Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: ORD [formerly] + HKG
Programs: CX Diamond, AA exExPlat, BAEC exGold, HH Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, Starriott Titanium, GE
Posts: 3,087
HND swamps NRT because of its proximity and lounges. The FAs are also a lot happier to work on HND route.
As for avios redemption, this is one of the biggest bargains across the whole oneworld network. I usually maximize the avios and money options and sometimes get excellent value of less than $0.01 usd per avios for the copay portion (using HKG based account).
Unfortunately for CX548/549 the catering is done in HKG. But I feel like us here moaning about how bad the catering is is because we fly CX too much; if you seldom do, it'll be okay.