Sentences with phrase «premium cabin awards on»

ANA and Aeroplan are transfer partners of American Express Membership Rewards (as is Singapore Airlines, useful for premium cabin awards on Singapore).

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.

I already discussed what I thought would be a good use of AAdvantage Miles during the Cyber Monday promotion — premium cabin awards on airlines whose rewards are going to rocket in cost when the devaluation kicks in.

Both loyalty currencies cost around the same in the promotions but with MileagePlus miles you can avoid paying fuel surcharges when using them on United and a number of other airlines and, on top of that, you can purchase long - haul premium cabin awards on United for fewer miles than you can on British Airways.

Qatar Airways is another great airline on which to spend your hard - earned miles but premium cabin awards on Qatar are definitely not in the «easy to find» category (in my experience).

You can not redeem Virgin Atlantic Flying Club miles for premium cabin awards on Singapore airlines routes that are operated by A380, B777 or A350 (you can still redeem economy awards)

I don't get to fly with Qantas all that often as, let's face it, international premium cabin awards on Qantas aren't exactly easy to find and the airline never seems to discount its premium cabins down to what I'm prepared to pay.

It has a large 60,000 - mile bonus, which is great for anyone who wants to build miles towards a premium cabin award on Star Alliance airlines.

However, if you can book a premium cabin award on a United - operated flight, you'll often get it at below - market cost.

Not exact matches

The surcharges are particularly bad on these 2 Star Alliance partners when you book premium cabin awards.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The bad news is that premium cabin awards are going to increase the most when the award chart devalues on March 22.

Also, if you're trying to make a premium cabin booking for a route that's not considered a «sweet - spot» on an award chart, you might be getting a poor return in value for your points.

It can be very difficult to find premium cabin award travel on many of these airlines.

Airline programs offer significant value on international awards in premium cabins — exactly the sort that most people can not afford and which are desperately needed on long - haul journeys.

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.»

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.

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.

Not only does Amsterdam not have the high taxes that the UK imposes on premium cabin awards but the 17,000 KrisFlyer miles saved in each direction (after accounting for the 15 % online booking discount) simply made the proposition even more attractive.

Whatever the reasons, it now looks like South America is starting to join the award party with premium cabin award availability opening up on a number of routes out of Miami.

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....

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.

It appears to be a commonly held belief that while Delta decimates the value of SkyMiles on a quarterly basis and while American Airlines stubbornly refuses to make premium cabin saver awards available, award availability via United is quite good.

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 change in aircraft could have an effect on premium cabin award availability too... but not necessarily for the worse.

If you purchase American Airlines miles there is absolutely no guarantee that you'll find award availability that suits your needs — either in Coach or in a premium cabin, on domestic or international routes.

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.

Alaska is also well known for offering well below market prices on international premium cabin awards.

You can forget about using the miles you buy for premium cabin saver awards on American Airlines — they're so hard to find they may as well not exist nowadays.

Those aren't terrible prices to pay for premium cabins on the likes of JAL or Cathay Pacific but, once again there's no guarantee you'll find award availability on dates where cash fares are higher than that cost.

On the negative side the aircraft swap will see the route go from having 53 premium cabin seats (16 First Class and 37 Business Class) to just 30 Business Class seats — not good news for upgrades or awards.

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).

I work hard to earn all the miles I do so I will go out of my way to avoid using my miles on airlines I consider to offer an inferior premium cabin product and airlines that impose high surcharges on awards — like British Airways and Virgin Atlantic.

United Airlines may not have many cabins that one would call aspirational (The latest Polaris seats on the 777 - 300ER are nice but there's hardly any of them in service) but it offers far better award availability than American Airlines and requires considerably fewer miles for premium cabin awards than Delta — that makes it a valuable transfer option to have.

Delta is really working hard to get SkyMiles members to use miles on things like premium drinks and, in a new test, paying for airline fees instead of redeeming them for premium cabin awards (which cost the airline much more).

These awards still have fuel surcharges, but they are usually much less than when booking premium cabin flights on Virgin Atlantic metal.

Effective April 28, British Airways has devalued their award chart for premium cabin awards (Premium Economy, Business and First class awards) Only positive change in this devaluation is the introduction of off - peak awards on British Airways awards (not applicable for partner awards like Cathay Pacific).

Though United has majorly devalued its award chart, the fact that it doesn't charge or pass on fuel surcharges makes MileagePlus miles one of the best ways to book many highly desirable airlines and premium cabins that would otherwise require at least $ 500 in fees.