need Asia advice - first time there!
I would like to take my girlfriend to Asia this summer (sometime in August). I have United miles so I was thinking getting her business class seat completely with miles and then buying a coach seat H or B fare for myself and upgrading to business so I can sit with her and also accrue miles.
We're thinking about 10-14 days and would like to visit the following places: Hong Kong, Tokyo and Osaka. I have just started to look into this and have a number of questions:
1) What is the suggested routing from a cost/upgrade perspective? I know sometimes you can get a stopver in an award ticket, so perhaps it's possible to do ORD - HKG - NRT - ORD on one award?
2) What is the suggested order of the places to visit?
3) Should I just book ORD - HKG - ORD with miles/money and then do the other legs separate, maybe on ANA or another *A carrier?
4) How much should I budget for food per day? We're not looking at eating out in nice places every night, but maybe one night meal per city and the rest moderately-priced places.
Thanks all!