Korean Air Business Class To Seoul
Business class award space to Asia continues to be tough to find, but it's great to see Korean Air with a bit of business class space in early 2025.
Alaska miles are a great option if you have them (or Bilt points). Otherwise, Virgin Atlantic is likely your best option with Amex and Capital One's transfer bonuses. Of course, if you're sitting on Korean miles that you transferred years ago just before Chase and Korean SkyPass split, I would burn those finally!
Points Wire Highlights
Now, let's get into the details!
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Straight To The Points
Routes: ATL/BOS/IAD/LAS/ORD/YYZ-ICN
Operating airline: Korean Air
Class of service: Business class
Dates: January - March 2025
Seats available: 2
Cabin layout: 1-2-1
Book with (per person, one-way):
- *Alaska Mileage Plan:
- BOS/IAD/LAS/ORD/YVR/YYZ: 75,000 miles
- ATL: 85,000 miles
- *Delta SkyMiles: From 300,000 miles
- Emirates Skywards:
- YVR: 105,000 miles
- BOS/IAD/LAS/ORD/YYZ: 125,000 miles
- ATL: 145,000 miles
- Etihad Guest:
- YVR: 120,000 miles
- ATL/BOS/IAD/LAS/ORD/YYZ: 140,000 miles
- Korean Air SkyPass: 62,500 miles
- *Virgin Atlantic Flying Club:
- YVR: 85,000 points
- BOS/IAD/LAS/ORD/YYZ: 100,000 points
- ATL: 140,000 points
Air France-KLM Flying Blue was only showing one seat (if any at all).
*No Surcharges
Taxes/fees (per person, one-way):
- From US: $5.60
- From Canada: ~$38
- From ICN: ~$38
- Surcharges:
- From US: ~$356
- From Canada: ~$255
- From ICN: ~$117
Bank transfer partners:
- Alaska: Bilt, Marriott
- Delta: Amex, Marriott
- Emirates: Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Chase, Citi, Marriott
- Etihad: Amex, Capital One, Citi, Marriott
- Korean Air: Marriott
- Virgin Atlantic: Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Chase, Citi, Marriott
- 30% Amex and Capital One transfer bonuses
Current Airline Transfer Bonuses
Best Card Offers
Let me know if you book!
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BOS-ICN
January: 28
February: 24
March: 18, 19
ICN-BOS
February: 12, 17, 19
March: 3, 5, 10-12, 18
IAD-ICN
January: 28
March: 6, 17, 18, 20
ICN-IAD
March: 10, 18, 19
LAS-ICN
March: 5, 12, 17, 20
ICN-LAS
February: 24
March: 5, 6, 10, 19
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ORD-ICN
January: 21
February: 4, 6, 10, 24
March: 6, 20
ICN-ORD
February: 5, 24, 26, 28
March: 4, 5, 10-12
YYZ-ICN
January: 26
February: 24
March: 11, 12, 17-19
ICN-YYZ
February: 3, 5, 10, 19, 25
March: 2, 5, 10, 19, 25
March: 3, 11
ICN-ATL
March: 5, 6, 11, 13
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Book Your Stay In Seoul With Perks
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*Bookable with points
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Flight Experience
Korean Air operates a 2-2-2 business class cabin with Apex Suites on their Boeing 747-8, 777-300, and 787-9. Each seat has direct aisle access and is lie-flat. The 2-2-2 layout on their Airbus A380 does not offer direct aisle access for each seat but seats are lie-flat.
Relative to other carriers in Asia such as All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan Airlines, Singapore Airlines, etc., Korean Air offers an average business class product with crew that are generally quite good.
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How To Book
You can use Alaska's site to run a search.
- If you want to book a one-way, check "One-way"
- Check "Use miles"
- Enter your origin & destination
- Select your dates
- Select number of passengers
- Run the search
- Complete the booking
If you want to see a calendar, you'll want to use this page to search.
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Final Thoughts
If you haven't been to Seoul, this is one of the most efficient ways to get you there so you can start enjoying some amazing food, soju, and more.
Happy booking!
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