FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Anywhere I need to be.
Programs: OW Emerald, *A Gold, NEXUS, GE, ABTC/APEC, South Korea SES, eIACS, PP, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 16,046
1) Hub captive makes your prices more expensive. Try flying JL out of NRT, CX out of HKG, AC out of YVR, and try and tell me that you can't save money by beginning elsewhere.
2) Try the RCC in ORD or the AC in EZE and tell me what you think.
3) You can try accruing with a partner
4) You can fly another airline