Originally Posted by
chinatown
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.
Well if your second home/favourite destination is LHR then you're a lot better off with J availability.
I did a random search for next May. J availability filled my screen.
My family's second home is Syd. J's hopeless. So I price miles based on Y
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/catha...ying-club.html (and end up with $0.102/mile), and am thinking of getting VFC instead where PE looks a bit more viable as a redemption option.
My colleagues from YVR are worse, they get next to no availability for Y or J to go back. *A's not much better they say. So they don't redeem miles with their credit cards. And if they somehow come across AM from business travel or holidays, they redeem regional holidays like Shanghai expo on Y.