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Originally Posted by mattk2 View Post
Thank you guys, that's all really helpful.
I followed up with the idea of purchasing through US Airways using Dividend Miles. Unfortunately, after a half hour on the phone, it appears that all of the US Airways dividend miles seats allotted are already booked on the return leg from Shanghai, for up to a week after the date I planned on returning. That pretty much rules out US Airways then.
I really like the idea of buying miles using bonus percentages and using that as credit towards a ticket, effectively cutting the cost in half.
Are there any other airlines out there that would fly to Shanghai AND currently are running discounted bonus miles promotions?
What sort of research did you do to establish this fact?
I don't know if this qualifies as what you're terming research, but I was on the phone with a US Airways International Flights rep for 30 minutes going through various scheduling scenarios.
According to her, there are no seats available for purchase through Dividend Miles on flights out of Shanghai for the week of August 15th. (There are some available going LAX>PVG, but none PVG>US.)
If there is another source of research to find available seats to US Airways customers by DM purchase coming out of Shanghai the week of August 15th, then I would gladly comb through it.
Again, I don't know it as a definitive "fact" that all those seats are booked, but I don't know enough to go beyond what I was told from US Airways themselves.
Sorry if I seem naive. I really do appreciate any help. I'm not asking anyone to do the work for me, just suggestions on where to look.