# Washington (IAD) to Zurich (ZRH) business class award flights

Source: https://miles.zone/routes/iad-zrh
Data updated: 2026-10-12T12:16:06.036Z
Cash amounts are in US dollars.

Fewest points: 88,000 miles plus $6 on United Airlines through United MileagePlus, departing 2026-10-24.

## Every program and airline that can book it, next 60 days

| Airline | Program | Points | Cash on top | Routing | Departs | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| United Airlines | [United MileagePlus](https://miles.zone/programs/united-mileageplus) | 88,000 miles | $6 | via ORD | 2026-10-24 | 12 Oct 2026, 12:14 UTC |
| Swiss | [United MileagePlus](https://miles.zone/programs/united-mileageplus) | 88,000 miles | $6 | Nonstop | 2026-10-24 | 12 Oct 2026, 12:14 UTC |
| Air Canada | [United MileagePlus](https://miles.zone/programs/united-mileageplus) | 88,000 miles | $9 | via YUL | 2026-11-04 | 10 Oct 2026, 12:52 UTC |
| Aer Lingus | [United MileagePlus](https://miles.zone/programs/united-mileageplus) | 93,000 miles | $9 | via DUB | 2026-10-27 | 12 Oct 2026, 12:16 UTC |
| Lufthansa | [United MileagePlus](https://miles.zone/programs/united-mileageplus) | 88,000 miles | $28 | via MUC | 2026-10-26 | 12 Oct 2026, 12:15 UTC |
| Austrian Airlines | [United MileagePlus](https://miles.zone/programs/united-mileageplus) | 88,000 miles | $32 | via VIE | 2026-10-26 | 12 Oct 2026, 12:15 UTC |

## Route facts

Over the next 60 days we hold business class seats from Washington to Zurich on 60 of the 60 departure days, through 1 program. 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.

| Program | Days with space | Lowest | Typical day | Cash on top |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [United MileagePlus](https://miles.zone/programs/united-mileageplus) | 60 of 60 | 88,000 miles | 200,000 miles | $6 to $49 |

Nonstop seats on Swiss and United Airlines.
With a connection on Aer Lingus, Air Canada, Austrian Airlines and Lufthansa.

## How to book it

1. [United MileagePlus](https://miles.zone/programs/united-mileageplus) books on united.com: sign in there, search IAD to ZRH in business class on a date with space, and pay in miles with the cash on top (from $6).

MilesZone finds the seat; it does not book it or take payment.

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- [Manchester (MAN)](https://miles.zone/routes/iad-man)
- [Madrid (MAD)](https://miles.zone/routes/iad-mad)
- [Amsterdam (AMS)](https://miles.zone/routes/iad-ams)
- [Paris (CDG)](https://miles.zone/routes/iad-cdg)
- [London (LGW)](https://miles.zone/routes/iad-lgw)
- [Doha (DOH)](https://miles.zone/routes/iad-doh)
- [Rome (FCO)](https://miles.zone/routes/iad-fco)
- [Frankfurt (FRA)](https://miles.zone/routes/iad-fra)
- [Munich (MUC)](https://miles.zone/routes/iad-muc)

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- [New York (EWR)](https://miles.zone/routes/ewr-zrh)
- [Chicago (ORD)](https://miles.zone/routes/ord-zrh)
- [San Francisco (SFO)](https://miles.zone/routes/sfo-zrh)