Originally Posted by
guv1976
Unlike the AAdvantage program, United's MileagePlus does not prevent you from flying West from BKK to the U.S. on a single award. Just search for BKK-IAD in Business Class at united.com, and you should find at least a few dates when you can book Ethiopian for 99K miles.
Yes, if you can find JL for BKK-TYO-U.S. with AAdvantage miles, that would be preferable -- and less costly. But if you cannot find that now, and are not prepared to wait for availability to open up, Ethiopian with MileagePlus miles is a decent alternative.
United isn't a program I use (though could xfer from CC's, but want to use these AA miles). It seems like if I can't get the JAL route, which looks likely, because i need a return flight too, which is also not available, so I think DOH is going to be the way i have to go. I'd just like to combine the award flights into one, and I guess I have to call in to do that.