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.
Not exact matches
Most airlines just release 1 to 2
premium cabin seats per route
so even if you're incredibly aggressive with searching for
award seats, you may never have a chance.
Keep in mind, that while the
awards may not be particularly cheap, Cathay Pacific has one of the nicest
premium cabin products in the world
so quality makes up for quantity to an extent here.
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.
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.
Just keep in mind that Singapore Airlines often restricts
awards for their
premium cabins to their own members,
so you might struggle to find any open seats to book with Virgin America miles.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
American hasn't touched their
award chart in years,
so it's like you can pay the last - generation miles price for
premium -
cabin awards with American Airlines miles.
Business and First Class
awards often cost less than double an economy
award,
so miles are fantastic for people who want to fly
premium cabins.