Business Class Award Travel for the Price of Coach

July 2007
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With US Airways’ Off-peak Saver Promotion

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Availability put to the test The obvious question: Is this just a PR stunt or are there really seats available? We checked availability on the airline’s non-stop, trans-Atlantic flights, figuring that if the longest segment was available, you could find a way to the gateway on the same award ticket or by buying a separate ticket. The chart below shows what our research turned up.

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Don’t have US Airways miles? Get them by transferring Starpoints into US Airways miles. Or, buy the 60,000 miles directly from the airline for $2,100, or from Starwood for $1,750. That’s not always a great deal from the East Coast, since published fares can be about the same and they earn miles and elite credit. From the West Coast, however, it’s a good option because published fares cost $2,500 to $2,800 to these European destinations.

With US Airways’ Off-peak Saver Promotion

educed mileage redemption rates for off-season travel to Europe and the Caribbean.[table_opt style="gray-header" id="1700 " width="" alignment="center" responsive="all" heading="

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Screen Shot 2015-10-09 at 3.32.09 PM

Availability put to the test The obvious question: Is this just a PR stunt or are there really seats available? We checked availability on the airline’s non-stop, trans-Atlantic flights, figuring that if the longest segment was available, you could find a way to the gateway on the same award ticket or by buying a separate ticket. The chart below shows what our research turned up.

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Don’t have US Airways miles? Get them by transferring Starpoints into US Airways miles. Or, buy the 60,000 miles directly from the airline for $2,100, or from Starwood for $1,750. That’s not always a great deal from the East Coast, since published fares can be about the same and they earn miles and elite credit. From the West Coast, however, it’s a good option because published fares cost $2,500 to $2,800 to these European destinations.

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[["Routes","Applicable Dates","Economy","First\/Business Class"],["Continental US and Canada to Caribbean","Sept. 1-30, 2007","25,000 (reg. 30,000)","50,000 (reg. 60,000)"],["North America to Europe","Jan 15-Feb. 29, 2008","35,000 (reg. 50,000)","60,000 (reg. 80,000)"]]
[["Route","Survey"],["Philadelphia-Amsterdam","Wide open"],["Philadelphia-Munich","Decent"],["Philadelphia-London\/Gatwick","Very good"],["Philadelphia-Frankfurt","Good"],["Philadelphia-Paris","Good"],["Philadelphia-Rome","Good"],["Philadelphia-Manchester","Decent"],["Philadelphia-Madrid","Poor"],["Philadelphia-Brussels","Poor"],["Philadelphia-Milan","Decent"],["Philadelphia-Zurich","Decent"],["Charlotte-London\/Gatwick","Very good"],["Charlotte-Frankfurt","Very good"]]
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