[SUITE SPOTS] China Airlines Business Class to Taipei

@themilescouple Points and Miles Academy Virgin Atlantic has more “Saver” award space for business class seats to London! Pricing is 29K points from JFK and ATL, 41K points from LAX, and 68K points from SEA. However, Amex offers 40% bonus points to Virgin Atlantic through the end of 2024, so you only need 21K points (JFK + ATL), 30K points (LAX), or 49K points (SEA). This is seriously the best pricing you can get for business class to Europe across the board… but especially for the west…

Happy New Year, Reader! If one of your resolutions for the new year is to travel more… This email’s for you. Did you know that nearly half of Americans make New Year’s resolutions, but only around a quarter of them actually stay committed in the first 30 days? According to Columbia University, even fewer actually accomplish their goals by the end of the year… Less than 10%! So let’s make sure that your 2025 travel resolutions stay within reach. Pick 3 places that you would love to visit…

@themilescouple Award Booking Service Fly lie-flat to Tokyo with a layover in Paris (which you can turn into a several-day stopover)! Pricing for these dates is at 95,000 points! With Chase’s 20% transfer bonus to Air France/KLM, you’ll only need to transfer 80,000 points per seat. Flying through Europe is definitely a more round-about way to get to Tokyo from the US, but considering how competitive premium award availability to Japan is these days, it may be worth it if any of these dates…

@themilescouple Award Booking Service Business class award space to Japan is limited, mostly last-minute, and predominantly outbound Late last night, All Nippon Airways (ANA) dropped a ton of (mostly last-minute) business class award availability from several cities across the US to Tokyo! If you’re not the type of person who enjoys booking travel the month of departure, you may want to consider flying out of Mexico City instead – especially if MEX a less than 3-4 hour flight from your home…

@themilescouple Award Booking Service Fly lie-flat to Istanbul on several nonstop routes! Fly out of New York, Chicago, DC, Los Angeles, or San Francisco. Pricing for the dates shown below is at 65,000 points + $217 each way when booking directly through Turkish Airlines! We’re also included three more ways you can book – through United, Air Canada, and ANA – but double-check your preferred travel dates with these specific partners, since not all dates are available across all programs. If…

@themilescouple Award Booking Service If you’re flexible, you can book Air France business class to Paris starting at 32,000 Chase points (or 37,500 points with any other bank) This is thanks to FlyingBlue’s monthly promo rewards, which discount the route Ottawa to Paris to only 37,500 points on select dates. Combine this with Chase’s 20% transfer bonus, and you only need to transfer 32,000 points to book! bulkhead seats at the front of the business class cabin are slightly larger than all…