On average,
premium cabin awards increased by 33 - 50 %, in many cases, more.
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.
The
award rats for
premium cabin travel are
increasing whether you're flying across the country or across the ocean.
The bad news is that
premium cabin awards are going to
increase the most when the
award chart devalues on March 22.
United explains: «We're
increasing miles required in these markets for the first time in several years to account for the
increased cost of providing transportation, particularly in the
premium cabin and particularly on the MileagePlus partner carriers... We faced a decision other airlines have faced — to either
increase the number of miles required for partner
awards or to eliminate them altogether.»
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.
@ ray — You have to fly a partner airline to get to Thailand, and the price of that type of
award in a
premium cabin is
increasing significantly.
Air France KLM's Flying Blue program is
increasing mileage costs for
premium cabin awards and reducing fuel surcharges.
Not surprisingly, the worst
increases in
award costs are in
premium cabins, and in particular in first class.
Then in April of this year they made more changes
increasing the cost of
premium cabin awards further.