Help with suggestions for award round trip to China
Jul 1, 2012, 1:09 pm
#1
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Join Date: Dec 2009
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Help with suggestions for award round trip to China
I am here to look for some suggestions to book a trip to China with miles. It is to visit my old man for a special accasion and therefore not much flexibility in schedule.
Flight out from SFO to WNZ (Wenzhou).
Outbound: found saver award flight for 32,500 miles
Return: no saver award available between July 31st - August 3rd.
Help needed:
1. What are the other options from WNZ ->SFO? route through Beijing and Shanghai directly to SFO seems to be impossible during summer. Any other less busy connecting sites?
2. I have about 40k miles from Delta, is there a good way to use it for the return flight?
Welcome any suggestions. Thanks.
Flight out from SFO to WNZ (Wenzhou).
Outbound: found saver award flight for 32,500 miles
Return: no saver award available between July 31st - August 3rd.
Help needed:
1. What are the other options from WNZ ->SFO? route through Beijing and Shanghai directly to SFO seems to be impossible during summer. Any other less busy connecting sites?
2. I have about 40k miles from Delta, is there a good way to use it for the return flight?
Welcome any suggestions. Thanks.
Jul 1, 2012, 8:49 pm
#3
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Shanghai
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"Limitless?" I don't think so. But, I would search for WNZ-SHA/PEK in isolation, and then do the rest. PVG-KIX-SFO is usually easy to snag.
Jul 2, 2012, 12:07 am
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Good luck using Delta miles! But if United can get you SFO-anywhere China & return, then perhaps you could use the Delta miles for an internal flight?
Do you have enough miles for a r/t UA saver award, or are you short even for that? At least for China, it's fairly common that a one-way fare is approximately half of a round trip, so if you can afford to pay for part of the trip, things might work out.
Do you have enough miles for a r/t UA saver award, or are you short even for that? At least for China, it's fairly common that a one-way fare is approximately half of a round trip, so if you can afford to pay for part of the trip, things might work out.
Jul 2, 2012, 6:34 am
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For the return, maybe try looking for availability from SHA, PVG, HGH, FOC, XMN, CAN, and PEK. You might have to buy a oneway ticket for the domestic hop to get to one of those airports if you can snag an award seat from there. Since connections for the U.S. leave in the morning, you might have to consider overnighting. High speed rail is also an option, but it's quite a hassle to transfer between station and airport in any of those cities. Nonetheless, it's an option of the last resort.