STTP Quick Hit: Air Canada Biz Class to Australia
If the cold front sweeping across the U.S. this holiday season has you longing for warm weather, why not fly to Australia next month?!
You can find two to three business class seats to Sydney and Brisbane in the second half of January. You can include a connections from New York, San Francisco, Toronto, and more.
Shout out to my friend Chris for flagging this one.
|
|
Straight To The Points:
Routes: YVR-SYD/BNE
Operating airline: Air Canada
Class of service: Business class
Dates: January 2023
Seats available: 2-3
Cabin layout: 1-2-1
Book with (per person, one-way):
- *Air Canada Aeroplan:
- YVR-SYD/BNE: From 95,000 points, often 108,000+ points
- SYD/BNE-YVR: From 80,500 points
- *ANA Mileage Club: 120,000 miles (round-trip only)
- *Asiana Club: 82,500 miles
- *Avianca LifeMiles: 80,000 miles
- *EVA Infinity MileageLands: 97,500 miles
- *Miles & More: 71,000 miles
- *Singapore KrisFlyer: 130,000 miles
- *Turkish Miles&Smiles: 75,000 miles
- *United MileagePlus: 99,000 miles
*No surcharges
Taxes/fees (per person):
- One-way: ~$60
- Round-trip: ~$122
LifeMiles has a partner booking fee.
Bank transfer partners:
- Air Canada Aeroplan: Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Chase, Marriott
- ANA Mileage Club: Amex, Marriott
- Asiana Club: Marriott
- Avianca LifeMiles: Amex, Capital One, Citi, Marriott
- EVA Infinity MileageLands: Citi, Capital One
- Singapore KrisFlyer: Amex, Chase, Citi, Cap One, Marriott
- Turkish Miles&Smiles: Bilt, Capital One, Citi, Marriott
- United MileagePlus: Bilt, Chase, Marriott
Don't forget to let me know if you book and how you did it!
|
|
How To Book
If you're not sure what dates you want, you can use United to search:
- From United's homepage, select Advanced search
- Choose to show price in miles
- Enter the origin & destination
- Select your dates or choose Flexible dates and choose a month
- Select nonstop
- Select the number of passengers
- Select Business
- Show flights from "Star Alliance airlines"
- Run the search
- Transfer points (if necessary)
- Log into your account
- Run the search again
- Complete the booking
Once you know the exact dates you want, you can run the search with the program you'll be using to book. As always, I recommend confirming the program you're using sees the award space before you transfer points.
If you want to book with Turkish miles, I'd suggest calling (800-874-8875) to put the ticket on hold before transferring points. They'll hold the award space for up to two days, though transfers shouldn't take that long.
Happy Booking!
|
|
|
|
