Originally Posted by
anon14143
I don't have a definite itinerary set so am somewhat flexible on destination (HKG, SIN, BKK, etc). I've also tried to be flexible on departure city but no luck so far finding a business / first class award ticket that doesn't waste 14+ hours on an inconvenient layover.
You are contradicting from what you said. If you can't handle it might involve a 14+ hours on an inconvenient layover, you are not being flexible at all !
F awards are scarce, and from NYC to HKG/SIN/BKK, it will involve with at least one stop, not unless you fly UA EWR-HKG nonstop. Many times if you do a search for NYC to HKG/SIN/BKK, you will hardly find anything, similar to ORD-HKG. However, if you try doing segment by segment, you will have a different result, not to mention, if one segment is not available, don't think it is really not available, as if you just change for one day for one of the segment, then you will find availability, and that's why many times on these premium awards involve overnighting somewhere in order to make it works.