|  | LOT Polish Business Class To Poland For 2 |
| Let's get this out of the way upfront. LOT business class isn't an earth shattering experience. However, if a lie-flat is a priority on flights to Europe, this is a solid option to get you there! You can even find a few dates from the west coast.
LOT also offers connecting flights to a ton of European cities so you may be able to include a connection on your award ticket.
Points Wire Highlights
Now, let’s get into it! |
|  | | Straight To The Points
Routes: EWR, JFK, LAX, ORD, YYZ - WAW ORD - KRK EWR - RZE
Operating airline: LOT Polish Airlines
Class of service: Business class
Dates: January - May 2025
Seats available: 2
Cabin layout: 2-2-2
Book with (per person, one-way): *Air Canada Aeroplan: 70,000 points ANA Mileage Club: 100,000 miles (round-trip only) Asiana Club: 40,000 miles *avianca lifemiles: 69,000 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 From Canada: ~$54 From Poland: To US: ~$41 To Canada: ~$23
Surcharges are reasonable. With ANA Mileage Club, total taxes/fees are are only ~$211 round-trip. Aeroplan and LifeMiles have partner booking fees.
Bank transfer partners: Air Canada: Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Chase, Marriott Asiana Club: Marriott lifemiles: Amex, Capital One, Citi, Marriott EVA: Capital One, Citi Singapore: Amex, Capital One, Chase, Citi, Marriott Turkish: Bilt, Capital One, Citi, Marriott United: Bilt, Chase, Marriott
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|  | | | EWR-WAW September: 4 October: 21 January: 9, 16, 19, 21, 26, 28 February: 4, 6, 11, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25 March: 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 18, 20, 23, 25 April: 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 24 May: 26 WAW-EWR September: 6 December: 12, 17, 19 January: 14, 23, 30 February: 2, 4, 9, 11, 13, 25, 27 March: 2, 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 25, 27 April: 1, 3, 8, 10, 24 May: 6, 8, 9, 15, 22, 27, 30
JFK-WAW October: 15, 17 November: 1, 8, 13, 14, 29 December: 5 January: 7-10, 12, 15-21, 23-27, 29-31 February: 4-28 March: 1-12, 14-31 April: 1 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 23, 24 May: 5, 8, 27, 29 WAW-JFK September: 6, 12 November: 13, 14, 27 December: 4-7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 17 January: 9, 10, 12, 14-18, 20-22, 24, 26-31 February: 2, 4, 5, 7-18, 20, 22, 23, 25-28 March: 1, 3, 4, 6-16. 19-21, 25-30 April: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7-9, 13, 15, 24 May: 5, 6
ORD-WAW January: 8, 13, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27-29 February: 3, 4, 10-13, 17-19, 22, 24-26 March: 3, 4, 01, 13, 17, 19, 24, 25, 28-31 April: 1, 4, 5, 13, 15 WAW-ORD November: 21, 26-28 December: 15, 17, 18 January: 16, 18, 19, 21-26. 28-31 February: 5, 7, 11-13, 17, 18, 20, 23, 26, 27 March: 5-9, 12, 13, 20, 25-27, 30, 31 April: 2, 5-7, 9, 15, 22, 23 |
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| LAX-WAW February: 5, 19, 21, 22, 28 March: 5 WAW-LAX February: 4, 5, 11, 14, 15, 18, 19, 26, 28 March: 11, 15
YYZ-WAW October: 21, 22, 24 November: N/A December: 16, 18 January: 7, 14, 17, 20, 26-28, 31 February: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7-9, 19-24, 26, 27 March: 2, 4, 10-20, 22-28 April: N/A May: 19 WAW-YYZ September: 7 December: 5, 16 January: 10, 16, 25, 30 February: 1, 2, 4-8, 11, 13, 18-21, 25-27 March: 2, 4, 8, 11-13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 31 April: 1-7, 15 March: 23, 28, 29
ORD-KRK October: 20 November: 10 January: 12, 19, 26 October: 2, 9, 16, 23 March: 2, 9, 16, 23 April: 3, 10, 12 KRK-ORD December: 16 January: 13 February: 3, 10, 17, 24 March: 3, 10, 17, 24, 30 April: 4, 6, 11
EWR-RZE October: 13, 20 March: 30 April: 6, 13 May: 11, 18, 25 RZE-EWR March: 31 April: 7, 14 May: 5, 12 |
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|  | | Flight Experience
While seats are lie-flat, this 2-2-2 business class cabin layout does not provide direct aisle access for all passengers. If you want easy aisle access without your seatmate having to climb around you, pick one of the middle seats.
As I mentioned up top, this is about getting lie-flat seat more than anything else. Personally, I wouldn't expect to be blown away by the food or service.
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| Best Ways To Book
ANA: Great Round-trip Option, Slow Amex Transfers
At 100,000 miles round-trip, ANA Mileage Club is your best round-trip option. However, Amex is your only transfer option and transfers can take a few days.
Connections won't increase the award rate but could increase the taxes/fees if you connect in Europe on a Star Alliance partner that has surcharges.
Lifemiles: Great One-Way Option, Amex Transfer Bonus
With Amex, Bilt, Capital One, or Citi points, lifemiles is often a slightly better option than Aeroplan at 69,000 miles one-way. However, I find Aeroplan easier to deal with and change/cancellation fees are lower with Aeroplan.
If you redeem a ton of lifemiles each year, it might be worth getting a lifemiles+ subscription to get a 10% rebate on Star Alliance redemptions.
Aeroplan: Great Option With Chase Transfer Bonus
Aeroplan is a solid option at 70,000 points one-way for the non-stop. If you don’t want to deal with the headaches of lifemiles, book with Aeroplan.
If you have the Chase Aeroplan Card, you can get a 10% transfer bonus when you transfer 50,000+ Chase Ultimate Rewards points. That drops your points cost to 64,000 Chase points.
You can also include a stopover for 5,000 additional miles. Use GCmap to calculate your total flight distance and double-check Aeroplan's award chart. |
|  | How To SearchFrom 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
Once you know the exact dates you want, run a search with the program you'll use to book. As always, I recommend confirming the program you're using sees the award space before you transfer points.
Happy booking! |
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