Avios is a program best utilized for
short coach flights because it is distance based.
Not exact matches
Re-board your
coach and commence the
short drive to the airport in time for your return
flight home.
We flew
coach to save our miles, and because most of the
flights were
shorter.
I would personally choose the
coach option, the time of day is better and the
flights are
short anyway.
Premium seats on
shorter flights can cost less than $ 100 more than standard
coach.
In addition to offering excellent off - peak and
short - haul bargains in
coach, AAdvantage miles are good for booking first class dream
flights aboard American's partner Etihad.
Since I live on the east coast now, I was okay with flying
coach across the Atlantic since it's such a
short flight, so long as I'd be able to use my status for things like lounge access or preferred / extra legroom seats.
A real life example of why it is hard to always stick to one class with award
flights came about the other day in our Oneworld tips, tricks and tools post: what would you prefer, a business class
flight with an overnight, and a terminal change, or a
coach flight with a
short 2 hour layover?
Effective 02/02/16 British Airways is raising the cost of
short - haul zone 1
flights between 1 - 650 miles in
flight distance from 4.5 K Avios to 7.5 K in
coach, from 9K Avios to 15K in business, and from 18K Avios to 30K in first.
Short haul zone 1
flights like London - Milan, Iguazu - Sao Paulo, Johannesburg - Victoria Falls, and Sydney - Melbourne remain 4.5 K Avios in
coach.
With MileagePlus you can then take Air New Zealand
flights from Sydney to New Zealand on the same award ticket, though there's often no Business Class space on the
short 3 hour Sydney to New Zealand
flight, so you may have to suck it up in
coach for that leg.
Hi the transfer is an optional extra, we can arrange this for # 59 for a
coach transfer or # 200 for a private taxi, these are return and based onb 2 passengers... this is based on the
flight going into Barcelona, if you choose a Girona
flight the transfer is
shorter and a bit cheaper Regards