Originally Posted by
italdesign
Thanks for the reminder that ex-Mexico is still the (newest) old rate. Interestingly, if I start in TIJ instead of MEX, to Asia the price is 110k instead of 90k.
There are partner business class awards to Asia (such as TYO or ICN) from TIJ for 90K miles (CSM900 awards). They are just much more challenging to find dates with availability than out of MEX. Switching to "Price Calendar" award search on delta.com is useful here as it will show a calendar month at a time which you can forward and reverse by the month (the standard Flexible Dates view only shows a week at time).