An economy class ticket to Europe would be about 60,000 miles round trip,
while business class awards to Europe are often around 120,000 miles.
As a result, economy class awards will include roughly $ 240 in taxes and fees,
while business class awards will include about $ 600 in taxes and fees.
While business class award space to Hawaii is tough regardless of airline, United gives you a bit better chance.
Specifically, a round - trip economy class award ticket will cost 20,000 SkyMiles more,
while a business class award ticket will require an additional 42,000 miles when booking Virgin Australia.
Specifically, a round - trip economy class award ticket will cost 20,000 SkyMiles more,
while a business class award ticket will require an additional 42,000 miles when booking Virgin Australia.
While business class award space to Hawaii is tough regardless of airline, United gives you a bit better chance.
While business class award space is tougher to come by it is occassionally available.
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While it will cost about $ 200 per person to hire an
award booking service, this could be money well spent when you are able to use the lowest possible number of miles to book
business or first -
class award reservations that can be worth thousands of dollars.
While business and first
class award space are often sparse, it's definitely worth booking if you can snag it.
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To prevent any surprises
while trying to book Korean Air
business class awards, remember that they have both peak season and off season
award charts.
While the redemption rates with Air France / KLM Flying Blue might not be as competitive as Korean Air or Delta when booking a Korean Air
business class award, there are many more options to earn Flying Blue miles.
While we often talk about booking United
business class and first
class, this extra economy
award space can be extremely useful when you need to book a flight but ticket prices are sky high.
While business and first
class award space are often sparse, it's definitely worth booking if you can snag it.
While this is more of an issue with first
class award space, you should also note that the Asia Miles program does have increased access to
award space for
business class.
That means upgrading from Economy to
Business Class for half of this
award would cost 20,000 additional miles per person,
while an upgrade to First
Class would require 37,500 more than an Economy
award.
While Saver
Awards for continental U.S. flights will remain unchanged, the new policy — which you can read about in more detail here — means those who book business or first - class awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak travel se
Awards for continental U.S. flights will remain unchanged, the new policy — which you can read about in more detail here — means those who book
business or first -
class awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak travel se
awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak travel seasons.
Here we had a stroke of luck, depending on how you look at it:
while the direct service flight from Los Angeles did not show availability for a
Business Class or First Class Saver Award on most dates, a mixed class award connecting through San Francisco was avail
Class or First
Class Saver Award on most dates, a mixed class award connecting through San Francisco was avail
Class Saver
Award on most dates, a mixed class award connecting through San Francisco was avail
Award on most dates, a mixed
class award connecting through San Francisco was avail
class award connecting through San Francisco was avail
award connecting through San Francisco was available.
While there is nothing wrong with economy
class or budget travel, many points - pinching travelers miss out on bargains because they aren't even looking at the price of the
business -
class award tickets.
While finding saver level
business class award space on Hawaiian Airlines can be very tough, there are lots of routes with lie - flat seats if you can find the space.
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While economy
class awards aren't changing much, there will be some significant increases in the cost of
business and first
class awards on American Airlines» partners — flights on American Airlines have their own
award chart.
While it will cost about $ 200 per person to hire an
award booking service, this could be money well spent when you are able to use the lowest possible number of miles to book
business or first -
class award reservations that can be worth thousands of dollars.
While Economy
Class rewards haven't taking too much of a beating (most weren't great value anyway),
Business Class awards and First
Class awards have seen...
While the changes to the cost of First
Class awards are annoying, the fact is that they won't affect too many customers... but the same is not true for
Business Class awards.
62,500 miles will take you one way to Europe in
business class while partner
awards come in at 70,000.
Most economy level redemptions remained the same or even improved
while business and first
class awards took the biggest hits.
While the number of miles needed for a
Business Class redemption isn't exactly low (you're better off trying to get to / from Europe on United's own aircraft which will only cost 115,000 for roundtrip
Business Class), the taxes for a premium cabin
award are low for a European route.
Although United devalued their
award chart
while I was «on the treadmill» racking up points & miles, and
business class awards on partner airlines went from 100k to 140k round - trip I still felt it was a good use of points.
Out of Germany the deals vary depending on destination and,
while there are a number of deals on short - haul
Business Class awards, I'm going to focus on long - haul.
A one - way
Business Class award between North America and Europe costs 50,000 miles
while a First
Class award for the same trip costs 62,500 miles....
I felt that I could still redeem my miles for domestic flights and certain
business class awards at reasonable rates
while using other means to earn and redeem
awards with partners like Lufthansa and Singapore.
The 777 - 300 offers 52
Business Class seats
while the Dreamliner has just 28 so, not only is the route losing First
Class, it will also see a significant drop in
Business Class capacity from 15 December — that's not good for prices or for
award availability.
American now charges 57,500 miles and 85,000 miles respectively for those
awards and
while that only makes the
Business Class award marginally better, the First
Class option looks like great value.
A roundtrip Qatar Airways
Business Class award from the US to the Middle East now requires 140,000 miles ($ 2,674 in this promotion) and,
while wouldn't be too bad if this was a cash fare, once you take into account the lost earnings (you don't earn miles on
award travel) this isn't in any way cheap.
While it makes it easier to search for Singapore Airlines
award space online (United blocks it) it nevertheless prohibits
award travel in first or
business class on Singapore Airlines on flights operated by the Boeing 777 - 300ER or Airbus A380 - 800.
On the other hand, a
business class Travel Together Ticket redemption between Seattle and London in August (the earliest I was able to find
award space) would cost 150,000 Avios and $ 2,514,
while two paid tickets would cost $ 8,093, giving you roughly 3.7 cents per Avios.
To prevent any surprises
while trying to book Korean Air
business class awards, remember that they have both peak season and off season
award charts.
While United is the most obvious choice for booking a
business class award, don't forget to check Air Canada Aeroplan as you might find an even better redemption.
While the redemption rates with Air France / KLM Flying Blue might not be as competitive as Korean Air or Delta when booking a Korean Air
business class award, there are many more options to earn Flying Blue miles.
However, in
business class the same itinerary (Los Angeles to Tokyo, Tokyo to Seoul, and back again) would cost 195,000 Avios on the standard
award chart,
while costing just 180,000 Avios on the two - or - more chart.
While Qatar Airways operates one of the best
business class products I've ever seen, they've got an
award chart that will make you cringe.
Virgin America gives the most economical option as you only need 80,000 Elevate points for a
Business Class roundtrip or 45,000 Elevate points for a one - way
award while, with Delta, you'll soon need 90,000 SkyMiles for a one - way
Business Class award.
In this instance a one - way Premium Economy saver
award will cost 65,000 miles
while a one - way
Business Class saver
award will set you back 80,000 miles.
Avios is split into off - peak and peak seasons
while, for
Business Class awards, AAdvantage has the same pricing year round — I've included all three figures for comparison.
While I wouldn't call
award availability on Thai's first international A350 route «wide open» it's definitely reasonably easy to find
Business Class award seats.
American Airlines AAdvantage miles are very hard to use economically thanks to the dearth of premium cabin SAAver
awards, United Miles are ok but 100,000 won't get you a roundtrip
Business Class award to any major long - haul destination (if you're heading east or west)
while 100,000 Alaska Miles will get you some nice roundtrip redemptions on Cathay Pacific and even American (subject to
award availability).
TIP: AirTran members should go ahead and redeem credits for long - distance and / or
business class awards this year
while the going is good.
At the time of writing I can see just one date with
Business Class award space on this route (
while the 787 - 9 is operating)....