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Old May 8, 2014, 12:28 pm
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kb1992
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Originally Posted by Kacee
I'm going to vent about the ridiculous new award levels for intra-Asia flights.

A saver business award to HKG from TPE (1:45 flight) or ICN (3:45 flight) now costs 40,000 miles one-way. Yes, that's right, a 501 mile flight (TPE-HKG) costs 40,000 miles one-way.

Just to compare, ICN-HKG in J on CX costs 18,000 Avios, while TPE-HKG is only 9,000 Avios. Flying *A partners, the round trip ICN-HKG costs 30,000 Aeroplan miles or 43,000 ANA miles. (Unfortunately, neither AC nor NH will let me book the one-way.)

Talk about a devaluation.
But PEK-SYD is really nice deal under new policy.

That's a much longer ride than HKG-TPE.

I would just pay a cheap ticket for that short flight.
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