In fact, the pricing
on Business class Saver awards is so reasonable, that cardholders who normally couldn't afford business class could easily rack up enough United Miles to fund a round - trip ticket to Europe or Asia in business class.
In fact, the pricing
on Business class Saver awards is so reasonable that cardholders who normally couldn't afford business class could easily rack up enough United Miles to fund a round - trip ticket to Europe or Asia in business class.
I flew back
on a business class saver award, which included this Tokyo Narita to Newark flight on... [Read more...] about Review: United Polaris Business Class, Tokyo to Newark
Not exact matches
The key thing to note is that sometimes all of the economy
saver awards sell out before all of the
business saver awards do — and the price of the economy
award tickets are then actually higher than a
business class award seat
on the same flight.
While
Saver Awards for continental U.S. flights will remain unchanged, the new policy — which you can read about in more detail here — means those who book business or first - class awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak travel se
Awards for continental U.S. flights will remain unchanged, the new policy — which you can read about in more detail here — means those who book
business or first -
class awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak travel se
awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg
on most routes, and even more during peak travel seasons.
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.
While finding
saver level
business class award space
on Hawaiian Airlines can be very tough, there are lots of routes with lie - flat seats if you can find the space.
At the
saver level,
business class awards cost twice the price of economy
awards on the same route, and first
class awards cost three times as much.
Flights between L.A. and Sydney feature a 777 - 300ER with excellent configuration in both first and
business class cabins, but premium
class seats
on this route are virtually impossible to get at
saver award rates.
If you can find
saver space
on Delta, you can get a round trip
business class award within US for 45,000 miles.
If you manage to fins the unicorn that is an international long - haul
Business Class saver award on American Airlines this us what the costs look like:
As stated,
award availability for (
saver)
business class to New Zealand
on United is not great and you'll need to book far in advance if you want to even have a chance to snag redemptions with
business class seats between the US and Australia / New Zealand.
If you fly United, that's enough for a roundtrip
business class ticket from North America to Europe
on a
Saver Award and enough for two round trips from North America to Europe in economy
on a
Saver Award.
For example, a
saver business class award to Europe
on United costs 57,500 miles.
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.
Often, you'll need to travel to some other European city, like Dublin, Brussels, or Madrid, or some place in Germany to save
on miles and / or get a
business class or better
award at the
saver rate of 70,000 miles or less each way.
Well, it's very difficult to find
business class saver awards via partners like United
on this route.
Right now, United.com is showing discounted
saver level
awards on partner airlines in
business class to Europe.
A last minute redemption (one week out) worked out for me in June: an optional trip I'd been casually tracking for weeks became possible, in
Business Class, because
saver awards opened up —
on United.
Saver economy
awards from the US to Australia / New Zealand remain unchanged at 40k each way, increase 2.5 k miles each way in
business (to 70k), and remain unchanged in first
class (80k)
on flights operated by United.
On one possible departure date, there was only
Saver award space in
business class.
You can't add a
business class saver - level
award segment
on AA to an AA
saver 77W
award?