Originally Posted by
mucruler
Dear FT'ers,
I renewed my SEN last year and I am planning to use this year to reduce the miles in my account.
Since I never booked any award flights yet (besides an upgrade from Y->C for SIN-MUC for me +1 @ 40k each) I was wondering if you could help me out getting a good deal and a great experience out of my miles.
I have around 300k that I would like to spend. 50k more or less does not matter. + I still have 4 eVouchers that I could use
Do you guys have any recommendations? I will travel +1 so I can use my companion award.
I was thinking about a couple of options:
1. MUC-CPT in F:
Never been in F so what would be my best option? route through FRA (FCT) and take the A380 to JNB? Or should I go for F on LX?
2. MUC-SYD/AKL in C:
Never been to OZ, so this could be a good deal, right?
3. Save some more miles for an around the world ticket in C or even F?
Any advice is more than welcome.
Many thanks, in advance,
M.
1. You can always take LH 380 one way, and LX the other way.
2. Be aware that it is 370k miles for 2 people, as you cannot use companion award to Australia/New Zealand since OS stopped flying to OZ in 2007. If you are having trouble finding availability through the obvious BKK/SIN, you might want to give a try to the likes of ICN (MUC-AKL is only 300 miles longer via ICN than via SIN) or KIX and taking Asiana or Air New Zealand from there, or even NRT to CHC. Or, another not-so-ordinary routing you might try would be MUC-JNB-PER-AKL, trying out SA and NZ in C along the way.
3. Haven't got any RTW experience, so will leave that to the local experts here.
In any case, enjoy your vacation, wherever it takes you ^