Originally Posted by
krisk17
Hey FT peeps,
Would love and appreciate if you can share some of your experience/tips/insights to help plan two trips for me and my SO using miles in 2019 in coach. Both duration about a week.
1. CPT/JNB around mid jun-jul - cage diving season.
2. SE asia - NRT and ICN with long PEK layover. Flexible on time.
Point balances:
Me: 60k UR, 50k AA, 70k AS
SO: 48k AA . She's new to the hobby and under 05/24. We were going to focus on SW CP, but flexible.
What cards/airlines should we focus on? F
Muchas Gracias!
On topic if you’re genuinely interested in cage diving with great white sharks that’s better and much more easily had much closer to home. Check out
Nautilus Livesboards (I was on Nautilus Explorer)
cage diving at Isla Guadalupe (160 miles east of Ensenada, Trip departs by bus to Ensenada from San Diego). Nautilus Explorer is registered in Canada, therefore Transport Canada inspected, etc. Three days of fabulous cage diving g in sheltered waters (I’ve experienced over 100 ft visibility, up to 6 sharks at a time within arm’s length). Very comfy liveaboard with very good safety procedures, no broadcast chumming so more natural behaviors. North American end of summer. As a master diver with 60 years of diving, past writing for Undercurrent , 35 countries dived) I can’t recommend them enough. Short video out take of our trip by Chris Welch, Mike Mutrie:
July and August features rowdy gangs of male sharks. Female great whites start showing up in August. “Big Mommas” October and November.
Cheaper, safer, better conditions, sharkier, closer to home. Earn more miles because you’ll need them. Experience of a lifetime. Easier to get to SAN than finding expensive awards using BA (they add on high fees to awards - see
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...er-thread.html.
NRT-HND, China, Incheon easier because you have several airlines and no massive airline imposed fees on awards to contend with.