Originally Posted by
j223
If you are able to get Cathay Pacific Asia Miles, roundtrips into mainland are attractive points wise from North America plus you can over-fly Russia.
Booked economy for 82k Asia Miles from Toronto to Beijing.
Cash for the same flights was like $4.5k CAD ....
Agreed. Roundtrip for SFO <-> HKG are $2k USD in Y and $5k USD for W. I couldn't find any availability for flying SFO -> HKG until mid-May, but good availability in May/June HKG -> SFO in Y and W.