First Class Flight Guides: Every Route, Every Suite

Eleven first class cabins, every route they fly, how each compares with its own business class, and what our tickets, fare scans and award scanners say they cost.

30 guides · 5 collections

Every guide here is built from Biirdee's own data. The routes come from the schedule data behind our route pages, checked against our desk's carrier and aircraft references; the prices come from our fare scans and award scanners; and the ticket counts come from the first class tickets our desk has issued. Start with which US cities have which first class or the best first class airlines, or go straight to your airport: Los Angeles, New York JFK, San Francisco, Miami, Boston, Chicago or Dallas/Fort Worth.

Weighing two cabins? The head-to-heads cover ANA The Room vs The Suite, ANA The Suite vs JAL First, Singapore Suites vs Emirates First and KrisFlyer Advantage vs Access awards.

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First Class From Your US Airport

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First Class From Los Angeles (LAX) in 2026: Every Airline, Where Each Flies and What It Costs

First class from Los Angeles (LAX) to Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Australia: all nine airlines in our data, the aircraft, and what each costs.

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First Class From New York (JFK) in 2026: Every Airline, Where Each Flies and What It Costs

First class from New York (JFK) to Asia, the Middle East and Europe: all eight airlines in our data, the aircraft, and what each costs.

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First Class From San Francisco (SFO) in 2026: Every Airline, Where Each Flies and What It Costs

First class from San Francisco (SFO) to Asia, the Middle East and Europe: all seven airlines in our data, the aircraft, and what each costs.

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First Class From Miami (MIA) in 2026: Every Airline, Where Each Flies and What It Costs

First class from Miami (MIA) to the Middle East and Europe: all five airlines in our data, the aircraft, and what each costs.

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First Class From Boston (BOS) in 2026: Every Airline, Where Each Flies and What It Costs

First class from Boston (BOS) to the Middle East and Europe: all five airlines in our data, the aircraft, and what each costs.

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First Class From Chicago (ORD) in 2026: Every Airline, Where Each Flies and What It Costs

First class from Chicago (ORD) to Asia, the Middle East and Europe: all four airlines in our data, the aircraft, and what each costs.

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First Class From Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) in 2026: Every Airline, Where Each Flies and What It Costs

First class from Dallas (DFW) to Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Australia: all four airlines in our data, the aircraft, and what each costs.

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Every Route, Airline by Airline

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Singapore Airlines Suites and First Class (2026): Every Route, Suites vs Business, and How to Book It

Singapore Suites in 2026: all nine A380 Suites routes, how to reach them from the US, Suites vs business, and KrisFlyer prices from our award scans.

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Emirates First Class (2026): Every US Route, First vs Business, and What It Really Costs

Emirates First in 2026: the 12 US airports Emirates serves, where our data shows first class, First vs business, and real fares and points prices.

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Etihad First Apartment and The Residence (2026): Every A380 Route, and How to Fly It From the US

Etihad First Apartment in 2026: the six A380 routes from Abu Dhabi, why no US flight has it, the Toronto option, First vs business, and how to book it.

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ANA The Suite First Class (2026): Every Route, The Suite vs The Room, and the Miles That Book It

ANA The Suite in 2026: which 777-300ER routes carry it from the US, how it compares with The Room, and what ANA Mileage Club and Virgin points charge.

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Japan Airlines First Class (2026): The A350-1000 Routes, JAL First vs Business, and How to Book It

JAL First in 2026: the A350-1000 routes from the US and Europe, JAL First vs business with our own fare scans, and the AAdvantage and Atmos award rates.

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Cathay Pacific First Class (2026): Where It Still Flies, First vs Aria Suite Business, and How to Book It Before It Goes

Cathay First in 2026: the routes where our Cathay scanner has seen first class seats open, First vs the Aria Suite, Asia Miles prices, and the retrofit.

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Air France La Première (2026): Every US Route, La Première vs Business, and What It Costs

Air France La Première in 2026: the US routes in our data, the new four-suite cabin, what our fare scans say it costs against business, and how to book it.

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Lufthansa First Class (2026): The Allegris First Routes, First vs Business, and the One Program That Books It

Lufthansa First in 2026: the Allegris First routes from Munich, the older First still flying, First vs business, and why only Miles & More books it now.

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SWISS First Class (2026): Senses First on Boston and Seoul, First vs Business, and Every Route We Have Booked

SWISS First in 2026: where the new Senses First flies, the older first class on other routes, First vs business, and what our own SWISS tickets show.

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British Airways First Class (2026): Every US Route, First vs Club Suite, and the Miles That Book It

British Airways First in 2026: the US routes in our data, the A380 retrofit and new First, First vs Club Suite at real fares, and the miles that book it.

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Qantas First Class (2026): The A380 Routes From the US, First vs Business, and the Points Prices We See

Qantas First in 2026: the A380 routes from Los Angeles and Dallas, First vs business at our scanned fares, Qantas points prices, and what Sunrise changes.

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Head to Head

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ANA The Room vs The Suite (2026): Business vs First on the Same 777, in Routes and Miles

ANA The Room vs The Suite in 2026: one 777-300ER, two cabins. Where both fly, the mileage gap on the ANA and Virgin charts, and when first earns its price.

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ANA The Suite vs JAL First Class (2026): Routes, Seats, Miles and Which to Book From Your City

ANA The Suite vs JAL First in 2026: which US cities each flies from, the aircraft, the award programs and banks that reach each, and what JAL First costs.

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Singapore Suites vs Emirates First Class (2026): Routes From the US, the Cabins, and What Each Costs

Singapore Suites vs Emirates First in 2026: where each flies from the US, the A380 cabins, fares and award prices from our own scans, and which to book.

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KrisFlyer Advantage vs Access (2026): Saver, Advantage and Access Awards Compared for Suites and Business

KrisFlyer Saver, Advantage and Access compared: how each is priced, waitlists, stopovers and fees, plus the Singapore Airlines prices our scanner saw.

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Emirates vs Etihad vs Qatar First Class (2026): Which Gulf First Class You Can Actually Fly From the US

Emirates, Etihad and Qatar first class compared for 2026: which fly first from the US, the A380 cabins, Qsuite, and fares and award prices from our data.

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Air France La Première vs Lufthansa First (2026): Routes, Suites, and Why One Is Bought With Cash and the Other With Miles

La Première vs Lufthansa First in 2026: the US routes each flies, the new suites, what our tickets show about cash vs miles, and the fares we scanned.

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Best First Class From the US

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