Originally Posted by
sprials
It's a minimum 60k points to reach Asia. With 500k points I think there's a lot better things to redeem than 8 economy tickets. Plus good luck finding 8 seats, cash is the way to go.
If you have a family of 8 that wants to go to Asia, what possible better use can you think of for 500K points? 4 J tickets to asia so half the family sits at home while the other half maximizes the cents per mile redemption rate that people here bizarrely calculate off the cost of paid tickets?