I'm pretty sure you can open jaw, but not certain.
Some advice having booked two award travels to HKG & NRT for 2013
- They won't release award availability for 2014 yet. I think it's something like 300 days out they start releasing (you can check other posts, blogs, or award calendar)
- You will have difficulty findings 3 tickets together on Delta It appears (from my personal experience), they release low level award tickets individually, or in pairs. but never had any luck getting 3/4 together. (you could get 3 for medium).
- You might want to try one of Delta partners like Korean Air/China Southern/China Eastern to get you to asia. Partners are always "low level", and might release more tickets together (I once got 4 award tickets on Cathay to HKG)
- Summer 2013 was easy for me booking about 10 months in advance. plenty of availability to NRT and HKG. seems to be be tightening up a bit now we are 7 months away.
- I think Dec 2013 might be harder because the holidays. More demand. However, I'm sure you could try in a couple of months, and if it doesn't work, try for 2014.
- Did you consider getting business class. Low level is "only" 120,000 points and more bang for the buck, if you have enough miles.
Originally Posted by
troyhouse
friends,
i am planning for complex trip, and need help.
1. planning to visit nrt,hkg in dec 2013 or summer 2014 from ord, using miles. i have about 300k miles and need 3 tickets.
2. ord->hkg, 5 days, then nrt->ord and stay 5 days in nrt. between hkg and nrt, i want to visit india, but not using miles, i will just buy the tickets from hkg->bom, stay for 3 weeks in india, then bom->nrt, again not using miles.
4. but from nrt->ord, i want to use the award ticket.
so i want open jaw or layover for 3 weeks between hkg and nrt. is this possible, and can i get these tickets for minimum 70k miles and what would be the best time dec 2013 or summer 2014 to visit?
thanks in advance. i know this way in future but i want to start getting good handle on miles needed and timeframe for advance planning.