Originally Posted by
gguerini
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
I'm confused. Do you want award tickets or do you plan to pay for tickets with money?
If the $800 fare is one way, don't do this before finding a return ticket. You might be shocked at how expensive one way international tickets can be, and many countries won't admit you without a return ticket (although typically it needn't be a round trip).
If you fly BOS-JFK on separate tickets, be sure to allow lots and lots of time to retrieve luggage and check in for your MU flight. Chances are that if you're late the ticket will be cancelled and lose all value.