Mixed Cabin Awards: Maximize Your Points
00:00:00.000 | the next tactic is mixed cabin awards this has both a pro and a con so most of the times there's
00:00:05.360 | actually no discount if part of your trip is an economy and the rest of it is in business you want
00:00:10.960 | to make sure that you're keeping an eye on this because there are some websites where they'll say
00:00:15.200 | this is a mixed cabin award and if you don't look into what that mixed cabin is so let's say you're
00:00:19.680 | going from san francisco to la to japan if that san francisco to la flights in economy and the long
00:00:24.080 | haul is in business that's great that might be totally fine for you but if the opposite is true
00:00:27.760 | and it says first class but it's actually just first class to la and then economy to japan that's
00:00:33.120 | going to be a terrible redemption of points however where this can become valuable is sometimes those
00:00:38.480 | domestic legs are really tough to find in business class and so if you can't find san francisco to tokyo
00:00:46.880 | in business class because you're only looking for a hundred percent business class you might be able
00:00:52.240 | to find an award where you fly in coach to a connecting city in seattle or los angeles and
00:00:58.400 | then connect on in business class