Premium economy award flights from Durban (DUR) to Los Angeles (LAX)

The lowest one-way premium economy award each program showed on DUR→LAX, sorted by points.

Program	Points + taxes	Stops	Airlines seen	Seats	Dates seen	Newest observation
United MileagePlusLowest observed	60,500 pts + $88.19	3 stops	4ZB6ETLH+2	2	31	Nov 6, 2026, 18:47 UTC	See dates
Emirates Skywards	99,000 pts + $325.90	1 stop	EK	1	3	Nov 4, 2026, 17:39 UTC	See dates
Air Canada Aeroplan	138,727 pts + $147.10	2 stops	ACEKSA	2	7	Nov 4, 2026, 21:48 UTC	See dates

Not seen in premium economy: American Airlines AAdvantage, Alaska Atmos Rewards and Qatar Airways Privilege Club.

Not seen means AwardTool hasn't observed this cabin on this route in the last 30 days. It doesn't mean the airline has no seats. Dates seen counts departure dates with an open award in that cabin at any price; newest observation is the latest time AwardTool saw one of them. Seats is the count the program reported when we observed it; some programs report at most 9.

Prices are one-way per traveler: the program's points or miles plus taxes and carrier fees in USD, as AwardTool observed them in the observation window. Award space changes constantly. A seat we saw may be gone, and space we haven't seen may exist. Always confirm with a live search before transferring points; most transfers can't be reversed.

How often premium economy award space showed up

Departure dates in the next 365 days that AwardTool checked for each program in the last 30 days, how many had premium economy award space at any price, and the latest departure with space.

Program	Dates with space	Share of dates checked	Latest departure with space
United MileagePlus	31 of 31	100%	Aug 22, 2027
Emirates Skywards	3 of 31	9%	May 16, 2027
Air Canada Aeroplan	7 of 32	21%	May 16, 2027

Premium economy compared with economy, by program

Each program's lowest one-way premium economy and economy awards on DUR→LAX, in its own points or miles, and how many times the economy points the premium economy award needed. — in the last column means one of the two is a mixed-cabin award or was not seen on 2 or more dates.

Best months for premium economy from Durban (DUR) to Los Angeles (LAX)

Lowest prices among the dates we observed, by departure month. A record, not a forecast.

Month	Lowest observed	Program	Dates
Jan 2027	60,500 pts + taxes not reported	United MileagePlus	5
Mar 2027	60,500 pts + taxes not reported	United MileagePlus	16
May 2027	99,000 pts + $325.90	Emirates Skywards	3
Aug 2027	250,000 pts + taxes not reported	United MileagePlus	5

A month's taxes are those of an award AwardTool recorded at that month's lowest price for a departure that month. “Taxes not reported” means the data has none for that month; the award still has taxes and fees.

Each program's lowest one-way premium economy award by departure month, in its own points or miles, with the taxes of that month's lowest award and the program's open dates that month under it. A price without taxes had none reported for that month. — means the program showed no premium economy space that month.

Lowest prices among the dates we observed, by departure month. A record, not a forecast.

Program	Jan 2027	Mar 2027	May 2027	Aug 2027
United MileagePlusmiles	60,5005 dates	60,50016 dates	150,0005 dates	250,0005 dates
Emirates Skywardsmiles	—	—	99,000+ $325.90 · 3 dates	—
Air Canada Aeroplanpoints	—	207,0952 dates	138,727+ $147.10 · 5 dates	—

Airlines seen in premium economy

Airlines that appeared on the award itineraries AwardTool observed, and the programs that showed them.

• Airlink (4Z): United MileagePlus
• Air Canada (AC): Air Canada Aeroplan
• JetBlue (B6): United MileagePlus
• Emirates (EK): Emirates Skywards and Air Canada Aeroplan
• Ethiopian Airlines (ET): United MileagePlus
• Lufthansa (LH): United MileagePlus
• South African Airways (SA): United MileagePlus and Air Canada Aeroplan
• United Airlines (UA): United MileagePlus

Premium economy on nearby routes

The lowest premium economy award AwardTool observed on related routes, as each route's page shows it: the return direction, other airports in the same cities, and more routes from Durban (DUR) and to Los Angeles (LAX). One way, in the program's points or miles, with that award's taxes when the data has them.

Route	Lowest observed	Program	Dates seen
Los Angeles (LAX) to Durban (DUR)Return direction	60,500 miles + $55.90	United MileagePlus	21
Durban (DUR) to Atlanta (ATL)Also from DUR	150,000 miles + $69.89	United MileagePlus	10
Durban (DUR) to Washington Dulles (IAD)Also from DUR	60,500 miles + $83.29	United MileagePlus	7
Amsterdam (AMS) to Los Angeles (LAX)Also to LAX	20,500 points + $428.34	Virgin Atlantic Flying Club	213
Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) to Los Angeles (LAX)Also to LAX	20,500 points + $376.64	Virgin Atlantic Flying Club	161
London Heathrow (LHR) to Los Angeles (LAX)Also to LAX	16,500 points + $653.98Nonstop	Virgin Atlantic Flying Club	325
Frankfurt (FRA) to Los Angeles (LAX)Also to LAX	39,000 points + $332.76	Virgin Atlantic Flying Club	80
Rome Fiumicino (FCO) to Los Angeles (LAX)Also to LAX	39,000 points + $415.94	Virgin Atlantic Flying Club	89

US card points to program miles or points: ratio and typical transfer time

Program	Amex	Bilt	Capital One	Chase	Citi	Wells Fargo
Air Canada Aeroplan	1:1 · Instant	1:1 · Instant	1:1 · Instant	1:1 · Instant	—	—
Emirates Skywards	5:4 · Instant	1:1 · Instant	2:1.5 · Instant	—	1:0.8 · Instant	—
United MileagePlus	—	1:1 · Instant	—	1:1 · Instant	—	—

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