Originally Posted by cranford

i hate to sound really dumb, but i have only the haziest understanding of what this means, but i am sure it is relevant to my next decision: last year, i booked an award ticket from sydney to hong kong, going via seoul in one direction and via bangkok in the other. syd-icn-hkg is 6448 miles, and hkg-bkk-syd is 5711. The shortest star route is on sq at 5495 but that is a forlorn hope.
My first question is: how does one ascertain the MPM?
My second question is: does this new rule override rules about traversing another region to get to destination?
Since the regions are now divided north asia, and south asia, if i want to use Asiana i have to go via North Asia to get to Hkg.
When i rang a couple of days ago they said i would have to take two awards, one to north asia, and then one north asia to south asia, which of course, is way too many miles.