Rare Los Angeles and San Francisco to Europe Business Class Dates Found
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Sample Savings via Starwood’s (now Marriott) points-to-miles transfer with partner Japan Airlines: Los Angeles to Paris for 100,000 JAL miles and it costs even less if you have a Starwood/Marriott account: only 80,000 Starpoints (now 240,000 Marriott Points). Delta charges 60,000 miles for coach.
Sample Savings via Starwood’s (now Marriott) points-to-miles transfer with partner Japan Airlines: Los Angeles to Paris for 100,000 JAL miles and it costs even less if you have a Starwood/Marriott account: only 80,000 Starpoints (now 240,000 Marriott Points). Delta charges 60,000 miles for coach.
For up to four travelers (and possibly more), FCF’s research team has discovered an opportunity to save 230,000 miles when compared to normal / everyday prices traveling between the U.S. and Europe.
In other words, if you have a Starwood/Marriott card and book via Japan Airlines, as opposed to earning miles via mainstream ways, you’re getting Business Class for the price of coach.
More here on getting free or low-cost add-on flights (based on availability) from around the U.S. to the hub (Houston, Los Angeles or San Francisco) AND / OR free or low-cost flights from the destination (Paris) to all over Europe.
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How to Book
- Confirm that the flights/dates you want are available for the upgrade using miles by requesting upgrade award space on the “All search options” page.
- Click on the “Upgrade type” search in the middle of the page.
- Select the “Buy Economy and upgrade” option to search for upgrade space to Business Class from economy in the “Fare preferences” section, after you click on “Upgrade type.” See below:
- When your search results comes back, it will not only show fares and flight schedules, it will also show what flights offer an upgrade, and what the cost is.
- Click on “Details” to find out if the upgrade space is available.
- Select your flights, making sure that you are logged into your mileage account, and that you have the miles required in your account; then pay for your ticket.
This can all be done online. If you want to book over the phone, call 800-421-4655.
After you get a sense of “where good availability is” (perhaps using our survey), call American and confirm that the flights/dates you want are available for the upgrade using miles, and book it.
If the upgrade on the flights/dates you want is not available, have the agent check other dates/flights.
This cannot be done online. Call 1-800-433-7300.
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Everybody knows how frequently airfares change (some estimates claim that there are up to 500,000 fare changes daily). Because that’s a few too many for First Class Flyer to keep up with, FCF cannot guarantee that all fares discussed will be available when you go to make a booking. Also, for the sake of quick and easy “executive summary” format, all fare rules and restrictions can’t possibly be included. Fares quoted usually include the average taxes and fees for the routes in the chart.