We transferred the required points from American Express Membership Rewards.
We ended up booking with 62,500 Flying Blue Miles and had to pay $326 in taxes and fees, but the ticket was going for about $2,200 in cash, so we were still getting a good redemption with 3.5 cents per point. Since we were booking these flights at the last minute - only a week before I needed to be in Germany - we didn't get the best rate. All three of the big US airlines have either introduced it or are planning to, while many of the big European carriers like British Airways, Iberia and Virgin Atlantic have seats in the premium economy cabin that are more or less like the ones you'd find in domestic first class.Ĭurious how it would be to make the hop across the Atlantic in a premium economy cabin, I worked the experience into a flight I needed to get to Frankfurt (FRA) for a work event - I settled on flying Air France's premium economy from New York-JFK to Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and then taking a connection to Germany. Premium economy is becoming more and more prevalent. Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available.
