Not exact matches
Landing a
premium class award ticket in First or Business
class on Singapore has traditionally been a difficult task for North American points and miles collectors due to the common Singapore Airlines practice of offering first and business
class award space almost solely to members of their own KrisFlyer program.
Well, United Airlines may call its domestic
premium cabin «first
class», but it codes
award space as business
class.
Quick tip: if you are planning on using miles to upgrade, search for business
class award space prior to booking your
premium economy ticket.
Specifically, four different flights have
award space in first
class, business
class, or
premium economy.
Well, United Airlines may call its domestic
premium cabin «first
class», but it codes the
award space as business
class.
Please check our previous report, Best American Airlines First and Business
Class Redemptions, on how to search the award space and the type of the premium class
Class Redemptions, on how to search the
award space and the type of the
premium class class seat.
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.
However, Singapore Airlines recently announced that they'd be opening up more
award space on their «
premium» routes to Star Alliance partners, like on the all - business
class Newark and Los Angeles to Singapore routes.
According to OMAT, Air China's Business
Class hard product is «phenomenal» and he says that Air China is one of the most generous airlines in Star Alliance in terms of releasing
premium cabin
award space.
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.
You can't book international First
class, which takes away flexibility when trying to find
premium cabin
award space.
Most days, the
award results look like this, with 10 flights on Dragonair and Cathay Pacific having
award space in economy,
premium economy, and business
class.
The American Airlines flights to Hong Kong have virtually no
award space on them on that moment, but I would rather fly Cathay Pacific's
premium cabins than American Airlines» anyways as they are much superior products — read my trip report when I flew Cathay Pacific First
Class from New York to Hong Kong.