Austrian Airlines Business Class, Up to 9 Seats
If you're hoping to book a larger group to Europe in business class, Austrian Airlines has a nice chunk of space available in early 2025 as well as some dates this summer and fall.
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Straight To The Points
Routes: BOS/EWR/IAD/JFK/ORD/YUL-VIE
Operating airline: Austrian Airlines
Class of service: Business class
Dates: July 2024, January - April 2025
Seats available: 2 (up to 9)
Cabin layout: 1-2-1 (Boeing 767 & 787); 1-2-1/2-2-2 (Boeing 777)
Book with (per person, one-way):
- *Air Canada Aeroplan: 70,000 miles
- ANA Mileage Club: 100,000 miles (round-trip only)
- Asiana Club: 40,000 miles
- *Avianca LifeMiles: 63,000 miles
- EVA Infinity MileageLands: 65,000 miles
- Lufthansa Miles & More: 56,000 miles
- Singapore KrisFlyer: 81,000 miles
- Turkish Miles&Smiles: 90,000 miles
- *United MileagePlus: 88,000 miles
*No Surcharges
Taxes/fees (per person):
- From US: $5.60 (~$50 from YUL)
- From VIE: ~$66 (~$45 from YUL)
- Surcharges from US: ~$1,019
- Surcharges from VIE: ~$395.30
Aeroplan and LifeMiles have partner booking fees.
Bank transfer partners:
- Air Canada Aeroplan: Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Marriott
- ANA Mileage Club: Amex, Marriott
- Asiana Club: Marriott
- Avianca LifeMiles: Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Citi, Marriott
- EVA Air Infinity MileageLands: Capital One, Citi
- Singapore KrisFlyer: Amex, Capital One, Chase, Citi, Marriott
- Turkish Miles&Smiles : Citi, Capital One, Marriott
- United MileagePlus: Bilt, Chase, Marriott
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BOS-VIE
July: 8, 9, 13, 20, 22
November: 13, 17, 20, 24, 27, 29
December: 1, 4, 8, 11
January: 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26, 29, 31
February: 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26
March: 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28, 30, 31
April: 1-3, 5-10
VIE-BOS
July: 23
November: 13, 15, 20, 22, 24, 27, 29
December: 1, 4, 6, 11
January: 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26, 29, 31
February: 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28
March: 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28, 30, 31
April: 1-3, 5-10
EWR-VIE
January: 14
February: 11
March: 30
April: 1, 2
VIE-EWR
June: 18, 19, 21
January: 21, 25, 28
February: 10
April: 1, 2, 4, 8
IAD-VIE
December: 31
January: 14, 19, 28
February: 11, 18
VIE-IAD
January: 14, 16, 17, 21, 23-25, 28, 30
February: 6, 13, 20, 27
March: 6, 27
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VIE-JFK
January: 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25, 28, 30
February: 4, 6, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27
March: 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27
April: 4, 9
ORD-VIE
December: 30
January: 10, 13, 20, 27
February: 3, 9, 16, 23
March: 3, 10, 17, 24, 30
VIE-ORD
December: 27
February: 5, 12
March: 5, 7, 12, 19, 26
April: 2, 3, 9, 10
YUL-VIE
June: 14
July: 1, 4, 5, 15
November: 20
December: 29, 30
January: 2, 8, 9, 12, 13, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27, 30
February: 3, 6, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 24
March: 3, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 19, 23, 24, 26, 31
April: 1, 6, 8
VIE-YUL
June: 12, 14, 19, 22, 24-26
July: 5
December: 15, 22, 29
January: 12, 27
February: 8, 17, 24
March: 3, 9, 16, 23, 30
April: 1
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Flight Experience
Austrian Airlines offers a 1-2-1 business class cabin with staggered seating on its Boeing 767. Every seat is lie-flat and has direct aisle access which checks the most basic boxes.
On its Boeing 777, you'll see a combo of 1-2-1 and 2-2-2 seating. If your route has the 777, try to get one of the throne seats if you're traveling solo as it will provide the most space and the most privacy.
In June/July, Austrian will start operating flights to/from JFK and ORD on a Boeingn 787 they acquired from Bamboo Airways, The business class cabin is arranged in a 1-2-1 reverse herringbone layout. Personally, I think this will be the best Austrian business class product.
Austrian excels with DO&CO catering. If you like coffee, make sure you give some of the Viennese coffee options a try. If you want to sleep on your way to Europe, maybe save the coffee for breakfast.
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*Bookable with points
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Best Ways To Book
LifeMiles: Great Rate, No Surcharges
At 63,000 miles one-way, LifeMiles is your best bet if you have Amex, Capital One, or Citi points. If you book the JFK route, you'll only need 58,000 LifeMiles.
Aeroplan: Solid Rate, Stopovers On One-Ways
You'll need 70,000 points for a non-stop flight. If you keep the total flight distance to a max of 6,000 flight miles, this rate won't change if you include connecting flights in the US and/or Europe. If you don't want to deal with LifeMiles, this is often your best option.
You can also include a stopover for 5,000 additional miles. You can use GCmap to calculate your total flight distance and double-check Aeroplan's zone-based chart.
United: Stopover On Round-Trips
If you're trying to get rid of some United miles, 88,000 miles for a one-way to Europe is decent (for United). It also has a slight advantage over Aeroplan if you have Chase points and are connecting from the west coast.
You can utilize United's Excursionist Perk to include a free one-way ticket within Europe on a round-trip award. Basically, it's a stopover.
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How To Book
If you don't know the exact dates you want to fly, keep things simple and use United's calendar search option.
- From United's homepage, select Advanced search
- Choose to show price in miles
- Select Roundtrip or One-way
- Enter the origin & destination
- Select Nonstop only (if you don't need a connection)
- Select the number of passengers
- Select your dates or choose Flexible dates and choose a month
- Select Business
- Run the search
- If booking with another Star Alliance partner, confirm space by searching with that program
- Transfer points (if necessary)
- Log into your account
- Run the search again
- Complete the booking
Make sure you search with the program you want to use to book before transferring points.
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Final Thoughts
Austria is a beautiful country that's worth a visit and Austrian Airlines provides a fun way to get there. You can try the famous Sachertorte during your visit.
While the Hotel Sacher Wien is the origin of this famous dessert, I would suggest going to Kleines Café (cash only, I believe). This was recommended by a local guide as a way to avoid overpaying and big crowds.
Happy booking!
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