Sentences with phrase «premium cabin award redemptions»

I would never hesitate to speak for Scott, so what I think Scott was trying to say is that certain points (such as American Express Membership Rewards earned on a Platinum card, which was the actual subject of his post) are so incredibly valuable when used for premium cabin award redemptions on a regular award chart that it's almost a shame to not maximize them for that purpose.

With that in mind, let me share what I consider to be 10 of the best premium cabin award redemption values, in no particular order:

Not exact matches

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.

But I suspect there are a lot more situations like this, where increased redemption costs under the new United award chart — especially in premium cabins — will make it worth paying potentially astronomical fuel surcharges to their rivals.

Japan Airlines has an excellent distance - based award chart for premium cabin redemptions, though their miles are difficult to obtain.

While the number of miles needed for a Business Class redemption isn't exactly low (you're better off trying to get to / from Europe on United's own aircraft which will only cost 115,000 for roundtrip Business Class), the taxes for a premium cabin award are low for a European route.

AAdvantage doesn't have off - peak and peak seasons when it comes to premium cabin awards so, year round, this Business Class redemption will set you back 115,000 AAdvantage miles and just $ 298 / # 206.

Economy cabin awards on this route are often easier than premium seat redemptions.

That award chart is particularly valuable for premium cabin redemptions, since business class and first class awards cost 2 and 3 times the cost of economy, respectively, instead of the 3 and 4 times charged on the standard Executive Club award chart.

American Airlines AAdvantage miles are very hard to use economically thanks to the dearth of premium cabin SAAver awards, United Miles are ok but 100,000 won't get you a roundtrip Business Class award to any major long - haul destination (if you're heading east or west) while 100,000 Alaska Miles will get you some nice roundtrip redemptions on Cathay Pacific and even American (subject to award availability).

But it's not nearly enough to just allocate them some kind of uniform valuation, as some miles may be very valuable for a given type of redemption (e.g. Avios for short - haul economy awards) and quite a poor value for other types of redemptions (for Avios, ultra long - haul in a premium cabin with high mileage cost and often high fuel surcharges).

A special note here: Cathay Pacific premium cabin awards are a very popular redemption when using Alaska miles due to their significantly below market prices.

Or if you're redeeming for a premium cabin award, you'd never pay such an exorbitant amount of actual money, so it's not fair to calculate the redemption at full cash value.

Second, British Airways» Avios program underwent a major devaluation last April that meant some huge increases in redemption requirements for most premium - cabin and partner awards.

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.