Originally Posted by
Guy Betsy
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?
Yes, I am paying for the BLR-HKG trip.
The math works in my favor even though I pay for the HKG trip.
The BLR-HKG trip is about USD400. The HKG-SFO (EP seat) after purchasing miles will cost USD350. So total around 750$.
This is still cheaper than paying for BLR-SFO, which is about $1200-1800 on Cx.
On other airlines, the cheapest I found was $1100.