Originally Posted by
Symmetre
OP - the straight answer, which no one else will give you, is to fly KE direct. both hard product and soft product totally torch AC, and you have no connections to sweat. True, you won't earn valuable Errorplan points. But what are they really worth? Fifty bucks?
For next time, save yourself the pain.
It's pretty clear that OP is looking for an Aeroplan redemption here, so I'm not sure how that is at all helpful.