Austrian Airlines Business Class, Up to 9 (Winter)
If you're looking for a winter adventure in Europe, Austrian Airlines has business class award space for 2+ people. On most dates, you'll actually find space for 4-9 people. Your best best for finding space is to/from Chicago but there's also some space from Montreal, Newark, and DC.
Aeroplan and LifeMiles are your best bet to avoid surcharges. For some reason, United doesn't seem to see the award space.
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Straight To The Points:
Routes: EWR/IAD/ORD/YUL-VIE
Operating airline: Austrian Airlines
Class of service: Business class
Dates: December 2023 - January 2024
Seats available: 2+ (4-9 on most dates)
Cabin layout: 1-2-1 (Boeing 767), 1-2-1/2-2-2 (Boeing 777)
Book with (per person, one-way):
- *Air Canada Aeroplan: 70,000 points
- ANA Mileage Club: 88,000 miles (round-trip only)
- Asiana Club: 40,000 miles
- *Avianca LifeMiles: 63,000 miles
- EVA Infinity MileageLands: 65,000 miles
- Miles & More: 56,000 miles
- Singapore KrisFlyer: 81,000 miles
- Turkish Miles&Smiles: 45,000 miles
- *United MileagePlus: 77,000 miles (in theory)
*No Surcharges
Taxes/fees (per person):
- From US: $5.60
- From VIE to US: ~$112
- From YUL: ~$79
- From VIE to YUL: $75
- Surcharges: ~$1,400 round-trip
Bank transfer partners:
- Air Canada: Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Marriott
- ANA : Amex, Marriott
- Asiana: Marriott
- Avianca: Amex, Capital One, Citi, Marriott
- EVA: Capital One, Citi
- Singapore: Amex, Capital One, Chase, Citi, Marriott
- Turkish: Bilt, Citi, Capital One, Marriott
- United: Bilt, Chase, Marriott
Don't forget to let me know if you book and how you did it!
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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.
Austrian excels with its 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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Available Dates
ORD-VIE
December: 11, 18, 19, 25
January: 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 18, 22, 23, 25 ,29, 30
VIE-ORD
December: 14, 19, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29
January: 2, 4, 9, 11, 12, 16, 18, 19, 23, 25, 26, 30
YUL-VIE
December: 4, 6, 11, 20, 25, 27, 28
January: 1, 3, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 22, 24, 27, 29, 31
VIE-YUL
January: 31
EWR-VIE
January: 5, 10, 12, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29,. 31
VIE-EWR
January: 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26, 31
IAD-VIE
January: 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
VIE-IAD
December: 27
January: 10-12, 18, 19, 24-26, 31
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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
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.
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Bottom Line
Austria is a beautiful country that's definitely worth a visit and Austrian Airlines provides a fun way to get there. If Austria isn't on your list, I'm sure there's another country in Europe that you might enjoy exploring!
Happy booking!
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