Sentences with phrase «paid fare classes»

Within North America (US, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean) and Northern South America (Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela), Mileage Upgrade Awards may be used to upgrade on the following paid fare classes: Y, B, M, H, Q, K, L, U, or T.

Assignment of Complimentary Premier Upgrades on award tickets within each Premier level will be prioritized after the lowest paid fare class.

The other typical case of booking into a paid fare class is when award redemptions simply aren't competitive with revenue fares.

For flights marketed and / or operated by Air France / KLM, Mileage Upgrade Awards may be used for a one - class upgrade when the paid fare class is Y, B, or M.

Not exact matches

If passengers don't want to pay a fee, they will have to pay a higher fare — conveniently, it's often the same sum as the baggage fee — to upgrade to regular economy class.

The truth is people in the North West have had to put up with paying first - class rail fares for third - rate rail services for far too long.

He remarked that «the British came, but their first - class air fares were paid for in dollars.»

Upgrade awards on Korean Air flights are limited to generally expensive fare classes on paid tickets, so your ticket may not be eligible.

Class - of - service bonus miles and / or Premier Qualifying Credits, if any, will be credited according to the fare paid, not the cabin flown, and will not be credited on any upgrade.

Currently, you earn 3x points per dollar paid for its «Blue» class fares and its premium Mint premium class product, 4x points are earned for «Blue Plus» fares which have a free checked bag included, and 5x for «Blue Flex» fares which offer two checked bags and no change fees.

Last year I flew over 150,000 miles on United often paying a higher fare class in order too improve chances of complimentary upgrades.

Virgin Australia's Velocity members traveling on a paid fare can use points to upgrade from economy to first class.

The confusion began when the new tickets were booked in «Y» class instead of the original «T.» T is the common code used on award tickets and Y usually indicates paid coach fare.

If you book in full business class fare classes C, D, or J, you'll pay a $ 250 surcharge each way.

That means unlike many airline programs that limit the availability of award redemptions, Amtrak awards are always allowed so long as they follow a valid, published route and paid fare availability for the requested class of travel remains.

Additionally, while you can pay more for a little extra leg room, there are no traditional premium economy, business class, or first class fares on Spirit Airlines.

One of their answers was with the American Express Business Platinum Card and its 50 % rebate on points used for paid fares in economy class on your selected airline, or business / first class fares on any airline.

Unlimited Complimentary U.S. 50 Delta One, First Class & Delta Comfort + Upgrades for a Companion: All paid tickets (except E fares), Award Tickets, Miles + Cash, Pay with Miles tickets and SkyMiles Companion Certificates (2)

Booking classes which do not qualify for accruals are B, R, L, U, M, E, Q, X, N & O on the following VS Codeshare flights: Auckland - Rarotonga Auckland - Christchurch / Wellington / Queenstown Additional miles will not be earned for bookings that are subsequently upgraded to a higher class whereby an additional fare difference is paid.

Unfortunately finding cheap trains in Europe seems mostly impossible, but if you take a trip to Morocco, you find first class fares for less than you pay for a sandwich in Europe and if you come to Turkey you can travel by train in the Balkans for fares that still amaze me.

The key thing to pay close attention to is the fare class.

Travelers are now left in the rather quirky position where they can book a Qatar Airways Business Class flight using Avios / AAdvantage Miles / JAL Mileage Bank / any other oneworld currency and get lounge access but, should they actually pay Qatar Airways for a fare and then upgrade that fare with Qatar Airways» own currency, they're treated like second class citiClass flight using Avios / AAdvantage Miles / JAL Mileage Bank / any other oneworld currency and get lounge access but, should they actually pay Qatar Airways for a fare and then upgrade that fare with Qatar Airways» own currency, they're treated like second class citiclass citizens.

Readers: Would you be more likely to pay for a first class seat instead of trying for an upgrade if first class fares were discounted?

This is especially true if you'd be required to pay high surcharges on a business class fare.

The people really affected will be families traveling on vacation who will now find themselves having to pay more if they want to take their suitcases with them (either in extra bag fees or by paying for regular Economy Class fares which will now cost more).

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?

That's a pretty good price to pay for a Business Class fare between Europe and Asia and what made it better for me was that it was for travel on Qatar's A330 and A380 aircraft — I hadn't had a chance to review the Business Class cabin on either of those aircraft up until this trip (I reviewed the A380 First Class product last year).

Premium cabin travel doesn't have to be horrifically expensive nor does it have to be purchased with a loyalty currency (Avios) if you're to get a good deal — you can easily pay more for Economy Class fares to some of these cities so these Business Class fares really are very good indeed — especially the fare to Los Angeles.

If Alitalia only drops out of existence shortly before my trip the cost of a replacement fare will be extortionate — insurance will pay for any loss but I don't think it will pay for me to fly on a $ 3,500 — $ 4,000 Business Class fare just because I still want to go to LA.

I happen to be considering a trip to Europe this fall with my wife, and thanks to discounted ~ $ 1,500 business class fares we are considering paying cash.

Members at the same Medallion level will be cleared in order of fare class groupings for revenue tickets, Award Tickets and Pay with Miles1 tickets, with higher fare classes among all ticket types holding higher priority.

Includes news that British Airways is rolling out Basic Economy fares worldwide, details of Emirates» new 777 - 200LR Business Class cabin, a look at how I booked my trip to Bangkok and how much I paid, details of Virgin Atlantic's new Basic Economy fares, details of the changes to the Club Carlson loyalty program, yet another a new Qatar Airways Qsuite route and a lot more.

MileagePlus members flying on United and United Express will earn Premier qualifying credits toward Premier status based on the flight distance2 and purchased fare class, with bonuses for paid United PolarisSM first class, United First ®, United Polaris business class, United Business ® or full - fare United Economy ® tickets5.

but then I'll kick myself if I don't book the Premium Economy fare and I end up paying $ 900 to sit in cargo class without an upgrade!

That round trip Business Class fare cost me around $ 1,100 (which converted to $ 1,284.83 when I paid for it with my Platinum Amex) and it happens to be one of the fares I used as an example when I promoted the Qatar Airways sale.

(Since I'm trying to use a companion fare in this example, actually paying for first class isn't an option — the companion fare wouldn't apply.)

You're also paying much less than if a companion fare were still valid for first class under the old rules.

I've been on the look out for good fares since the beginning of August and, while American did post a somewhat tempting Economy Class fare from London back in September, the Business Class fares out of Europe have come nowhere near what I'm prepared to pay....

If American's SWUs only allow upgrades from Economy to Premium Economy it could be a lot cheaper to pay for a more expensive economy fare on United and upgrade from there into Business Class than to pay for Premium Economy on American and upgrade to Business from there.

The proposed new system would work by basing the number of miles earned on the price of the fare paid leaving a lost all economy class flyers a lot worse off.

Benefits of this status include complimentary upgrades to first class, when available, from most fares including award tickets but excluding ultra discounted E fares and Pay With Miles tickets.

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.

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).

So, if we purchased the Economy Class fares using cash, we'd pay out $ 2,150 for both of us (2 x $ 1,075) and then get an effective rebate of $ 607 (in the form of miles).

Fly round - trip between London Heathrow and the US in paid BusinessElite (Fare Classes: J, C, D, I, or S), now through December 31, 2011, and earn 25K to 150K bonus miles.

There may also be additional taxes and fees to pay (on top of those that are already included in your original fare) if you're moving up from Economy Class to a premium cabin — flights out of the UK are a very good example of this.

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.

One scenario I see where buying miles might make sense is if you frequently pay for business class fares.

Level will offer 6 fare classes: Basic Economy offers a flight from A to B with 1 piece of handluggage and you'll pay extra for seat assignment, food and checked luggage, but do earn (some) Avios award miles.

Anytime you see a high promotional rate, you should always consider this route because it's not uncommon to be able to pay an economy rate for a business class fare by purchasing miles during a promotion (especially if you can stack promotions).