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Discount First Class travel Made Easy With a Sure-fire Strategy for Upgrading From Business to First
There’s nothing sweeter than a First Class seat on a three-class aircraft. They usually surpass the “hybrid” Business/First Class seats on two-class aircraft hands down.
There aren’t many around these days, though, which is why First Class airfares can cost a small fortune. Fortunately, there are a few reliable ways of scoring discount First Class travel.
Our favorite strategy for obtaining discount First Class travel to Asia involves knowing the cities that offer the lowest Business Class airfares which allow you to upgrade.
Seoul and Tokyo are not far apart, but the upgradeable Business Class fares to them are.
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There are almost never heavily discounted, upgradeable Business Class airfares to Tokyo. However Seoul’s upgradeable fares are amongst the lowest.
United’s lowest upgradeable Business Class airfare from San Francisco to Tokyo is $7,077 round-trip. To Seoul it’s only $3,776.
So book San Francisco-Seoul, and Seoul-Tokyo on two separate tickets. Upgrade cost: 60,000 United frequent flyer miles—a great use of your miles.
For 13 years, First Class Flyer has been two steps ahead of the airlines, providing customers with insider tips on upgrade secrets, mileage plans and how to fly well, for less.