American Air Business Class to London, Up To 9 Seats
Last week, I sent first class award space on American. However, since business class is more readily available, I thought I'd share it as well!
You can find dates this summer as well as early 2025. Out of JFK, you can also find plenty of dates this fall.
Points Wire Highlights
Now, let's get into the details!
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Straight To The Points:
Routes: BOS/DFW/JFK-LHR
Operating airline: American Airlines
Class of service: Business Class
Dates: June 2024 - April 2025
Seats available: 2 (up to 9)
Cabin layout: 1-2-1
Book with (per person, one-way):
- *American AAdvantage:
- Summer: 62,000 miles
- Winter: 54,000 miles
Some dates might not be available to partners.
- *Alaska Mileage Plan:
- BOS/JFK: 45,000 miles
- DFW: 55,000 miles
- British Airways Executive Club, Ibera Plus, Qatar Privilege Club:
- BOS/JFK: 62,000 Avios
- DFW: 77,250 Avios
- Cathay Pacific Asia Miles:
- BOS/JFK: 63,000 miles
- DFW: 89,000 miles
- Etihad Guest:
- BOS/JFK: 80,000 miles
- DFW: 100,000 miles
- Finnair Plus: 65,000 Avios
- Qantas Frequent Flyer:
- BOS/JFK: 57,000 points
- DFW: 82,000 points
*No surcharges
Taxes/fees (per person):
- From US: $5.60
- From LHR: ~$330
- BA Surcharges:
- From US: ~$975
- From LHR: ~$590
Other programs may have partner booking fees and/or reduced surcharges.
The Air Passenger Duty (APD) Fee is ~$230 on premium cabin flights from the UK, thus the steep taxes/fees. You can't avoid this flying out of London. You can start your journey home from another European city to avoid the APD fee.
Bank transfer partners:
- Alaska: Bilt, Marriott
- American: Bilt, Marriott
- British Airways: Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Chase, Marriott
- Cathay Pacific: Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Citi, Marriott
- Finnair: Capital One
- Qantas: Amex, Capital One, Citi, Marriott
- Qatar Airways: Citi, Marriott
- 30% bonus on transfers from Citi
Current Airline Transfer Bonuses
Best Card Offers
Let me know if you book!
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Book Your London Hotel With VIP Perks
Other options with perks
*Available with points
Promos not available on award stays
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BOS-LHR
June: 25
July: 13-15, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25-31
August: 4-7, 12, 19, 20
January: 6, 7, 11, 14, 17, 18, 20-22, 25, 27, 28
February: 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25
March: 3, 4, 10, 11, 17
LHR-BOS
July: 23, 24
August: 6, 9, 10, 16
November: 27, 29
December: 4, 11
January: 7-9, 15, 16, 21-23, 28-30
February: 4-6, 11-13, 18, 19, 25, 26
March: 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25
April: 1, 2, 9, 16
DFW-LHR
July: 14, 15, 28-30
August: 3-7, 11, 12, 16, 19, 20
December: 16
January: 21, 27, 28
February: 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 25
March: 4, 11, 18, 31
April: 7
LHR-DFW
June: 3, 5, 11-13, 19
July: 18
August: 12-16, 20-23, 28-30
September: 4
November: 27
December: 4, 24-26, 29
January: 7-9, 14-16, 21, 22, 28, 29
February: 4-6, 10-13, 17-20, 24-27
March: 4-6, 10-12, 25-27, 31
April: 1, 2, 7-9, 14-18
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JFK-LHR
July: 4-6, 9, 13-24, 26-31
August: 1-13, 18-25, 27, 29
November: 25, 27-29
December: 4, 24, 30, 31
January: 6-8, 10, 11, 13-15, 18, 20-22, 24, 25, 27-29, 31
February: 1, 3-5, 7, 8, 10-13, 15, 24-27
March: 3-5, 10-12, 17-19, 24-27, 29, 31
April: 1-3, 5, 7-10, 14-16
LHR-JFK
June: 1, 3-8, 11-15, 17-20, 25-29
July: 1-5, 11, 12, 16-19, 24-26, 29-31
August: 1-3, 5-9, 12-20, 23, 27-30
September: 3-6, 10-13, 17-19, 24-26
October: 1, 3, 8, 15, 17, 22-24, 29, 30
November: 20, 21, 25-29
December: 3, 4, 9-12, 16-19, 22-27, 30, 31
January: 1, 2, 6-11, 14-18, 21-25, 28-31
February: 1, 4-8, 10-13, 17-21, 24-28
March: 3-7, 10-13, 18-20, 24-26, 30, 31
April: 1, 2, 7-11, 14-19
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Flight Experience
American operates couple of 1-2-1 business class cabin layouts on these routes. I prefer the their reverse herringbone option. The other cabin layout has front and rear facing seats. It's not bad, just not what I prefer.
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Best Ways To Book
Alaska: Great One-way Rates, Free Stopover, No Surcharges
At 45,000 miles one-way from the east coast and 55,000 miles from Dallas, Alaska mies provide a great option to book with no surcharges and include a stopover. This is one of your best options if you have Bilt points.
Please keep in mind that you cannot connect on other partners and your total flight distance can impact the award rate.
American: Solid Rates, More Award Space, No Surcharges
With Bilt as a transfer partner (until June 24), 54,000/62,000 American miles one-way during the winter/summer are a solid option. Plus, you may get access to additional dates with award space than partner programs.
Avios: Easy To Earn, Great 30% Transfer Bonus
If you have Citi points, Qatar Airways is running a 30% transfer bonus promo. If you book with Qatar Avios, you'd only need to transfer 48,000 Citi points to get the 62,000 Avios you need to book. Keep in mind that taxes/fees will be ~$326.
You could book with other Avios programs, but British Airways will tack on steep surcharges while Finnair requires 65,000 Avios.
Cathay: Easier To Earn, Reduced Surcharges
At 63,000 Cathay miles is a solid way to book with reduced surcharge if you have Amex, Bilt, Capital One, and Citi points so it's easy to acquire the necessary miles.
Qantas: Easier To Earn, Reduced Surcharges
This is a great option from Boston or New York at 57,000 points one-way with reduced surcharges. You can transfer points from Amex, Capital One, and Citi so it's easy to get the points you need.
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How To Book
- Go to AA's site
- Select Advanced / Multi-city search (just click this link)
- Select Redeem miles
- Select One way or Round trip
- Enter From & To cities
- Select departure date(s)
- Choose the number of passengers
- Select Class as Business/First
- Under Airline, select American Airlines
- Click Search
- Select Calendar to see other dates
If booking with a partner program, I would start by searching with Alaska:
- 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 include a stopover, run a multi-city search from this page.
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Final Thoughts
It's great to see some summer business class award space on American this late int he year. If you're thinking about booking a trip this summer, don't sit on this one too long!
Happy Booking!
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