Originally Posted by
SEA-Flyer
I believe Indo79 is refering to the discounted awards for Japan-South Asia:
From
http://www.united.com/page/article/0,,1142,00.html
From Japan
To North Asia 20,000 30,000 40,000
To South Asia 40,000 60,000 80,000
To South Asia on an all United Itinerary 20,000 30,000 40,000
The real thing that sucks about this is that there's the Japan award for 15,000 miles (Y only) and the UA awards for 20,000/30,000/40,000. You could get a Japan award and a UA award for 35,000/45,000/55,000, instead of the *A award.