Originally Posted by
travelbugging
I apologize if this has been asked and answered (I did a search for MLE and Maldives in this thread and couldnt find answer). Is an award flight from North America/US (SFO) to Maldives (MLE) in Business 50K miles one way or 62.5K miles one way? Getting conflicting answers from the blogs and from this thread. Thanks in advance!
Originally Posted by
eponymous_coward
It’s Middle East/India @62.5k, where else would it be? Look at a map... It’s WEST of India. Apparently bloggers don’t read maps, or they’re doing the “HUCA and find the weak link” trick the way they used to do with US to get cheaper awards. I don’t doubt that bloggers would argue that LGW is in Asia if they could get away with it...
Just wanted to update that Maldives / MLE is considered part of Asia for Cathay Pacific via Alaska Air Mileage Plan award booking purposes; no HUCA necessary as the agent was able to book the flights I saw on Qantas and miles required matched
this chart