Originally Posted by
echino
Route via Pacific.
AI and CA are the two non-scamchargeable airlines with award F realistically available.
NH and OZ have scamcharges, but much lower than LH.
While AI and CA have no YQ both their hard product and CA's soft product is horrible in F. Not sure if things drastically improved since 2015 but last lime I flew on CA the service food and plane were really terrible. AI was better as the food was ok and the service great but still not up to par with most international J flights I flew and it was in FC. I've had better flights on UA and OZ in J.