At the same time, Miles & More dropped domestic business class redemptions outside of Europe by 5,000 miles and Singapore introduced
premium economy redemptions.
That high price is simply not worth it for
premium economy redemptions (although Delta knows that many unassuming travelers will book it and diminish the value of their miles in the process).
Not exact matches
If you're not going quite that far and just heading to Asia 2, you won't save any miles for those
premium cabin
redemptions, and it will actually cost you more in
economy!
Almost all of the search results you find for business class
redemptions will be mixed - class cabins, with the long legs from the States being in
economy or at best
premium economy.
That means you'll end up paying triple the
economy price, which makes
premium Avios
redemptions a bad deal.
Currently, United does not allow
redemption of MileagePlus miles for Lufthansa (or any Star Alliance)
premium economy.
Until our
premium economy seats are assigned a fare class and loaded for sale, it's too soon to say what the upgrade policies will be or what rates will be applied for
redemption awards.
The problem is that almost all of the search results you find for business class
redemptions will be mixed - class cabins, with the long legs from the States being in
economy or at best
premium economy.
If American doesn't alter the cost of
Economy or Business Class awards then, depending on how
Premium Economy is squeezed in, there could be some very good value
redemptions to be had (
Premium Economy if the
premium over
Economy Class is low or Business Class if the
premium over PE is low... it will be one or the other).
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.
They offer excellent
redemptions to different destinations in both
economy and
premium cabins and they are a 1:1 transfer partner of Chase Ultimate Rewards.
They offer excellent
redemptions to different destinations in both
economy and
premium cabins and they are a 1:1 transfer -LSB-...]
But it's not nearly enough to just allocate them some kind of uniform valuation, as some miles may be very valuable for a given type of
redemption (e.g. Avios for short - haul
economy awards) and quite a poor value for other types of
redemptions (for Avios, ultra long - haul in a
premium cabin with high mileage cost and often high fuel surcharges).