Hi all,

In January, 2018, I am planing on heading to Hokkaido, Japan for some waist deep powder skiing!! I will be using miles for both directions: SFO-ICN-CTS on the way there, and NRT-ICN-SFO back to the States.

The outbound flight, SFO-ICN is scheduled to be on a 777-300ER, and the return flight, ICN-SFO, is scheduled to be the 747-8i.

I would definitely like to be in First on the 747-8i for 80,000 miles, but I'm wondering if I should settle for Prestige on the way there, in the 777 (for 65,000 miles.)

If you could only do first in one direction, would you choose the 747-8? Is Korean Air first class significantly better than Prestige?

For what it's worth, the cost of the round trip in First is ~$16,000, which comes out to a nice 10 CPM after spending 160,000 points.

Thanks!