If you are a high spending corporate traveler
who flies business class a lot, you are going to accrue your SkyMiles more easily.
Not exact matches
The company is aiming for
business travelers
who want a step up from first
class on commercial airlines and hopes to bring private travel «down to a level where people will
fly it around the country.»
For those
who are starting from scratch and want to
fly business class, Starwood offers a
business and personal card and it is possible to sign up for both.
For those
who love
flying business class, try to find award space out of Boston on one of Air France's Boeing 777s.
Here are 19 suggestions that will maximize the value of your Mileage Plan miles on both Alaska Airline flights and partner flights... especially for those of you
who fly in
business or first
class!
Meanwhile cost - conscious travelers, and especially those
who fly only once or twice a year, will be more reliant on their credit cards to earn anything close to enough miles for an international
business or first
class ticket.
Members, those on one - time $ 50 day passes, Priority Pass cardholders (but not including «Select» members
who get cards as a credit card bennie), United MileagePlus Explorer Card holders, international first and
business class passengers, Star Alliance Gold members and BusinessFirst passengers
flying on United's p.s. flights to New York - JFK.
Terminal 3 has numerous airline lounges, including British Airways» Galleries Club lounge for passengers
flying in
business class or
who are Executive Club Gold and Silver members (or the oneworld equivalent) and the Galleries First lounge for those
flying in first or
who are Executive Club Gold (or equivalent) members.
The PPS (Priority Passenger Service) Club is much more limited, and targets passengers
who have accumulated 25,000 Singaporean dollars of PPS value by
flying in Singapore Airlines suite, first and
business class.
While it does offer some great benefits as a World Elite MasterCard, this is not the card for jetsetters, savvy
business travelers and those
who aspire to
fly in first
class around the world.
Business class flights out of the UK can be considerably more expensive than departures out of other EU countries (thanks to APD) so more flights out of the EU could benefit UIK travellers
who are prepared to position themselves to
fly out of another EU country.
This includes super elite Global Services members
who are not
flying business or first
class - we asked United for clarification on this and they restated the strict policy: Customers ticketed for United Polaris
business class or United Polaris first
class, as well as customers traveling in international first or
business class cabins on Star Alliance ™ partner airlines will have access to the United Polaris lounges.
Because my company forces us to take lowest fare and I am allowed to travel Biz
class on international trips, when going to Asia UA usually has better schedule and prices, however they still won't status match a Delta Diamond
who flies average of 175k bis miles a year to win my
business.
However, for those
who are sufficiently fortunate to be able to afford to
fly the «first tier» set of airlines, and particularly those
who can
fly in new premium economy,
business or first
class cabins, we have never seen anything close to this level of luxury and convenience.
-- Lastly, in case anyone is curious how I — someone
who had only
flown Singapore Air once before — could get enough miles to
fly suites to Singapore and
business class back: two credit cards did it for me;).
Believe me, a good international
business class lie - flat seat will make your parents — and anyone else
who mostly
fly economy — very happy.
You'll find that many of these blogs seem to be oriented toward hardened road warriors,
business travelers
who are accustomed to
flying internationally in
business or first
class.
This is good news for travelers
who have wanted to
fly with Qatar Airways, which was recently ranked the best airline in the world in Skytrax's annual rankings and just launched perhaps the best
business class product in the world, the Qsuite.
I was reading amazing blog posts about one guy
who just
flew to Singapore in
Business Class and is staying at a super expensive hotel and was upgraded to a suite, and all using points and a few dollars in taxes.
Today, though, the airlines have figured out that their best customers are those
who fly in
business or first
class repeatedly, and they want to hang on to those lucrative customers.
When Charlestein was in college, he met someone
who flew to Australia each year in
business class with miles.
• For
business travelers
who are forbidden from
flying in
business or first
classes, premium economy may offer a more comfortable flight without breaking company policy.
For those of you
who don't have the option of
flying first or
business class, go for the main cabin extra.
Business and First
Class awards often cost less than double an economy award, so miles are fantastic for people
who want to
fly premium cabins.
Business travel and a desire to mix convenience with value have led them to use frequent flyer miles and hotel loyalty programs regularly to offset the costs of travel and gain upgrades (
who doesn't want to
fly first
class to Paris?).
You can't be the same man
who called the airline and transferred all your frequent flyer points to sick, pregnant me, so I could
fly business class home from London while you travelled economy.