Wide-Open Swiss Business Class Awards for Summer 2026 — Up To 9 Seats Bookable Through United, Aeroplan and LifeMiles Now

Book your summer 2026 business class Europe awards now, or a last minute Christmas markets trip, flying Swiss and using points United, Air Canada or Avianca LifeMiles or your favorite credit card transferable points program.

@findflightsforme‘s free email newsletter flags great Swiss business class award availability out of Boston, New York JFK, Newark, Chicago O’Hare and Washington Dulles (as well as Montreal) to Zurich. And you can connect domestically to and from those cities, as well as beyond Zurich to elsewhere in Europe (or Africa/Asia for that matter).

Generally you’ll find two or more business class seats available, but sometimes as many as nine. If you want to find dates with large numbers of seats for your whole family, search United.com’s month-long calendar search for the route with the number of passengers you want (regardless of which airline’s miles you’re using to book).

The general availability pattern is wide open:

• Boston – Zurich: July/August 2026
• Zurich – Boston: December, February, April, August
• Newark- Zurich: Scattered dates January – August
• Zurich – Newark: Scattered dates December – May
• New York JFK – Zurich: February, March
• Zurich – New York JFK: December – June, some August and September
• Chicago – Zurich: January-February, July-August
• Zurich – Chicago: December – April, August
• Washington Dulles – Zurich: January – Februayr, Scattered July/August
• Zurich – Washington Dulles: December – May, August
• Montreal – Zurich: January – March, July – August
• Zurich – Montreal: January – February, June

As is often the case, West Coast gateway awards are really tough to find.

Cheapest awards are often through Air Canada Aeroplan (an Amex, Capital One, Chase and Bilt transfer partner) because awards start at 60,000 points for Northeast – Zurich while longer-distance awards run 70,000 points, and stopovers are permitted for 5,000 points. There are no fuel surcharges. LifeMiles starts at 69,000 points (American Express, Bilt, Capital One, Citibank and Wells Fargo transfer), while United runs 80,000+ miles each way per person (Chase and Bilt transfer).

Mostly you’ll fly Swiss’s older business class, though one Boston flight operates with the new Airbus A350 Allegris-style product. Some A330 flights could be converted by the time you fly in summer 2026.