Originally Posted by
Transpacificflyer
Sometimes one gets an awful option via Mumbai or Delhi on the awful Air India. And there are always options with Air China in Y/J combos. However with the low cost of CA tickets, what's the point of redeeming 155k in points?
There isnt, unless one takes advantage of both stopovers in Europe. Then you are looking at 3x the retail price, and it starts to makes sense.
Again, there is no need to get dinged YQ, lots of routing options, and there certainly is no need to 'suffer' AC (or CA or UA) J