First-class award flights from Rome Fiumicino (FCO) to Johannesburg (JNB)

The lowest one-way first-class award each program showed on FCO→JNB, sorted by points.

Program	Points + taxes	Stops	Airlines seen	Seats	Dates seen	Newest observation
Etihad GuestLowest, mixed cabin	158,000 pts + $667.00Mixed cabin	2 stops	EYGF	2	3	Nov 13, 2026, 01:37 UTC	See dates
Qantas Frequent FlyerLowest observed	205,000 pts + $874.11	1 stop	EK	1	3	Nov 13, 2026, 01:37 UTC	See dates

Not seen in first class: American Airlines AAdvantage, Air Canada Aeroplan, Alaska Atmos Rewards, Avianca LifeMiles, JetBlue TrueBlue, Delta SkyMiles, Emirates Skywards, GOL Smiles, Air France/KLM Flying Blue, Turkish Miles & Smiles, United MileagePlus, Virgin Australia Velocity 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 first-class award examples

Awards AwardTool observed for departures in the next 60 days (one way, per traveler)

Departure	Program	Points + taxes	Seats	Stops	Observed (UTC)
Nov 25, 2026	Qantas Frequent Flyer	205,000 pts + $875.83	1	1 stop	Oct 27, 2026, 17:44 UTC	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 first-class 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 first-class award space at any price, and the latest departure with space.

Program	Dates with space	Share of dates checked	Latest departure with space
Etihad Guest	3 of 25	12%	Feb 13, 2027
Qantas Frequent Flyer	3 of 26	11%	Feb 12, 2027

First class compared with economy, by program

Each program's lowest one-way first-class and economy awards on FCO→JNB, in its own points or miles, and how many times the economy points the first-class 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.

Each program's lowest one-way first-class 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 first-class space that month.

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

Program	Nov 2026	Feb 2027
Etihad Guestmiles	—	158,000+ $667.00 · 3 dates · Mixed cabin
Qantas Frequent Flyerpoints	205,000+ $875.83 · 1 date	205,0002 dates

Airlines seen in first class

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

• Emirates (EK): Qantas Frequent Flyer
• Etihad Airways (EY): Etihad Guest
• Gulf Air (GF): Etihad Guest

First class on nearby routes

The lowest first-class 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 Rome Fiumicino (FCO) and to Johannesburg (JNB). 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
Rome Fiumicino (FCO) to Los Angeles (LAX)Also from FCO	66,373 miles + $1,005.29	Lufthansa Miles & More	62
Rome Fiumicino (FCO) to San Francisco (SFO)Also from FCO	70,000 points + $90.39	Alaska Atmos Rewards	289
Rome Fiumicino (FCO) to Chicago O’Hare (ORD)Also from FCO	62,500 miles + $438.39	Lufthansa Miles & More	227
Rome Fiumicino (FCO) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)Also from FCO	309,300 miles + $74.59	United MileagePlus	7
Newark (EWR) to Johannesburg (JNB)Also to JNB	499,900 miles + $5.60	Delta SkyMiles	324
Los Angeles (LAX) to Johannesburg (JNB)Also to JNB	110,000 points + $1,653.10	Alaska Atmos Rewards	24
San Francisco (SFO) to Johannesburg (JNB)Also to JNB	255,000 points + $62.80	Alaska Atmos Rewards	48
Chicago O’Hare (ORD) to Johannesburg (JNB)Also to JNB	299,300 points + $1,225.00	Qantas Frequent Flyer	3

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

Program	Amex	Bilt	Capital One	Chase	Citi	Wells Fargo
Etihad Guest	—	1:1 · Instant	1:1 · ~1 day	—	1:1 · Instant	—
Qantas Frequent Flyer	1:1 · Instant	—	1:1 · ~1-2 days	—	1:1 · Instant	—

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