Aah, always the fine print ... well spotted folks. Yes UA do not fly direct from Australia to Asia.

The excellent table of links on page 1 of this thread posted by MrLimo has plenty of other superb options with NO fine print though!

It is well worth perusing. For the same points as I mentioned above - 20K coach, 30K Business, there is an even BETTER one I just noticed. Air New Zealand offer a New Zealand - South Pacific award for those points.

The fly to some AMAZING places like Tonga, Cook Islands, Tahiti, Samoa etc last time I checked. Try costing a Business class ticket to any of THOSE puppies! Also Coach is never cheap, as Air NZ basically have that market to themselves. And best of all a stopover is permitted. Air NZ for instance can fly you to Tahiti via Rarotonga (Cook Is) and a stopover would be permitted. Cook Islands AND Tahiti for 25K is MY kind of deal!

The other great deal I saw looking at MrLimos tables was the VARIG deal. A round trip ANYWHERE in South America these guys fly for 25K. Varig are a very major player, and intra South America flights can be incredibly expensive to purchase with cash. Varig have very extensive routes.

And Frequenta do of course offer the USA reward to HAWAII from anywhere in the 48 states. United themselves charge 10,000 miles extras for that reward, and you can bet the carrier Frecuenta puts you on would be United anyway.

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~ Glen ~




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