Not exact matches
Your lowest
fare from any major U.S. city to London one -
way in
economy class is 35,000 SkyMiles, or 85,000 miles in Upper C
class is 35,000 SkyMiles, or 85,000 miles in Upper
ClassClass.
You could also cover a roundtrip
economy ticket to Europe or a one -
way business
class fare to Europe.
Yet in pursuit of money, airlines have found a
way to make the time in the air less enjoyable, by instituting a new
fare class called basic
economy.
If American follows that path once it designates a separate Premium
Economy fare class, it's likely the cost those seats would work out to be more than just $ 190 each
way.
Full -
fare tickets require 100 percent of the miles required for an award ticket to upgrade (i.e., if an
economy award between London and Bahrain is 24,000 miles one
way, you'll need 24,000 miles to upgrade to the next
class), and discount
fares require 150 percent of the miles.
A one -
way upgrade from
economy to business
class costs 50 percent of the price in miles for that ticket if you purchased it at a standard
fares.
With only 4 systemwide upgrades available per year, from 2017 onwards, buying discount
Economy Class fares with the idea of upgrading them to Business
Class won't work for someone who travels as much as I do — especially if I'm traveling with Joanna — so I need to come up with a
way to get around this issue.
I can't say that I'd bother checking this route for
Economy Class seats if I wanted to fly to China (there are enough uncomfortable
ways for me to do that straight out of LA) but I'd definitely be interested in trying out the Business
Class product — I'll keep my eyes on
fares and see if anything interesting comes up.
Use your Delta points to book Virgin Atlantic from across the U.S. and you'll find award
fares for 30,000 SkyMiles in
economy class each way or 62,500 SkyMiles for business class — or «Upper Class» as the Virgins like to cal
class each
way or 62,500 SkyMiles for business
class — or «Upper Class» as the Virgins like to cal
class — or «Upper
Class» as the Virgins like to cal
Class» as the Virgins like to call it.
Budget
economy fares now earn at least 50 % of distance flown, up from 10 % before and all the
way up to 200 % of distance flown in Suites
class (down from 300 %).
For example, North America to Germany is 30K miles to upgrade (one
way) if your ticket was purchased in any of the discounted
economy class fares.
So if you booked
economy class and wanted to upgrade to business
class (even though you booked a paid
fare), the difference in Avios points would be 2X — X = X. For a route like Seattle to London, with two daily non-stops, that was only 25,000 Avios each
way.
Regional Upgrades: On Delta flights, you can use one -
way Regional Upgrade Certificates on all paid published Main Cabin and Delta Comfort +
fares, except on Basic
Economy (E
Class).
The current cash
fares for this Mumbai to Frankfurt non-stop are $ 525 for
economy and $ 1,949 for business
class one -
way.
Special
fares are not eligible for upgrades.You can't spend your Miles on Special or Flex
fares in
Economy Class, including one -
way flights.
Not applicable * You can't spend your Miles on Special or Flex
fares in
Economy Class, including one -
way flights.
Weight Concept - 1.5 % of the
Economy one -
way IATA
fare if available or 1.5 % of the highest, direct, adult, one
way,
Economy class fare.
* You can't spend your Miles on Special or Flex
fares in
Economy Class or Business
Class, including one -
way flights.
You can't spend your Miles on Special or Flex
fares in
Economy Class, including one -
way flights.