checking the MileSAAver availability for the
next highest
class of service (
business or first
class).
That means 40 days in the
next two months do have
award space for two people in
Business Class direct from Newark to Hamburg.
For those planning a trip in the
next year or so, AAdvantage miles are currently great for Cathay Pacific First
Class, Cathay Pacific
Business Class, Qantas First
Class, Etihad First
Class, and other international
awards, at least if you don't transit a third region that would break your
award into two separate
awards.
At the moment American has tons of
business class award availability for travel
next summer between the US and Europe.
There's Lufthansa first
class and
business class award space to Europe
next summer, thanks to availability on the new Toronto to Munich route.
-LSB-...] looked at
award space over the
next three weeks in
Business and First
Class on etihad.com.
It has trouble with some partner
award availability and pulling up
awards with mixed cabins (for instance, if one flight has a
business -
class seat availability but the
next segment only has economy
awards available), though that seems to have gotten better lately.
I looked at
award space over the
next three weeks in
Business and First
Class on etihad.com.