Originally Posted by
largeeyes
I've been banging my head against the wall a bit on figuring out how to get from MNL to ROR for the least miles. I would like to use this island hopper, but United is $600+ or 45k miles. Is there a better airline in Star Alliance to redeem with?
What about ANA? It is distance based and the round trip ROR-MNL (1041*2 miles) fits in the lower spectrum of 2001-4000 miles category, which requires 22K/43K miles for Y/C award without fuel surcharge on UA.