Zero
premium award space on the return.
Unfortunately, it appears that Alaska partner airlines don't share much
premium award space on these routes.
With Skymiles being so heavily devalued and
premium award space becoming more and more sparse, it's a good thing Skymiles don't expire.
Not exact matches
The 85 - acre resort offers nearly 129,000 square - feet of casino
space including a 14,000 square - foot poker room; a five - acre Garden of the Gods pool complex showcasing eight pools and two gardens; the 50,000 square - foot
award - winning Qua Baths & Spa and Color Salon by renowned celebrity colorist Michael Boychuck; five elegant wedding chapels and outdoor gardens; 300,000 square - feet of
premium meeting and convention
space; and The Forum Shops at Caesars, an acclaimed 683,000 - square - foot shopping plaza offering more than 160 boutiques and dining establishments.
Landing a
premium class
award ticket in First or Business class on Singapore has traditionally been a difficult task for North American points and miles collectors due to the common Singapore Airlines practice of offering first and business class
award space almost solely to members of their own KrisFlyer program.
If you're traveling as a family, it can be tough to find enough
premium cabin
award space for everyone.
Well, United Airlines may call its domestic
premium cabin «first class», but it codes
award space as business class.
For example, a year ago you could find lots of
premium space on Cathay booking with AA / AS miles at attractive
award cost.
If you're looking for
premium cabin
award space, that's going to be really tough.
Quick tip: if you are planning on using miles to upgrade, search for business class
award space prior to booking your
premium economy ticket.
There's no getting away from it, American Airlines is incredibly stingy with its
premium cabin
award inventory and the lack of
award space on American Airlines has been a regular grip with frequent flyers for years.
Specifically, four different flights have
award space in first class, business class, or
premium economy.
With Ft. Lauderdale's proximity to Miami and most other things South Florida offers this route is a nice bonus for Avios collectors — we suddenly have a lot more
premium cabin
space flying in / out of the Miami metropolitan area and that should be good for fares and
award availability (hopefully!)
Well, United Airlines may call its domestic
premium cabin «first class», but it codes the
award space as business class.
Please check our previous report, Best American Airlines First and Business Class Redemptions, on how to search the
award space and the type of the
premium class seat.
British Airways displays
award space in only three cabins at a time, including
premium economy, so you'll also need to select «first class» if this is your preference.
Because many airlines only release their
premium cabin
space to members of their own frequent flyer programs, transferring American Express points gets you access you don't have when you book partner
award flights through your usual frequent flyer program.
While you can't redeem points for Even More
Space seats (
premium economy), you can often buy up to that section of the cabin using cash after you've made your
award reservation.
Unfortunately it's because
premium cabin
award space isn't even nearly as good as it used to be.
However, Singapore Airlines recently announced that they'd be opening up more
award space on their «
premium» routes to Star Alliance partners, like on the all - business class Newark and Los Angeles to Singapore routes.
In November I valued US Airways miles at 1.7 cents each, so much like the above the decrease in value accounts for the lack of
premium cabin
award space in advance, in particular on Lufthansa.
Delta seems to add some as the schedule opens but their best
premium cabin international
award availability is much closer to departure, this is one of the reasons for the outcry over Delta's new 72 hour rule for changes / cancellations, since it prevents members from converting medium or high availability to low availability when low
space opens at the last minute).
According to OMAT, Air China's Business Class hard product is «phenomenal» and he says that Air China is one of the most generous airlines in Star Alliance in terms of releasing
premium cabin
award space.
The real advantage is that Singapore Airlines makes some
premium cabin
award space (Business Class and First Class) available for redemption with its own miles.
That was pretty unfortunate, given that Virgin Australia is the airline which releases the most
premium cabin saver level
award space between the US and Australia, making it one of the best uses of SkyMiles.
The bottom line, all doors have been closed between direct US to AUS
premium cabin
award spaces.
At the time there was very little availability on AA metal, and I felt lucky to find the
premium saver
award space on the 777 - 200 departing JFK at 7:55 p.m. Generally, though, I prefer taking the latest possible trans - Atlantic flight so that I can get more sleep.
You can't book international First class, which takes away flexibility when trying to find
premium cabin
award space.
Most days, the
award results look like this, with 10 flights on Dragonair and Cathay Pacific having
award space in economy,
premium economy, and business class.
Note, however, that
spaces open up on the AAdvantage
award calendar about a month after they become available to Cathay's own Asia miles members (and to British Airways Executive Club), so it may be worth paying the
premium in Avios points to lock in your desired
award.
Not to mention it's another routing option for everyone, i.e. more
award space, and Cathay Pacific's
premium products are superb.
The American Airlines flights to Hong Kong have virtually no
award space on them on that moment, but I would rather fly Cathay Pacific's
premium cabins than American Airlines» anyways as they are much superior products — read my trip report when I flew Cathay Pacific First Class from New York to Hong Kong.