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Old Mar 22, 2026 | 10:08 am
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It' seems that most of the AS Atmos FT community has been pacified that there was a technical glitch that has been resolved. In the recent past, I would expect to see some occasional one-way business class awards between LAX-BKK or BKK-LAX for 85K Atmos points on Starlux. Haven't seen any in the past week. Between JFK-BKK or BKK-JFK, one-way business class awards would occasionally be available for 85K Atmos points on Condor or Finnair. Haven't seen any of those lately either. Of course others may have different experience and have had recent success to find and book these awards, but availability seems to have changed. Itineraries between North America and Southeast Asia seem to be flooded with Qatar Airways awards (mostly in economy), and there are occasional Japan Airlines awards in business class for 110K Atmos points for 1-way.
Are business class awards between North America and Southeast Asia for 85K points one-way still a thing within the Atmos award chart, or have these been eliminated? Maybe still a technical glitch? Maybe just a recent random award pull-back from Alaska Air? It would be nice to know of some booking success stories for 85K business class awards between North America and Southeast Asia in the past week.
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