Originally Posted by
dave209
They are no going to let you use miles with the free companion cert. but that being said this is a good deal if you do fly on BA where myself I don't and I've already spent my 100,000 miles on a RT business class ticket to Bali on Cathay.
I may target my BA miles for the same purpose--I've flown on Cathay Pacific from Boston to Bali, in coach, and had a wonderful experience. Great airline. Will have to check the redemption for coach to Bali--I was a paying passenger ~2001 when I flew there last. Hope the dollar is still strong against the rupiah--Bali was great value back in 2001. Things may be different now.
Any idea if I can get a free layover in Hong Kong on a coach award ticket with Cathay using BA miles? HK is Cathay's hub, so the plane will stop there anyway. I'm wanting to tour HK and possibly Hong Kong Disney. Once I hit Disney Tokyo, I'll have seen all of the Disney parks. Hmmm... wondering if I should target a stopover in HK with Tokyo as a final destination and get 'er done; but Bali was such a wonderful, peaceful, and cheap place to visit.
Also, being in Raleigh, NC, I imagine I'll have to pay my own way to some gateway city; maybe drive to NYC or DC. From what I recall of the discussion, I can't use BA miles for transatlantic or transpacific travel out of RDU.