All paid business class tickets — sometimes known as Mint Class on JetBlue — will earn redeemable miles at a 125 % rate.
Economy tickets can upgrade to premium economy or business, but you can only upgrade to first from
a paid business class ticket.
Not exact matches
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You can also use Membership Rewards ®
Pay with Points for First and
Business class tickets with all airlines available through American Express Travel and get 35 % of those points back.
Expect to
pay ~ $ 400 in fuel surcharges and taxes per long - haul segment on award bookings, but that's still cheaper than
paying for a
business or first
class ticket.
And I quickly earn JetBlue points
paying for Mint
Business Class tickets with this card when my wife and I fly between Los Angeles and New York.
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!
This only works for First and
Business class bookings, but if you've made a premium class booking and paid cash (e.g., your employer purchased a ticket for business travel), then you can use Asia Miles to book a companion ticket for a friend or family member on the same it
Business class bookings, but if you've made a premium
class booking and
paid cash (e.g., your employer purchased a
ticket for
business travel), then you can use Asia Miles to book a companion ticket for a friend or family member on the same it
business travel), then you can use Asia Miles to book a companion
ticket for a friend or family member on the same itinerary.
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.
Yes, you generally get the same lounge access that you would when you travel on a
paid First or
Business Class ticket.
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.
To see why spending more miles on a premium -
class ticket might make sense, let's consider what you would
pay for a cash
business class ticket on American for a domestic transcontinental flight.
Europeans frequently have access to transatlantic
Business Class sales where the fares are well under $ 2,000 roundtrip (like here and here), so why would anybody
pay over $ 3,400 for 115,000 miles in a sale like this one to buy a
Business Class award
ticket?
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.
If you assume that $ 2,500 is a fair price for a Lufthansa
Business Class roundtrip
ticket then, allowing for the $ 620 in fees you have to
pay on the award, 105, ooo miles is getting you $ 1,880 of value.
I didn't want to spend 150,000 Skymiles per
ticket for
business class and then
pay out several hundred dollars in cash as well.
You will
pay $ 2,884.13 for 135,000 miles (includes 35,000 bonus miles + 10 % discount) This equates to 2.13 cents / mile and 135K miles is enough for a round trip
business class ticket to India.
The seat on BA First
Class is only marginally better than the
Business Class seat on American's 777 - 300's so, essentially, what you're
paying for (when buying a BA First
Class ticket) is better service and a better premium drink selection... and that's a lot of money to
pay just for those.
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
Or it may be worth
paying for a discounted
business class ticket.
An even more lucrative offer is to
pay for a full fare
business class flight and get a complimentary partner
ticket (or use the upgrade option).
On the other hand, a
business class Travel Together
Ticket redemption between Seattle and London in August (the earliest I was able to find award space) would cost 150,000 Avios and $ 2,514, while two
paid tickets would cost $ 8,093, giving you roughly 3.7 cents per Avios.
Oh, the airlines then cash in if you have to change a
ticket, in some cases there is a penalty of $ 500, so what ends up happening is you
pay almost as much for that
business class ticket, plus 40,000 miles so in the long run it's sometimes better just to
pay the fee, or hope the
ticket is discounted.
If you
pay for
Business or First
Class flights then you can still rack up a lot of miles from flying but those of us flying at the back are seeing a far lower rate of return than ever before — Delta and United (and soon American) base the number of miles they award travelers on the cost of the
ticket purchased (less taxes) so the cheaper
ticket you by the fewer miles you'll earn.
Most people reading this blog aren't going to be booking the more expensive
Business Class fares where the amount of money
paid means that mileage earning won't be too bad — most of us are buying
Business Class tickets where the fare is $ 2,000 or less.
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.
American charges 100,000 miles + taxes for
Business Class flights from the US to Europe and, on the rare occasions I've actually purchased
Business Class tickets, I've not been prepared to
pay more than $ 2,300 for the
ticket (I only ever by when there's a big sale on).
Business Class awards cost fewer miles (62,500) but you'll
pay the same taxes and fees as you would for a First
Class ticket so, if you have the miles, First
Class appears better value.
I adjust the price I would be prepared to
pay for a cash
Business Class ticket for the value of the miles I will be forgoing by purchasing the
ticket with miles....
Even when the price still seems a little high, don't forget about the numerous bonuses you can earn when you actually
pay for a
business class ticket instead of redeeming miles.
The new rules are better for people who can afford to
pay for first or
business class tickets, but critics argue they penalize people who find good deals on shorter flights.
For example, if I
paid for an ANA
business class ticket and have the option of earning miles with any of their Star Alliance partners.
Yes, you still have to
pay fees with Iberia, and they're much more than those typically tied to United award flights, but if there's no availability in
business class through other alliances, it might be worth it to you to
pay the fee to get your
business class saver
tickets.
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.
For
paid tickets, you can earn 50 % more Garuda Miles in first
class (F, A, and P fare
classes) and in
business class (J, C, and D fare
classes).
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).
The problem here is straightforward, and why I don't use a 2 % cash back card to completely offset the cost of my points: if I don't value the roundtrip
ticket to Europe in
business class at $ 786.05, why am I
paying $ 786.05 for it?
Given some of the other sales this summer on
business class tickets to Europe in general and Spain in particular, we could probably
pay about $ 1,500 or a little more and earn miles instead of redeem them.
If your goal is a
business class or higher cabin award with Cathay Pacific or round the world trip, and expect to take a lot of trips in a short span with Cathay Pacific (
paid tickets).
A
business class ticket was 50000 miles one way and taxes to be
paid about 200 each way.
This sounds like a great alternative on long - haul flights, if you want a little more comfort without having to
pay the steep price of a
business class ticket.
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.
I'm talking about the person whose company
pays $ 6,000 for a
business class ticket to London, or a $ 550 last minute fare between Portland and San Francisco.
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.
But I would never
pay $ 5,000 for a
business class ticket in the first place.
Surcharges can add hundreds of dollars to a
ticket, to the point where I'd rather just
pay cash when
business class goes on sale.
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).