Originally Posted by
percysmith
I envy you for having 300K free cash to bring in to run up the $3,000 in brokerage per month for three months!
You then get 25,000 miles for your trouble, which is less than a Tokyo/Singapore ticket. Tokyo tickets are going for $1,900 and Singapore for $1,410 on Priceline right now. It's really low return on capital unless you factor in trading gains.
I reckon the name of the game isnt Y tickets, (even if it is, it would be the HKG-CTS ones at 30k miles which retail for 5270HKD). but long haul J or F. thats where the value comes in. Or even the BA Prem Econ ---> J upgrade @ 30k miles. Return Tokyo tickets are 1900 on China Eastern I believe, which tacks on two airport taxes and comes out to about 3k. If i needed to fly to SG, i'd probably go budget on Jetstar or Tiger, as its an easy ride.
Good on Fubon though, coming through with the sweet deals.