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Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Edinburgh (EDI) business class award flights

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Lowest seen in the last 11 days65,250 milesPlus fees$58.00ProgramLifeMilesLifeMilesAirlineLufthansaLufthansaDepartingSun, Oct 25
Last checked 10d agoChecked

Which program and airline costs you least

Rio de Janeiro to Edinburgh in business class starts at 65.3K miles plus $58.00 — Lufthansa through LifeMiles. Air France through Air France-KLM Flying Blue charges the least cash — $31.90 — but wants 85K miles.

Every way to book GIG to EDI with miles or points
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LufthansaLufthansavia FRA, BRUlast seen 11 Oct, not re-checked sinceLifeMiles65.3Kplus $58.00
Air FranceAir Francevia CDGlast seen 10 Oct, not re-checked sinceAir France-KLM Flying Blue85Kplus $31.90
KLMKLMvia AMSlast seen 10 Oct, not re-checked sinceAir France-KLM Flying Blue97Kplus $42.40
GOLGOLvia LIS, AMSlast seen 12 Oct, not re-checked sinceAir France-KLM Flying Blue213.5Kplus $63.80

GIG to EDI in business class: the facts

Over the next 60 days we hold business class seats from Rio de Janeiro to Edinburgh on 52 of the 52 departure days we have checked so far (8 days are not checked yet), through 2 programs. These figures are counted from the seats stored for those dates, not from a price history; the typical day is the median of each day's cheapest seat. Data updated .

  • LifeMiles
    Days with space
    2 of 52 checked
    Lowest
    65,250 miles
    Typical day
    65,250 miles
    Cash on top
    $58
  • Air France-KLM Flying Blue
    Days with space
    50 of 52 checked
    Lowest
    85,000 miles
    Typical day
    217,000 miles
    Cash on top
    $32 to $64

Nonstop or with a connection

No nonstop seats in the window. With a connection on Air France, GOL, KLM and Lufthansa.

How to book it

  1. LifeMiles books on lifemiles.com: sign in there, search GIG to EDI in business class on a date with space, and pay in miles with the cash on top (from $58).
  2. Air France-KLM Flying Blue books on airfrance.fr: sign in there, search GIG to EDI in business class on a date with space, and pay in miles with the cash on top (from $32).

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