[Award Alert] Wide-Open Availability in Business Class to Germany From 55K Miles

Updated: March 21, 2025, 11:27am CDT

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Award Alert — The Details
Best Ways To Book
Final Thoughts

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Those looking for business-class seats to Germany can snag award seats from 55,000 miles per person, and we’ve found availability from now through early 2026. That’s great no matter when you want to travel.

Let’s take a look at the details.

Award Alert — The Details

These awards are available through Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan and can be booked for as few as 55,000 miles one-way per passenger. You’ll be flying on Condor, which features lie-flat seating — and its famous striped planes.

Class: Business
Routes: Boston (BOS), New York (JFK), Miami (MIA), Seattle (SEA), and San Francisco (SFO) to Frankfurt (FRA)
Dates: April 2025 through February 2026
Rates: As few as 55,000 miles one-way plus $49
Seats: Up to 8 passengers in business class, up to 6 passengers in economy

We’ve found as many as 9 seats per flight in business class on most dates. That’s highly unusual, and it’s excellent for those wanting to fly in large groups.

To search for available dates, you can use a tool like Seats.aero, which provides a big-picture overview across a range of dates and routes.

Seats.aero availability USA FRA using Alaska miles — Image Credit: Seats.aero

This will be much more helpful than Alaska Airlines’ calendar, which will highlight awards that cost fewer miles but route through London, including over $1,000 in taxes and fees. No thanks.

Alaska Mileage Plan calendar JFK FRA awards April 2025 — Image Credit: Alaska Airlines

Once you’ve found your flights, you can book them on Alaska Airlines’ website. From East Coast airports like New York-Kennedy (JFK), you’ll pay 55,000 miles plus about $49 per person to book this nearly 8-hour flight.

Alaska Mileage Plan award JFK FRA on Condor — Image Credit: Alaska Airlines

Flying from the West Coast, expect to pay 70,000 miles plus $49 per person for these seats.

Best Ways To Book

The best way to book these flights is to redeem Alaska Mileage Plan miles, paying 55,000 miles plus $49 per person from the East Coast. That number jumps to 75,000 miles from the West Coast.

Earning Alaska Airlines miles isn’t as easy as some other programs, due to a lack of transfer partners. However, you have some decent options. Alaska Airlines has 2 co-branded credit cards to help you earn miles, and you can transfer points from Bilt Rewards at a 1:1 ratio or from Marriott Bonvoy at a 3:1 ratio.

You also can transfer Amex Membership Rewards points to Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles and then transfer from HawaiianMiles to Alaska Mileage Plan — all at a 1:1 ratio. There’s no guarantee this workaround will last forever.

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Final Thoughts

We’ve found a mountain of business-class award space to Frankfurt with Condor, available from now through February 2026. Plus, there are up to 8 seats available in business class on many dates, which is excellent if you’re taking the whole family over the ocean. Additionally, the cash component is very reasonable at $49 per passenger.

Even if Frankfurt isn’t your intended destination, with rates this low, you can use this award space to get over the Atlantic and then connect onward to other parts of Europe cheaply and efficiently, thanks to the numerous options for low-cost flights and trains.