Swiss Business Class To Europe, Up To 8 Seats

If you’re looking for flights to Europe for a winter or spring trip, Swiss has business class award space for up to eight people! You can even find dates into next summer! We’re even seeing space from the west coast on a chunk of dates!


The Ink Unlimited’s increased offer is set to end at 7am ET on November 7. If you’re planning to apply, I would do so before that just in case the offer gets pulled early. If you’re applying and would like to support STTP, you can learn more here.


Now, let’s get into it!

Straight To The Points

Routes:

  • BOS, EWR, IAD, JFK, LAX, MIA, ORD, SFO, YUL, YYZ - ZRH

  • JFK-GVA


Operating airline: Swiss
Class of service: Business class
Dates: November 2024 - April 2025 (some space into August)
Seats available: 2 (up to 8)
Cabin layout: 1-2-1/2-2-1
Book with (per person, one-way):

  • *Air Canada Aeroplan:

    • BOS, EWR, JFK, YUL: 60,000 points

    • IAD, LAX, MIA, ORD, SFO, YYZ: 70,000 points

  • *avianca lifemiles:

    • JFK-GVA: 60,000 miles

    • JFK-ZRH: 55,000 miles

    • Other routes: 69,000 miles

  • ANA Mileage Club: 100,000 miles (round-trip only)

  • Asiana Club: 40,000 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

  • To US: ~$55

  • From Canada: ~$54

  • To Canada: ~$40

  • Surcharges:

    • From US: ~$1,019

    • From CA: ~$703

    • From ZRH: ~$494


Aeroplan and lifemiles have small partner booking fees.


Bank transfer partners:

  • Air Canada: Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Chase, Marriott

  • ANA: Amex, Marriott

  • Asiana: Marriott

  • lifemiles: Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Citi, Marriott

  • EVA Air: Citi, Capital One

  • Singapore: Amex, Chase, Citi, Capital One, Marriott

  • Turkish: Bilt, Capital One, Citi, Marriott

  • United: Bilt, Chase, Marriott


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Flight Experience


The food and service are both solid. If you can get one of the throne seats, it's even better as you'll have tons of space -- the armrests are like small tables. If traveling with someone, you might want to choose seats in the middle section.

Unless you have Miles & More Senator or Hon Circle status, you won't be able to select the throne seats for free until 24-48 hours prior to departure (if available). However, you can pay ~$150-200 for a throne seat.

Best Ways To Book

Lifemiles: Great Option On Many Routes

Lifemiles is your best option for JFK to Zurich non-stop at 55,000 LifeMiles if you have Amex, Bilt, Capital One, or Citi points. On the Geneva route, 60,000 points is a solid rate but matched by Aeroplan.

Other routes and/or itineraries with connections will require 69,000 lifemiles. This is a good choice with Citi points, but I would look to Aeroplan otherwise.

Aeroplan: Great Option From East Coaast

If you have Bilt, Capital One, or Chase points, Aeroplan is your best bet at 60,000 points for a nonstop from the east coast on routes other than JFK-Zurich.

While 70,000 points for a non-stop from the central US and west coast is 1,000 more points than lifemiles, it’s easier to work with Aeroplan if there are issues, so I’m willing to use a few more miles.


If you fly the west coast routes and need a connection on either end, you’ll likely bump the rate up to 90,000 Aeroplan points.


Aeroplan award chart. You can use GCmap to calculate your total flight distance. A stopover requires 5,000 additional miles on a one-way award.


Chase Aeroplan + Chase Points


If you have the Chase Aeroplan Card, you can get a 10% bonus when you transfer 50,000+ Chase points. Depending on the route, that means you’ll only need to transfer 55,000 or 64,000 Ultimate Rewards points for a non-stop award.


This could give Aeroplan the advantage on all non-stop routes plus many options that include connecting flights.

United: Niche Use With Bilt or Chase Points

If your total flight distance exceeds 6,000 flight miles, Aeroplan will require 90,000 points. United will require 88,000 miles regardless of the total distance, At that point, United has a slight advantage over Aeroplan. Plus, you can use United’s Excursionist Perk on a round-trip award.

How To Search


You can use United to search.

  1. From United's homepage, select Advanced search

  2. Choose to show price in miles

  3. Select Roundtrip or One-way

  4. Enter the origin & destination

  5. Select Nonstop only (if you don't need a connection)

  6. Select the number of passengers

  7. Select your dates or choose Flexible dates and choose a month

  8. Select Business

  9. Run the search

  10. If booking with another program, search with that program


Happy booking!