Originally Posted by
araknis
Thanks for the suggestions. Looks like picking up the segments PVG-BKK and then BKK-HAN end up costing $316USD. The only problem is the 6.5 hour layover in BKK.
I do need to go back to BKK after HAN so maybe the 20k NW option could work. Is it possible to use the award ticket to go from PVG-HAN and then HAN-BKK?
Yes, and if you really hate CZ, another option is to use 30k DL miles to fly KE via ICN in business class (Y costs 25k miles; I'm only mentioning this in parenthases because you'd be crazy not to go for J).
Of course, backtracking to SEL is kind of insane unless you want to stop there for some reason.
OW and *A, better connections/airlines or not, are not good options because they both charge twice as many miles between China and points south of HK.