There are no award charts that allow for Premium Economy seats to be solely booked using points or miles yet but you can use Lufthansa Miles and More miles to upgrade to Premium Economy from
a paid Economy Class ticket.
Not exact matches
If you manage to avail such award at 50 % off rate on the Europe — North America route, you'll need to
pay only 25,000 FlyingBlue miles for one way business
class tickets and 12,500 miles for one way
economy class tickets, making it an excellent deal!
Economy tickets can upgrade to premium economy or business, but you can only upgrade to first from a paid business class
Economy tickets can upgrade to premium
economy or business, but you can only upgrade to first from a paid business class
economy or business, but you can only upgrade to first from a
paid business
class ticket.
While convenient, such electronic expense report systems may also flag expenses in violation of company rules or limits — such as
paying for a business
class seat on a flight when the employee should have booked an
economy ticket instead.
I currently have a
paid ticket booked in
Economy class and I'm keeping my fingers crossed I'll get a chance to move up to Business
class either on the way there or back.
Etihad Guest miles can be used to upgrade your
paid ticket in
Economy to Business
class, even if the
ticket is issued by your company.
For a sub-three hour flight the cost of a First
Class ticket would have to be very close to that of an
Economy Class ticket before I considered
paying the extra.
And I probably couldn't even justify
paying for 4
economy class tickets to Europe in the summer at $ 1,500 a piece.
To receive discount, the purchase of the qualifying First, Business, or Premium
Economy Class ticket / s on a participating airline must be made over the phone through American Express Travel (Platinum Travel Service, Business Platinum Travel, or Centurion Travel Service) and
paid in full with an American Express Card in the U.S. Platinum Card Member's or U.S. Centurion ® Member's name.
For the time being American's SWUs still upgrade
Economy Class tickets to Business
Class so they give elites a little bit of hope that they can get out of the cramped conditions at the back of the plane without actually
paying for a better seat....
One of the lesser known but still extremely valuable features of the British Airways Avios program is the ability to use Avios to upgrade from
Economy / Premium
Economy / Business to Premium... [Read more...] about Use Avios to Upgrade
Paid Tickets to Business
Class
Warning: If you're intending to fly in
economy class, you might be better off
paying for the
ticket than spending the money to attain miles to get an award
ticket this offer.
That's for two reasons: it can only be redeemed for
tickets in Lufthansa's most expensive
economy fare
classes (H, M, Y, and B), and it requires you to
pay all the taxes and fees associated with a
paid ticket.
Book your
paid ticket online for travel to any of the more than 150 places we fly to and earn double Qmiles in Premium
Class or
Economy Class from now until 19 September 2017 for travel between 15 September 2017 and 31 May 2018.
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)
American Airlines is introducing Premium
Economy cabins to its international fleet from late 2016 and, although we don't know for sure, it's more than likely that systemwide upgrades will only upgrade to the next cabin of service — i.e you'll have to
pay for Premium
Economy tickets if you want to upgrade to Business
Class.
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.
Of course, as I discussed in my first article on travel hacking theory, I do value that award trip at more than $ 790, in fact, I value it at about $ 1,300, since that's what I'd typically
pay for an
economy class ticket to Europe.
Last year Delta introduced a revenue component to its SkyMiles program, which means that higher -
paying passengers earn more miles, so the more you
pay for your
tickets, the more bonus miles you get (premium
economy, business, and first
class tickets will earn more miles than discount
economy).
But you can more than
pay for that with the card's free companion
ticket, which allows you to take one person with you on any domestic flight in
economy or first
class.
The issue with these is that these full fare
economy tickets can be very expensive, so it's just like you're
paying for business
class.
The rebate applies to
economy flights on the member's selected airline, or business -
class and first -
class tickets on any airline booked through Amex Travel when they choose to use the
Pay with Points feature.
If you buy a discounted
economy ticket, though, youll end up
paying nearly the same amount of miles to upgrade as you would to buy a first
class ticket in the first place.
When award space is availble, it's not too difficult to find an
economy class award
ticket for 25,000 miles instead of
paying $ 500 (valuing miles at 2 cents each), or an international business
class award
ticket for 120,000 miles instead of $ 6,000 (valuing miles at 5 cents each).
SWUs have long been the single best benefit of the AAdvantage program —
paying for deeply discounted
economy class tickets and then finding yourself in Business Class across the Atlantic is a particularly nice experi
class tickets and then finding yourself in Business
Class across the Atlantic is a particularly nice experi
Class across the Atlantic is a particularly nice experience.
If you only are willing to
pay economy saver promo prices, that fare is how much you should value your miles, no matter if you redeem a eco or business or first
class ticket.
Warning: If you're intending to fly in
economy class, often you might be better off
paying for the
ticket than spending the money to attain miles with either of these offers.
It
pays for emergency return on a first
class train or an
economy class air
ticket in case of any illness or any other immediate needs.
When that's the case, Medjet will
pay for a travel companion's
economy ticket; the companion is responsible for the difference in fares if they want to upgrade to business
class as well.
You
pay an arm and a leg to fly
economy class, and that
ticket buys you a tiny seat squished between two others you've just met.