Originally Posted by cmnmia

Thanks to everyone who responded with my China entry query. I think I may do Xiamen airlines by dipping into China from TPE, probably use CAN to glide into Vietnam on a separate ticket.

For those who mentioned the tight timeframes, thank you, I thought I would mention some more details I'm grappling with. I'm trying to cram my trip into one Asia trip 27-29 Dec, where I then leave via ICN to SFO (cheap non-ST), and then MEX-AMS-LCY (already have bought for 30 Dec), to cover KLM/AM. So far I've been working backwards, building 4 hour buffers. Still need to connect SFO to MEX with DL somehow, but with 24 hours, I think there's a lot of flex to forget about for now. So far in Asia bought CGK-SIN-PVG-ICN as it just works nicely timewise.

I'm looking at the European legs for this weekend, and have SK and AF booked (NUE-CDG-ARN), but need to tag in either RO or UX somehow on the cheap.
And then the following weekend, I may do something with SV to get a 15th target. I'm on the fence with VS as it's quite expensive, but does provide insurance.
I screwed myself over a few times - I want to book Xiamen with Eurobonus because I noticed no paid fares seem to be listed on SK earning table, but realised the other day Marriott doesn't transfer to Eurobonus - having moved all my Amex points to something crappy. Haven't worked out how I'm going to fly into Asia yet, as everything looks crazy expensive on 26 Dec and there are no real redemptions about. So far I think I've booked 7/15 of the airlines I need, which is good progress.

I read earlier that people had issues with adding their EB number. For those who've been successful adding their number online, did you prefix it with EB or EBB? In the past, you could add/remove using SV site. Assume this is no longer possible as haven't seen it mentioned recently?