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Yerta
April 08, 2018
Do you know if it is possible to book EVA Air’s business class AFTER having booked it as ECONOMY? Does the option come up at the time of ONLINE CHECK IN? If not is it considerably more expensive to book at the check in counter?
Johnathan
May 15, 2018
I tried booking a hello kitty flight out of LAX to TPE through United Mileage. The connecting SFO to LAX (United) flight was confirmed, however, the Hello Kitty flight itself was “waitlisted.” This was rather frustrating as it seemed as if space was available, but perhaps EVA was holding it for revenue passengers? Anyone have any insight to this?
jeremy
August 12, 2019
The best way to book Eva business is to upgrade from Eva premium economy. I have been using the Citi ThankYou Premier to earn points for Eva, and Eva opens many slots to upgrade to business class if you book through the website. I often use around 70k point for a round-trip from any west coast city to Taipei. Then I buy an upgradable premium economy ticket which cost $600 less if you buy B class and use United miles to upgrade. Eva business cost around $5000, using the Citi points to upgrade, your points can be worth around 4 cents per point.
Richie
May 28, 2021
Air Canada has changed their rules for how to upgrade an existing ticket. I am not sure if we still can use aeroplan points to upgrade to EVA business class. Can you guide us the way to do it?
Kathleen
July 12, 2022
Hello,
I am trying to use ANA flights to book an EVA flight from NYC to TPE. When I try to log into ANA using the method above, I don’t see this menu as mentioned in Step 3 below:
3 On the left side of the page, click ANA International and Partner Airline Flight Rewards.
Is it possible the menu has changed or am I just blind? Any help would be appreciated, thank you!
Kathleen
tatsuki20
July 19, 2022
I searched a HKG-LAX with a TPE connection via Eva on ANA’s website. Yes, it’s 95K miles but the fees are US$478! Still a good deal total cost wise but I wonder why the fees are so high compared to the $30-40 fees you’re coming across
Johnny
January 10, 2023
Since the Pandemic, EVA doesn’t seem to be offering any Business Class seats (at least through ANA) for rewards redemption to Taipei. All my searches between NYC TPE only have availability on Economy, but never Business anymore. Anyone have any workarounds or tips to share on this?
LY
January 21, 2023
They are few and far between. Remember EVA FFs get first dibs when schedule opens 360 days in advance (ANA lists the awards 351 days in advance). You have to be very flexible with your schedule, and avoid all major holidays (thanksgiving, Christmas, lunar new year, and summer vacation). If you can travel outside of those periods, then you’re halfway there. The other half requires checking availability on a daily basis. Tedious but can be done.
Jonathan Ridder
February 28, 2023
I checked for business award space on Aeroplan, both JFK to TPE and SFO to TPE, for about 100 different dates in 2023. Minimum cost, one way, is about 250K miles.
On United, for SFO to TPE, there were zero EVA flight available with business class seats for the dates I checked (about a 100 of them in 2023). United flights cost 200K miles, one way.
I did find space directly on EVA’s website. So, ThankYou points can get you there, but United miles or UR Points are pretty useless for EVA biz class awards.
alfred yao
June 10, 2023
Lately I can only find one seat for business class flying from North America to far east on Aeroplan each day. Big change from a month ago. even from 360 days ahead. Ana is almost impossible and it can only be booked 350 days ahead.
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