Redeeming First/Business Award Ticket with Skymiles Partners
Jan 7, 2011, 12:50 am
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Redeeming First/Business Award Ticket with Skymiles Partners
How many skymiles are needed to redeem on First/Business class on Skymiles Partner Airlines for international travel? Thinking of going Bangkok.
Is it fixed like Korean Air with 60,000 miles R/T?
Is it 12,0000 miles(low tier/almost never found) or 24,000 miles(Medium tier/mostly)?
Thank you.
Is it fixed like Korean Air with 60,000 miles R/T?
Is it 12,0000 miles(low tier/almost never found) or 24,000 miles(Medium tier/mostly)?
Thank you.
Jan 7, 2011, 10:46 am
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Of course, you do realize that you are not allowed to redeem SkyMiles for international First Class award travel on carriers that offer international First Class (I'm looking at you Air France and Korean 
)? The "best" cabin you'll get into is Business.
Keep in mind that SkyTeam is the "fat chick" alliance, so investigate carefully the partner's definition of "Business Class". For example, I think some SkyMiles partners/SkyTeam airlines use domestic First Class seats as their international Business Class offering *cough* Hawaiian Airlines *cough*
)? The "best" cabin you'll get into is Business.Keep in mind that SkyTeam is the "fat chick" alliance, so investigate carefully the partner's definition of "Business Class". For example, I think some SkyMiles partners/SkyTeam airlines use domestic First Class seats as their international Business Class offering *cough* Hawaiian Airlines *cough*