Spencer has put that knowledge to use by booking some of the top
premium cabin award flights in the sky.
Not exact matches
For example, Lufthansa itself charges exorbitant fees on its
flights, especially for a
premium cabin award.
Nonetheless, this is where you'll get the most value for your points, particularly when it comes to
premium cabin award seats on long - haul
flights.
Valuation: The new British Airways
award chart went into effect at the end of April, dramatically increasing the mileage requirements for most
premium cabin redemptions, particularly on long - haul
flights.
JetBlue, known for its
award winning service, 10 ″ HDTV screens, high speed in -
flight internet, and free snacks, is becoming more popular as they introduce new routes, expand their fantastic Mint Class
premium cabin, and more frequent flyers become aware of...
KrisFlyer miles are best used for
award travel on Singapore Airlines» own
flights, especially in
premium cabins.
For example, Lufthansa itself charges exorbitant fees on its
flights, especially for a
premium cabin award.
With business class
flights to the Caribbean and northern South America, United's
award regions allow you to book
premium cabins in a variety of ways.
When booking
award flights in
premium cabins, it's sometimes possible to get up to 15 cents per point in value (or even higher)!
If you live on one of the coasts, booking a transcontinental
award flight in a
premium cabin is a great way to use MileagePlus miles.
American Airlines miles aren't the easiest
award miles to use to get to Europe, since you will often have to route through London (higher fees), fly British Airways (high fuel surcharges on longer
flights), and they limit
award availability on their own metal, especially for
premium cabin flights.
Yes, British Airways raised the
award prices for
premium cabin flights, but there's still one
award flight to Europe that can make sense.
Delta Air Lines devalued their partner
awards overnight without notice, Virgin Atlantic devalued their
award chart for
flights on Delta, and Etihad cut one of their coolest perks for
premium cabin passengers: chauffeur service.
Airline partners are where you will find the most value for your points, particularly on
award flights in international
premium cabins.
It's true, last year British Airways devalued their
award chart for «
premium»
cabin flights and 4,500 short haul domestic
flights.
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.
The surcharges on the
awards were high thanks to the taxes imposed by the UK on
premium cabin flights... but they were worth it as it meant that we didn't have to position to Europe before flying on to Tokyo.
It's been a very long time since I've seen any
premium cabin award availability on Singapore Airlines» A380
flights.
I expect United to be quite tight with
premium cabin award availability on this
flight until they get a better idea of what load factors are going to be like....
Waitlisting for travel
awards is permitted in
premium cabins on
flights operated by United, and will be automatically confirmed, if the waitlisted
cabin is available, based on the status of the account holder.
Certain
premium cabin flight segments may earn different
award miles and Premier qualifying credits than those defined for your ticketed fare class in the chart above (your fare class for each
flight segment is displayed during booking and when viewing a ticketed itinerary on united.com).
The AA
award chart showed just one day with
premium cabin availability and that was Dec 23rd with a connecting business class
flight via Melbourne.
These
awards still have fuel surcharges, but they are usually much less than when booking
premium cabin flights on Virgin Atlantic metal.
Korean Air offers an excellent product, reasonable prices and a lot of availability, with anywhere from two to four
premium cabin award seats on many
flights.
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.
However, if you can book a
premium cabin award on a United - operated
flight, you'll often get it at below - market cost.
The greatest benefit of the KrisFlyer is preferred access to
award flights in their
premium cabins.
If you're looking to book international
flights in
premium cabins, those fares tend to be quite a bit higher than domestic first, so while you'll still get two cents per points in value, you'll likely need fewer points or miles to book traditional
award tickets.
Since United went to separate charts for its own
flights and partner
flights in February 2014, I have lost interest in using United miles for
premium cabin awards on its partners.
@bobbie thing is i am torn on qantas miles, long haul
awards are crazy expensive especially in
premium cabins and they add fuel surcharges to
awards even when there's no fuel surcharge on the ticket itself (like qantas international
flights departing australia).
The good news is, the program is lucrative for crediting partner
flights,
awarding 200 - 300 % of miles flown for tickets in
premium cabins on several partners including Air Canada, Air China and Lufthansa.
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.