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Old Aug 6, 2015 | 8:58 pm
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Originally Posted by DL2SXM
Just checked AA V. DL for business class awards from JFK - HKG for next week. Best you can do on AA is 350,000 miles whereas with DL you can get it for 285,000

Another for next week...JFK to PVG on AA comes in at 350,000...DL is 295,000.

Delta handily beats AA to a pulp in both HKG and the PVG markets.
AA only shows availability for a few partners online - not much more than half a dozen. Many others, including carriers you'd probably want to fly on most to Asia (like CX), require you to call or search third-party data sources.
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