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Feb 22, 2021, 10:42 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mak101

I have not used AS points to book CX flight before, I have few questions:

Is it possible to book from anywhere in USA to anywhere in India other than gateway cities?
I believe I can get HKG stop over on one way ticket, just want to confirm.
How much AS point I need to book in business class?

Thanks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by skimthetrees

1) No, not anywhere. On the US side it must be either a CX gateway or a city that Alaska Air serves that connects to a CX gateway city (without backtracking: LAX-JFK-HKG not allowed, but JFK-SEA-HKG I think is allowed). In India it must be a city served by CX from HKG.

2) Yes, you can get a stopover in HKG on a one-way CX award to or from the US/North America.

3) According to the Alaska Award chart it is 62,500 miles in Business Class - One Way (which can include a stopover in HKG).

From your post in the Flame-Free thread, it seems your destination is Ahmedabad (AMD). Unfortunately, CX doesn't fly there, so that's not going to work. You could go the other way and take EK, but it's going to be at a higher redemption rate.