Originally Posted by
lemontie13
In the winter, I'm planning on taking a trip to Chengdu, China. My family and I are a part of the Asiana Club and have just recently sent in our application in order to be a part of the Family Mileage Program. Regarding this, I have a few questions that I was hoping you guys could possibly answer. My hope was to essentially have part of the flights covered; essentially, my family falls right below 50k miles, which is what Asiana says is needed for an economy flight on a partner airline within 8000 miles. My hope was to use the accrued miles to get to Japan and then pay for a flight from Tokyo to Chengdu.
Not sure if this will help you get the trip done in under 8,000 miles, but UA plans to launch a direct San Francisco-Chengdu flight next year.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayi...nstop/2726603/