Originally Posted by
peachman
Now are you suggesting that CP is also a candidate if I book direct thru their website
because I am pretty sure they are a partner with Ultimate rewards and it would be easire
for me to accrue UR points ??
I was saying that you can use Alaska miles to fly on Cathay. CX's prices aren't terrible themselves for many routes, so that's worth considering as well. However, Chase doesn't transfer to CX (Asia Miles). Amex and Citi do, though.
Originally Posted by
peachman
But currently I have been reading their availability for award flights to Asia are hard to find ? Plus I can not understand why they
make you call for flights to Asia when awards to Europe are on their website ?
AA's availability is very bad, but you can still book on their partners, like CX and JL for Asia. The problem is finding domestic connections to get to an international gateway since AA releases so little. But with you flying out of ATL, I often see good availability for ATL-ORD, so that might do the trick.
I've mentioned many times in posts on here when people complain about how many AA partners require calling in....be careful what you wish for. If all AA partners were bookable online, their award availability would be markedly worse.