Upshot: Strong for those with the ability to get outsized value from international
premium cabin flights on Delta to Europe and ANA to Japan.
I've used Ultimate Rewards points earned from my Chase Sapphire Preferred ® Card
towards premium cabin flights on Lufthansa (many times), Thai Air, and Singapore Airlines.
I paid for these with American Express Membership Rewards with 2 cent per point uplift thanks to a 50 % rebate for
premium cabin flights when paying with Membership Rewards for Business Platinum cardholders.
You might be wondering if that means that those with The Enhanced Business Platinum ® Card from American Express OPEN will receive the 35 % rebate benefit when booking these
discounted premium cabin flights.
The Chase British Airways Visa Signature ® card is perfect for people who fly British Airways often, especially if you are going after the Travel Together Ticket to use on
premium cabin flights departing the U.S. on British Airways.
United is the most generous of the Big 3 when it comes to awarding miles towards elite qualification on
premium cabin flights marketed by partner airlines.
If your main source of Avios is from flying on discount Premium Economy fares or Economy Class fares and you like to use your Avios to book long -
haul premium cabin flights, then there's an excellent chance you should be collecting AAdvantage Miles instead.
I knew that Singapore Airlines was a partner, but I figured that if United made booking a Singapore
Airlines premium cabin flight pretty impossible, Virgin America must do the same.
I've used Ultimate Rewards points earned from my Chase Sapphire Preferred ® Card
towards premium cabin flights on Lufthansa (many times), Thai Air, and Singapore Airlines.
An Amex Everyday that earns 2.4 cents per dollar spent (or 3.0 for the Preferred) when redeeming
for premium cabin flights (or economy flights on your selected airline).
British Airways devalued
their premium cabin flights, so it can be very expensive to fly British Airways first class with Avios.
British Airways Avios aren't the ideal miles for long haul or
premium cabin flights, but you can still use them is some scenarios for flights to Europe, or flights in business or first class.
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.
The best flexible points programs feature an ability to easily cash out your points for solid value, moderate uplift for everyday travel and jackpot - like upside when redeeming for international
premium cabin flights.
At the end of the day, I prefer to keep my transferrable points for
premium cabin flights or hotels.
I love flying Singapore Airlines (also a transfer partner UR points)
premium cabin flights.
Therefore you should work out when the optimal time would be for you to register for this offer to ensure that as many of
your premium cabin flights count.
Although American has a promotion to earn bonus EQM on
premium cabin flights, these need to be AA flights (you don't have to register; it's automatic).
For international
premium cabin flights: United (via Star Alliance partners), Singapore Airlines and Korean Airlines all offer good options and these types of aspirational redemptions can result in very high CPM values.
Starpoints are best used for international
premium cabin flights, transferred to partner airlines that no / few other programs transfer into.
And with The Business Platinum Card from American Express OPEN, you'll also get a 50 % rebate on points redeemed for
premium cabin flights and free Gogo Wi - Fi passes.