Originally Posted by
jordandawg05
yeah found plenty from PEK to IAH...my problem as it sits now is getting from HKT to PEK on points...i only have around 155k points that can go to on United. 65k to get from IAH to HKT on 12/23..then PEK award i am looking at is 65k from PEK to IAH on 1/3 ( for two people). That leaves me the HKT to PEK segment and i was able to find a seperate booking on UA HKT to PEK on 1/1/2014 that gets there 11 pm on 1/1/2014 so that leaves me a day and half in PEK..the flights i saw on 1/3 will get me there later in 1/3 to miss the PEK ->IAH segement which leaves me to leave 10 am 1/1/2014 and spend a day and half to catch my flight from PEK.
my concerns - i have atm 150ish points all together i can probably get to the complete miles in a month to get 160k miles for all tickets which leaves me on edge to see award tickets gone ( should i book the ones i am concern off at this time? IAH to HTK and PEK IAH?
I think you misunderstand how these things work.
A UA saver economy costs 32.5k one-way from IAH to HKT per person. A trip from HKT to IAH one-way also costs 32.5k. Sometimes, the computer program cannot find flights all the way from HKT to IAH. However, if you find flights from HKT to PEK and PEK to IAH and call the UA center and have them book it for you, the entire one-way trip from HKT to IAH will be priced at 32.5k (i.e. not as two separate trips) as long as your layover in PEK is less than 24 hours. Of course, this means you will have to pay the $25 fee for reserving over the phone, but I think it's totally worth it in this case.
Also, if you book a round trip, you are allowed one free stop over of >24 hours. So you can book this as a IAH-HKT round trip with a stopover in HKT on the way back. That way, you'll only be charged 65k miles per person for the entire trip.