Originally Posted by
CVG_Kid
You're right of course. I meant China Airlines.
Good to know the blackout dates. Much appreciated. Appears there are a few days in my target month.
Where are you locating your KE award inventory? The only resource I know is the Wandering Aramean's site which is showing F inventory but no J (O).
I'm checking in ExpertFlyer. Not sure what's gone wrong with WA.
Originally Posted by
KQ321
Depending on your starting point (I'm assuming CVG or thereabouts) you should also have options with:
KL via AMS
SU via SVO (from JFK, IAD and maybe LAX)
AF via CDG (they operate an A380 on some JFK-CDG departures)
This of course presumes that SkyMiles allows TATL as well as transpacific routings for USA to SE Asia. However, distance-wise, it seems to be about the same whichever way round you go (CVG-CDG-BKK is ~10,000 miles; CVG-LAX-NRT-BKK is ~10,200).
Unfortunately, I can't (yet!) comment on the relative advantages of these airlines' long-haul product in J...
Routing via Europe is well nigh impossible with SkyMiles. Some have argued the existence of a published fare on the carriers they're using and made it work, but they're the minority.