CX or JL redemption from HKG-LAX?
Mar 31, 2015, 6:20 am
#1
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CX or JL redemption from HKG-LAX? / SYD-LAX options
Looking at various redemption options from HKG-LAX.
Options appear to be CX F for 105000 Avios + £50 or JL (Japan Airlines) in J to Marita and then F to LAX for 95000 + £60.
Time isn't an issue here so any preferences?
Options appear to be CX F for 105000 Avios + £50 or JL (Japan Airlines) in J to Marita and then F to LAX for 95000 + £60.
Time isn't an issue here so any preferences?
Last edited by xenole; Apr 5, 2015 at 12:52 pm
Mar 31, 2015, 6:57 am
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I prefer CX F to JL F but then I'm not a huge lover of seafood, I have friends who feel differently and they often choose JL or NH because of that. Personally speaking, I also prefer to fly whichever airline uses that airport as a hub, so I'd choose CX departing from HKG and JL from NRT, etc. I have 3 CX F flights this year, none in JL F and a 50/50 split between the two in intra-Asian J
Apr 1, 2015, 6:03 am
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I've already got CX F booked from JFK-HKG and 15 hrs is a good time to experience that 
Only thing that puts me off about JL is the food. Not sure if I could eat most of what they serve.....I'd look at it, maybe take a bite and then politely leave it.
Don't really want to go for a boring western menu of steak (unless the Wagyu type)
Only thing that puts me off about JL is the food. Not sure if I could eat most of what they serve.....I'd look at it, maybe take a bite and then politely leave it.
Don't really want to go for a boring western menu of steak (unless the Wagyu type)
Apr 5, 2015, 12:46 pm
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Looking at other options.
I'm hoping to be in Sydney at some point and then I need to be in LA.
Ideally Qantas F SYD-LAX for 150k + £261 would have been my first choice by that's not available anywhere near my dates.
No idea if there are any other options on that route, but SYD-HKG and then HKG-LAX works for me.
I can fly QF J for 50k + £91? or CX J for 50k + £61 on the SYD-HKG route, both let me use the QF F lounge (well the gold card does).
Then CX F for 105k + £51 (or is it £61 and £51 from SYD).
Can spend a couple of days in Hong Kong as well.
Not sure whether to book that now before it inevitably vanishes or hold off on the slim chance a direct QF flight appears (probably won't have the Avios available at that point though and I'm guessing they don't instantly reappear if I were to cancel the existing bookings)
I'm hoping to be in Sydney at some point and then I need to be in LA.
Ideally Qantas F SYD-LAX for 150k + £261 would have been my first choice by that's not available anywhere near my dates.
No idea if there are any other options on that route, but SYD-HKG and then HKG-LAX works for me.
I can fly QF J for 50k + £91? or CX J for 50k + £61 on the SYD-HKG route, both let me use the QF F lounge (well the gold card does).
Then CX F for 105k + £51 (or is it £61 and £51 from SYD).
Can spend a couple of days in Hong Kong as well.
Not sure whether to book that now before it inevitably vanishes or hold off on the slim chance a direct QF flight appears (probably won't have the Avios available at that point though and I'm guessing they don't instantly reappear if I were to cancel the existing bookings)
Apr 5, 2015, 5:18 pm
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Looking at other options.
I'm hoping to be in Sydney at some point and then I need to be in LA.
Ideally Qantas F SYD-LAX for 150k + £261 would have been my first choice by that's not available anywhere near my dates.
No idea if there are any other options on that route, but SYD-HKG and then HKG-LAX works for me.
I can fly QF J for 50k + £91? or CX J for 50k + £61 on the SYD-HKG route, both let me use the QF F lounge (well the gold card does).
Then CX F for 105k + £51 (or is it £61 and £51 from SYD).
Can spend a couple of days in Hong Kong as well.
Not sure whether to book that now before it inevitably vanishes or hold off on the slim chance a direct QF flight appears (probably won't have the Avios available at that point though and I'm guessing they don't instantly reappear if I were to cancel the existing bookings)
I'm hoping to be in Sydney at some point and then I need to be in LA.
Ideally Qantas F SYD-LAX for 150k + £261 would have been my first choice by that's not available anywhere near my dates.
No idea if there are any other options on that route, but SYD-HKG and then HKG-LAX works for me.
I can fly QF J for 50k + £91? or CX J for 50k + £61 on the SYD-HKG route, both let me use the QF F lounge (well the gold card does).
Then CX F for 105k + £51 (or is it £61 and £51 from SYD).
Can spend a couple of days in Hong Kong as well.
Not sure whether to book that now before it inevitably vanishes or hold off on the slim chance a direct QF flight appears (probably won't have the Avios available at that point though and I'm guessing they don't instantly reappear if I were to cancel the existing bookings)