Your Starpoints have the most value when redeeming them for higher - end redemptions, whether
upper cabin flights or Starwood hotels.
Not exact matches
Basic Overview Airline: Etihad Airways Aircraft: Airbus A380
Flight #: EY 455 Route: SYD > AUH Date: October 23, 2017 Duration: 14 hr 45 min
Cabin & Layout: Etihad Apartment, 9 Apartments on the
upper deck, all aisle access Seats: 4K, 5H Miles Used: 91,000 Amex points per... read more
As with many airlines, you don't get great value using Asia Miles to fly on Cathay Pacific's extremely well - regarded
upper class
cabins when you book directly for long - haul
flights to Asia.
Generally, Starpoints give you a value of around 1.5 -2.3 cents per dollar on rooms and 1.3 - 4.3 cents per dollar on
flights (with economy at the lower end and premium
cabins at the
upper end).
On my recent
flight, the
upper classes looked like an entirely different plane than the main
cabin, and on the new planes, the experience will be even better.
On this
flight from Dubai to Sydney, I had seat 12K, which was very private, due to the big partition, and the fact that it is in the very small 3 row (12 seat) business class
cabin at the front of the
upper deck, which was way smaller then the other 8 row
cabin in front of the premium economy section.