I was trying to book in J YYZ-HKG-YYZ on AP. Departing YYZ on Jan 14, returning from HKG on Jan 17.
Jan 14 AC15 YYZ-HKG J4 C2 D0 Z0 Y9 B9
Jan 17 AC16 HKG-YYZ J3 C0 D0 Z0 Y9 B9
Since I'm SE, in the AP website, it lets me book Jan 14 AC15 in J under Priority Reward. But the return Jan 17 AC16 is not available for IKK.
However, if I want to use 585000 AP miles, I can use a Excess Access Flight Reward to book the return flight.
Alternative, I can use 535995 AP miles PLUS $1470.15 to redeem the same reward.
This is confusing. So now above IKK, there is another level of redemption, called Excess Access Flight Reward?
I wonder if one is not an SE, would the mileage requirement to redeem the Excess Access Flight Reward be any higher?