Premium economy award flights from Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
In the last 30 days AwardTool saw premium economy award space on 7 programs for RDU→KUL. Lowest: 71,500 miles + $17.30 with United MileagePlus, which showed premium economy award space on 95 dates. No nonstop premium economy award was seen in the last 30 days.
Prices observed – ; newest observation .
Page regenerated from the Nov 12, 2026 data snapshot (normally daily). Summary last changed . Seats change quickly.
- Lowest observed
- 71,500 miles + $17.30
- United MileagePlus
- Programs with space
- 7 of 10
- programs seen on this route
- Most dates seen
- 95 of 97
- dates checked · United MileagePlus
- Nonstop
- Not seen
- in the last 30 days
In premium economy, the lowest award seen was 71,500 miles + $17.30 with United MileagePlus, against 148,400 miles + $13.20 with Delta SkyMiles, the next-lowest program. With United MileagePlus, premium economy started at 71,500 miles + $17.30, about 1.2 times the points of its lowest economy award (60,000 miles + $13.40).
Compare programs for premium economy
The lowest one-way premium economy award each program showed on RDU→KUL, sorted by points.
| Program | Points + taxes | Stops | Airlines seen | Seats | Dates seen | Newest observation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines AAdvantage | 70,000 pts + $12.90 | 2 stops |  AA MH | 1 | 1 | See dates | |
| United MileagePlusLowest observed | 71,500 pts + $17.30 | 2 stops |  BR ET NH SQ+1 | 3 | 95 | See dates | |
| Delta SkyMiles | 148,400 pts + $13.20 | 2 stops |  DL KE | 1 | 36 | See dates | |
| Qantas Frequent Flyer | 149,000 pts + $264.30 | 2 stops | AA CX | 1 | 2 | See dates | |
| Air France/KLM Flying Blue | 156,500 pts + $455.60 | 1 stop |  AFDL KLMH | 1 | 7 | See dates | |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | 168,910 pts + $96.51 | 2 stops |  ACNH | 3 | 11 | See dates | |
| GOL Smiles | 472,600 pts + taxes not reported | 2 stops | AA | 2 | 1 | See dates |
Not seen in premium economy: Alaska Atmos Rewards, Etihad Guest and Virgin Atlantic Flying 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.
Observed premium economy award examples
| Departure | Program | Points + taxes | Seats | Stops | Observed (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United MileagePlus | 71,500 pts + $17.30 | 3 | 2 stops | Check this date | ||
| Air France/KLM Flying Blue | 156,500 pts + $455.60 | 1 | 1 stop | Check this date | ||
| United MileagePlus | 170,000 pts + $17.30 | 3 | 2 stops | Check this date | ||
| Air France/KLM Flying Blue | 170,500 pts + $478.50 | 5 | 2 stops | Check this date |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines AAdvantage | 1 of 100 | 1% | |
| United MileagePlus | 95 of 97 | 97% | |
| Delta SkyMiles | 36 of 99 | 36% | |
| Qantas Frequent Flyer | 2 of 98 | 2% | |
| Air France/KLM Flying Blue | 7 of 98 | 7% | |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | 11 of 98 | 11% | |
| GOL Smiles | 1 of 85 | 1% |
Premium economy compared with economy, by program
Each program's lowest one-way premium economy and economy awards on RDU→KUL, 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.
| Program | Premium Economy | Economy | Premium Economy ÷ economy points |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines AAdvantage | 70,000 miles + $12.90 | 37,500 miles + $13.20 | — |
| United MileagePlus | 71,500 miles + $17.30 | 60,000 miles + $13.40 | 1.2× |
| Delta SkyMiles | 148,400 miles + $13.20 | 86,500 miles + $13.20 | 1.7× |
| Qantas Frequent Flyer | 149,000 points + $264.30 | 76,400 points + $323.90 | 2× |
| Air France/KLM Flying Blue | 156,500 miles + $455.60 | 58,500 miles + $321.10 | 2.7× |
| Air Canada Aeroplan | 168,910 points + $96.51 | 56,275 points + $93.61 | 3× |
| GOL Smiles | 472,600 miles + taxes not reported | 161,700 miles + taxes not reported | — |
Best months for premium economy from Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
| Month | Lowest observed | Program | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71,500 pts + $17.30 | United MileagePlus | 3 | |
| 156,500 pts + $455.60 | Air France/KLM Flying Blue | 5 | |
| 70,000 pts + $12.90 | American Airlines AAdvantage | 1 | |
| 170,000 pts + taxes not reported | United MileagePlus | 8 | |
| 149,000 pts + taxes not reported | Qantas Frequent Flyer | 1 | |
| 148,400 pts + $13.20 | Delta SkyMiles | 13 | |
| 158,300 pts + taxes not reported | Delta SkyMiles | 14 | |
| 302,700 pts + taxes not reported | Delta SkyMiles | 1 |
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.
Lowest premium economy award by month and program
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.
| Program | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines AAdvantagemiles | — | — | 70,000+ $12.90 · 1 date | — | — | — | — | — |
| United MileagePlusmiles | 71,500+ $17.30 · 3 dates | 170,000+ $17.30 · 8 dates | 170,0005 dates | 170,0008 dates | 170,00015 dates | 170,00030 dates | 170,00026 dates | — |
| Delta SkyMilesmiles | — | — | — | — | 151,6008 dates | 148,400+ $13.20 · 13 dates | 158,30014 dates | 302,7001 date |
| Qantas Frequent Flyerpoints | — | — | — | — | 149,0001 date | 149,0001 date | — | — |
| Air France/KLM Flying Bluemiles | 170,500+ $478.50 · 1 date | 156,500+ $455.60 · 5 dates | — | — | — | — | 699,0001 date | — |
| Air Canada Aeroplanpoints | — | — | — | — | — | 168,9104 dates | 168,9107 dates | — |
| GOL Smilesmiles | — | — | — | — | — | 472,6001 date | — | — |
Airlines seen in premium economy
Airlines that appeared on the award itineraries AwardTool observed, and the programs that showed them.
- American Airlines (AA): American Airlines AAdvantage, Qantas Frequent Flyer and GOL Smiles
- Air Canada (AC): Air Canada Aeroplan
- Air France (AF): Air France/KLM Flying Blue
- EVA Air (BR): United MileagePlus
- Cathay Pacific (CX): Qantas Frequent Flyer
- Delta Air Lines (DL): Delta SkyMiles and Air France/KLM Flying Blue
- Ethiopian Airlines (ET): United MileagePlus
- Korean Air (KE): Delta SkyMiles
- KLM (KL): Air France/KLM Flying Blue
- Malaysia Airlines (MH): American Airlines AAdvantage and Air France/KLM Flying Blue
- ANA (NH): United MileagePlus and Air Canada Aeroplan
- Singapore Airlines (SQ): United MileagePlus
- 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 Raleigh/Durham (RDU) and to Kuala Lumpur (KUL). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Raleigh/Durham (RDU)Return direction | 71,500 miles + $58.89 | United MileagePlus | 99 |
| Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to London Heathrow (LHR)Also from RDU | 24,000 points + $182.30 | Virgin Atlantic Flying Club | 20 |
| Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Frankfurt (FRA)Also from RDU | 24,000 points + $151.70 | Virgin Atlantic Flying Club | 10 |
| Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)Also from RDU | 24,000 points + $163.10Nonstop | Virgin Atlantic Flying Club | 25 |
| Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Dublin (DUB)Also from RDU | 24,000 points + $182.10 | Virgin Atlantic Flying Club | 6 |
| San Francisco (SFO) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL)Also to KUL | 55,000 points + $48.40 | Alaska Atmos Rewards | 165 |
| Los Angeles (LAX) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL)Also to KUL | 55,000 points + $48.70 | Alaska Atmos Rewards | 193 |
| Houston (IAH) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL)Also to KUL | 65,000 miles + $459.30 | Air France/KLM Flying Blue | 125 |
Points that transfer to these programs
| Program | Amex | Bilt | Capital One | Chase | Citi | Wells Fargo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Canada Aeroplan | 1:1 · Instant | 1:1 · Instant | 1:1 · Instant | 1:1 · Instant | — | — |
| Air France/KLM Flying Blue | 1:1 · Instant | 1:1 · Instant | 1:1 · Instant | 1:1 · Instant | 1:1 · Instant | 1:1 · Instant |
| American Airlines AAdvantage | — | — | — | — | 1:1 · Instant | — |
| Delta SkyMiles | 1:1 · Instant | — | — | — | — | — |
| Qantas Frequent Flyer | 1:1 · Instant | — | 1:1 · ~1-2 days | — | 1:1 · Instant | — |
| United MileagePlus | — | 1:1 · Instant | — | 1:1 · Instant | — | — |
Check current transfer bonuses. Most transfers can't be reversed. AwardTool's list has no transfers from these US card programs to GOL Smiles.
Questions about premium economy award flights from Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
How many points for premium economy from Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL)?
The lowest premium economy award AwardTool has seen was 71,500 miles + $17.30 with United MileagePlus. Seen Oct 28, 2026, 03:02 UTC for a Nov 24, 2026 departure. United MileagePlus showed premium economy award space on 95 departure dates at any price (newest observation Nov 11, 2026, 00:46 UTC). Search live before transferring points.
Which programs had premium economy award space from Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL)?
American Airlines AAdvantage (1 date), United MileagePlus (95 dates), Delta SkyMiles (36 dates), Qantas Frequent Flyer (2 dates), Air France/KLM Flying Blue (7 dates), Air Canada Aeroplan (11 dates) and GOL Smiles (1 date), in the last 30 days.
Can you fly premium economy nonstop from Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL) on points?
AwardTool hasn't observed nonstop premium economy award space on this route in the last 30 days. That doesn't mean nonstop space never appears.
How much are taxes and fees on premium economy award flights from Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL)?
Taxes and fees on each program's lowest award ranged from $13.20 with SkyMiles (148,400 miles + $13.20) to $455.60 with Flying Blue (156,500 miles + $455.60). Amounts are one way per traveler in USD and can differ on other dates and routings.
What's the best month to fly premium economy from Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL) on points?
Counting only month prices from programs with award space on 2 or more dates that month, and leaving out unusually low outliers, the lowest premium economy award AwardTool observed was for Nov 2026 departures: 71,500 miles + $17.30 with MileagePlus (3 dates). The month table shows every lowest price, including those. Based on dates we observed, not a forecast.