Sentences with phrase «seat mile flown»

But today «almost every airline employs the same basic methodology to maximize revenue per seat mile flown.»

Not exact matches

The hybrid electric jet will seat up to 12 people, fly up to 700 miles and have operating costs of 8 cents per seat mile, below the operating costs of small turboprops and business jets powered by jet fuel.

Basic economy is one prong of a broader effort by the largest U.S. carriers to bolster revenue from each seat flown a mile, a standard industry measure that has been battered for about a year, partly because of fare wars with discounters such as Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines Holdings.

The conflict fueled Southwest's biggest drop in seven years on July 21, when the carrier said revenue for each seat flown a mile would fall more than expected in the current quarter.

Analyst Jamie Baker also cited pending cost increases, estimating a 55 cent effect on earnings per share and 5 percentage - point boost in costs for each seat flown a mile next year from expected new employee contracts.

Electricity produced by a fuel cell by combining hydrogen and oxygen powered an electric motor to turn the two - seat test glider's propeller and enabled it to fly for roughly 20 minutes at 62 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour) at about 3,300 feet (1,000 meters) above sea level.

Its heated and cooled seats, crisp Bowers & Wilkins stereo, and easily configurable, if somewhat slow, navigation interface helped the miles fly by — which they often did at criminal speeds.

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The more you fly a particular airline, the more able you are to rack up enough miles for a free flight or seat upgrade and use those rewards for a flight you want.

You can redeem your mile rewards to fly with any airline, in any seat, and during any time of the year.

The program allows you to earn elite status, which lands you ad - vantages such as bonus miles and preferred seating, by flying any of more than a dozen air carriers that partner with Alaska, including American and Delta, which are members of the OneWorld and SkyTeam global alliances, respectively.

Since flying to Europe is so cheap nowadays, cashing in your miles for a seat in Business or First Class offers more value.

If you happen to be flying on an Etihad Airways route between Abu Dhabi and New York (JFK), London Heathrow, Melbourne, Mumbai or Sydney, and have enough airline miles, you can exchange that annoying cramped economy seat for an apartment with more amenities than you can imagine.

American Airlines surprised many today when it announced several customer - friendly changes to its frequent - flier program.The new «One - Way Flex Awards» will allow customers to book one - way tickets for half the amount of miles needed for a round - trip ticket, and will also let passengers book multi-city itineraries and combine award seats with non-award seats.Under the old paradigm, passengers could only book round - trips to and from the same city and were forced to fly in an award seat of equal value for both legs of the journey.This often made booking award travel an exercise in futility — for example, an award seat might be available only on an outbound journey, but not the return trip.But now passengers will be able to fly to New York in an award seat, and return in a premium - fare seat if a return award seat is not available.

For examlpe, if you're looking to use AA miles to travel to Europe, and you fly by yourself, in first class, your Maximum Mileage in AA would be 125,000 — one round trip first class seat from US - EU.

The truth is that if you have a bunch of miles in an airline's program, you are limited to using them mostly to fly on that airline or one of its international affiliates, which probably also heavily restrict award seats.

It's hard to recommend spending 230,000 miles just to get pampered, especially since all airlines flying to India and the Middle East offer lie - flat seats in a business class cabin.

On top of that, Winship says, most frequent flier seats are seats that would not have sold, so they would have flown empty anyway, making selling miles at inflated prices even more lucrative for air carriers.

What's particularly awesome about this specific redemption is that we paid 93,500 miles each for ~ 21 hours of «butt - in - seat» luxurious flying.

Flying in a premium class seat to Asia might be one of the best ways to redeem your miles.

The same savings can be accomplished by flying on US Airways instead of British Airways, now that US Air award seats are bookable using American miles.

Red Flying Club members can choose a free Premium upgrade when flying Economy, or an Economy reward companion seat which enables them to take a companion for no additional Flying Club members can choose a free Premium upgrade when flying Economy, or an Economy reward companion seat which enables them to take a companion for no additional flying Economy, or an Economy reward companion seat which enables them to take a companion for no additional miles.

If you use miles to fly Hawaii on United Airlines, there are several aircraft types that provide a lie - flat business class seat, including the Boeing 777, 767, and 757.

We offer a number of great ways to upgrade your seat, including using Flying Club miles, our online auction or upgrading at the best price available when booking your flight.

For peak season Companion seats, you'll need an extra 10,000 Flying Club miles per round trip.

If you're looking to fly Air France first class, you'll need to book through Flying Blue, but paying the exorbitant Flying Blue rates to fly first class on a partner airline, rather than booking those seats through that partner or another SkyTeam member with good first class redemptions, is a waste of miles, particularly if you're transferring from a transfer program.

While it may take a while to get more power at every American Airlines seat, there's a chance to score bonus miles if you are flying between North America and Europe on American or its oneworld partners British Airways, Finnair or Iberia.

With my schedule being so busy recently, I haven't done much flying and I needed to get some butt - in - seat miles in if I wanted to make Star Alliance Gold for next year.

Same thing with earning United miles — I want those aspirational experiences of being able to fly to another hemisphere in a premium cabin seat that wasn't going to be sold anyway.

Two caveats: You can't buy a first class seat with miles from Delta, and if you're able to fly during the low season, you can get an off - peak award ticket in economy from American or US Airways for only 15,000 miles.

The cheapest U.S. cities to fly out of when headed to the U.K. are Atlanta, Boston, New York - JFK / Newark, Washington DC, Chicago, and Detroit for 35,000 miles round - trip in the economy class and an upper class seat requires 80,000 miles.

Flying across the Atlantic to Africa will cost 80,000 miles round - trip for an economy seat and 140,000 miles first class.

Even during peak season flying United Airlines, an economy seat costs 30,000 MileagePlus miles.

(1) Use Korean Air miles to fly on Delta's lie - flat DeltaOne business class seats for 45,000 miles round - trip.

Maybe we should just use credit cards and not fly any more advantage member since year one with 10million miles — and not from credit cards — butt in a seat

If you fly often enough to be using reward miles for seat upgrades, you should be targeting elite status at a specific airline, the surest way to maximize upgrades.

Bronze tier benefits include business - class check - in; seat selection at seven days before departure; a 25 percent tier bonus for every mile flown; dedicated telephone number (UK & US) and Bronze tier luggage tags.

While with many airlines the award chart sweet spots are found using one airline to fly a partner, Korean Air gives great rates to fly its own wonderful first - class suite from one of its more than a dozen U.S. destinations, with first - class seats for 80,000 miles one way.

It doesn't say very much for the efficiency of those running AAdvantage that just days before the first Iberia Premium Economy seats start flying to New York (3 May) we still can't be told what miles we'll earn for any flights we credit to American's rewards program.

This combo would be over 2,600 miles of flying and would result in a savings of 20,000 United miles in a high - end economy seat or 40,000 miles in a very solid business class product for a medium - haul flight.

The promotion doesn't appear anywhere on the Virgin Atlantic homepage, it doesn't appear anywhere on the Flying Club page, as a Virgin Atlantic Flying Club member I've yet to receive an email informing me that the Reward Seat Sale is on and, even if you go to the Virgin Atlantic «spend miles» page, it's pretty easy to miss....

For $ 74.60 I could fly between Los Angles and Dallas, rack up 2,470 elite qualifying miles, 4,940 redeemable miles AND fly in an angled - flat intentional Business Class seat.

Some of their subsidiaries also fly there, so finding a seat is easy with MileagePlus miles.

I've flown around the world in first class seats that would cost $ 29,000 using frequent flyer miles and a few bucks in tax.

The benefits of achieving a so - called «elite» status vary, but can include access to lounges (regardless of travel class), a bonus in elite qualifying miles when flying in first or business class, the ability to reserve better seats including enhanced economy class, free or discounted upgrades, priority in standing by for a different flight, priority in not being bumped if a flight is oversold, fewer or no nuisance fees,... well, you get the picture.

I want to fly United to get my MileagePlus miles and premier access to economy plus seats, and I prefer to fly into Newark so I can take the train into the city and stay at a hotel near Penn Station.

If you decide to fly on LAN (better seats, better food, and individual entertainment system), you'll pay 2,500 miles more which won't kill you either.

You'll get a 10,000 - mile discount on economy seats if you fly during certain times which vary by region.

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