You might consider MEL, which is going for $1275 on the seat sale. You will need to spend 5-nights down there, but otherwise pick up 20,500 Q-miles which would be doubled. [I assume double Q-miles are only for travel on AC flights, and not on those of any other STAR partner. Otherwise, UA from ORD to HKG can be done over a couple of days, only Saturday overnight required for about US$700. Less outlay for hotels and time off work. Cash in 12K for the Aeroplan award flight to/from ORD.] Remember, not only do you get SE next year, but you also pick up a free NAmerican ticket [upgradeable to J for just 10K] at 70K. All in all, not a bad return on the investment, even if you pay the higher cost to get a shorter stay YYZ-HKG ticket.