I can't emphasize enough how rare this amount
of business class award availability on American is.
At the moment American has tons
of business class award availability for travel next summer between the US and Europe.
There appears to be plenty
of Business Class award availability from London to the US....
and BA always has lots
of Business Class award availability during the holidays.
The very condensed version is that Brussels Airlines has opened a ton
of business class award availability through next year and you can book...
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.
Not exact matches
Here we had a stroke
of luck, depending on how you look at it: while the direct service flight from Los Angeles did not show
availability for a
Business Class or First Class Saver Award on most dates, a mixed class award connecting through San Francisco was avail
Class or First
Class Saver Award on most dates, a mixed class award connecting through San Francisco was avail
Class Saver
Award on most dates, a mixed class award connecting through San Francisco was avail
Award on most dates, a mixed
class award connecting through San Francisco was avail
class award connecting through San Francisco was avail
award connecting through San Francisco was available.
It looks to me like Lufthansa has just recently released quite a bit
of partner
award availability for travel from the US to Europe this summer in
Business Class.
A lot
of people prefer the in - air product
of Jet Blue over Southwest for longer flights since it has tv's, free wifi, more leg room,
business / first
class «Mint» cabins, allows you to pick your seat, etc. but both airlines constantly rate among the best for
award availability, making them both solid choices for getting around the country, in terms
of finding
award seats.
Lufthansa generally only releases
award seats to partners within a week or so
of departure, so you can book
business class and change to first -
class if
availability opens up.
The Star Alliance (which United is a part
of) has great economy and
business class award availability to Europe.
As I often suggest travelers take «positioning flights» around Europe (and the US) to make the most
of any great
Business Class fares that come around or to make the most
of award availability that appears somewhere that isn't your home airport, I thought I'd share my experience
of doing just that at Zurich airport.
American Airlines appears to be more interested in discounting its
Business Class cabins (often to a great extent) than it is in opening up
award availability on a number
of its routes....
Because it's not that rare to find
Business Class flights between the US and London coming in at under $ 2,000 and, on top
of that, if you're booking an
award you still have the issue
of finding
availability... and that hasn't been easy in recent years.
Secondly, this sees a significant decrease in the number
of Business Class seats available on the route and that's not going to be good for upgrades or the already pathetic
award availability.
Includes: Some great
Business Class fares between the UK and the US, details
of amazing American Airlines
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American Airlines AAdvantage miles are very hard to use economically thanks to the dearth
of premium cabin SAAver
awards, United Miles are ok but 100,000 won't get you a roundtrip
Business Class award to any major long - haul destination (if you're heading east or west) while 100,000 Alaska Miles will get you some nice roundtrip redemptions on Cathay Pacific and even American (subject to
award availability).
It would be good news for some if the airline was to price Premium Economy closer to Economy
Class than to
Business Class (in terms
of miles needed for an
award) but it may be bad need for
Business Class award availability if Emirates shrinks
Business Class cabins to accommodate the new product.
Just like with the amazing
Business Class award availability which opened up at the end
of May, the First
Class award availability I'm seeing is for January — March 2017.
On top
of this the A380 offers more
Business Class seating than the 777 (good for
award availability) and the Economy
Class product is more comfortable - its a win all round.
There's plenty
of award availability, even in
business and first
class.
I found that the flights out
of San Francisco has plenty
of award availability in
Business and First
Class.
Those
of you who don't know why the excitement — there hasn't been a Star Alliance Air New Zealand
business class award availability in years.
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).
Historically
business class award availability on Fiji Airways isn't especially good, though I've seen a good amount
of space lately, especially if booking in advance.
American has excellent
award availability to London on most
of their routes, both in first and
business class.
As a rule
of thumb, first
class award availability is often better than
business class award availability, as backwards as it may seem.
At the time, there was a single date in all
of 2014 with first or
business class award availability at the saver level.
Delta is actually the best for booking Australia
business class awards, one
of the toughest frequent flyer
awards out there, because
of their partnership with Virgin Australia (which has the best
availability non-stop between the U.S. and Australia, especially on their Los Angeles — Brisbane flight).
In the meantime, it makes it a no - brainer to redeem for Cathay Pacific First
Class instead of business class if using US Airways Dividend miles, although the challenge with that is that it's become harder to find Cathay Pacific award availability for two people traveling toge
Class instead
of business class if using US Airways Dividend miles, although the challenge with that is that it's become harder to find Cathay Pacific award availability for two people traveling toge
class if using US Airways Dividend miles, although the challenge with that is that it's become harder to find Cathay Pacific
award availability for two people traveling together.
The
award space in
business class on Skyteam members Saudia (from Washington DC or New York, through Riyadh and Jeddah) and Aeroflot (a much better airline than you think, and with great
availability out
of New York and DC through Moscow) is better than on almost any airline.
Availability is out
of this world good, at least if you're looking for two (and not more than two)
business class award seats.
While economy
award space on American Airlines is still pretty good for many different routes, there has been a lot
of grief lately over
business class availability at the SAAver level.
For instance, there is plenty
of award availability both on United and other Star Alliance carriers between Melbourne and Los Angeles in both economy and
business class the last week in January...