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Old Jan 4, 2015 | 7:44 pm
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Originally Posted by hithesh123
I have about 38K Asia miles. I was trying to redeem it for a ticket from BLR to SFO. Totally 66K miles are required for this leg and it wasn't available for my dates.
So I tried redeeming it for HKG to SFO, surprisingly there is availability. The miles required is 48K.
Should I just buy miles from the Cathay website (10K miles@300USD) or buy the miles from other websites like sellmyrewards.
Can I ask any friends to transfer miles or book for me? Does it work instantly or take 2-3 days.
How are you getting from BLR to HKG? If you have to buy a ticket, and adding that to using $ to buy the additional miles, wouldn't it all be cheaper and less hassle if you're to just purchase your ticket in the first place?
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