Hello everyone,
My wife and I live in Boston, and we're planning on going to Australia in February 2020 ( winter brake / summer time in the southern Hemisphere / high season). Since our dates are not flexible, it has been really hard to find decent award availability. I just achieved Gold medallion with Delta so I'd like to fly Delta or Sky Team parters. Tickets from Boston cost around $1800 per person (Delta). That's insane! Looking at tickets from NY instead, I found a really good deal with China Eastern: $800 per person. Since China Eastern is Sky Team, we would get the MQM's I want, access to Sky Teams lounges and the price is great. I don't mind finding a way to get/back to/from NY.
These are my question:
- is it worth it?
- Is China Eastern a decent airline?
- Could we get upgrades??
The JFK-PVG is on 777 and PVG-SYD is on 787.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you,
G