Award Fl-ATL-BKK availability in J
Dec 12, 2017, 1:40 pm
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Award Fl-ATL-BKK availability in J
I have heard AS is a good airlines for low mileage awards to SE Asia. I went to their website and discovered for J seats on CX it was only 50,000 and for Haiman A and Japan A it was only 60,000.
2 Questions- how good is the availability if I am flexible and I look to book 6-11 months in the future ?
2nd Q- What is the best way to search for availability-call AS firect ?
2 Questions- how good is the availability if I am flexible and I look to book 6-11 months in the future ?
2nd Q- What is the best way to search for availability-call AS firect ?
Dec 12, 2017, 1:57 pm
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Out of ATL, your problem is going to be getting to the CX/HU/JL gateway because Alaska will not allow you to mix AA onto the itinerary (which has many more options out of ATL than AS does); you may only have AS and one partner airline on any award. Thus you MUST connect at SEA/PDX and then (if flying CX or JL) double connect SEA-Gateway (HU serves SEA). That or pay cash for a separate connecting flight to a different CX/JL/HU gateway. (JFK, BOS, ORD etc.)
I suspect AS Y availability for SEA-ATL will be possible, F may be difficult. More so than CX/JL/HU. The positioning flights may be a better option if you don't mind spending the extra cash. I don't think AS is an ideal airline loyalty program for someone based in ATL, for the reasons I mentioned (very limited choices for service, must purchase positioning flights or hope there are AS awards to gateways that involve multi-stop itineraries). If you can get past the downsides and make it work for you it might be OK.
You can search for JL and HU availability at alaskaair.com online. We have an entire thread and wiki that discusses booking CX.
Cathay Pacific (CX) Award Redemption, Booking and Availability – 2017 and Later
I suspect AS Y availability for SEA-ATL will be possible, F may be difficult. More so than CX/JL/HU. The positioning flights may be a better option if you don't mind spending the extra cash. I don't think AS is an ideal airline loyalty program for someone based in ATL, for the reasons I mentioned (very limited choices for service, must purchase positioning flights or hope there are AS awards to gateways that involve multi-stop itineraries). If you can get past the downsides and make it work for you it might be OK.
You can search for JL and HU availability at alaskaair.com online. We have an entire thread and wiki that discusses booking CX.
Cathay Pacific (CX) Award Redemption, Booking and Availability – 2017 and Later
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Dec 13, 2017, 8:14 pm
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Korean is currently an AS partner and flies between ATL and ICN, then it's a 6 hour flight ICN-BKK. I've seen availability 3 and 6 months out on this route regularly. I believe it is 65,000 miles each way, but MUST book roundtrip to get that...otherwise, it is 130k one way. Very low taxes on the ticket, too!
Dec 14, 2017, 1:57 am
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Problem is KE has about a third of the year blacked out. If you can live with that and go round trip it works, but it is a lot of dates.
Dec 14, 2017, 4:56 am
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Ralph and EC, according to AS website KE would be a bad choice because it requires more points than the other airlines I mentioned.
After reading the other replies I called AS and the rep also told me to buy a flight, but he recommended JFK.
After reading the other replies I called AS and the rep also told me to buy a flight, but he recommended JFK.
Dec 14, 2017, 10:26 am
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I'm reading that there is going to be a new Washington-Hong Kong flight on CX announced pretty soon. If that is the case (and there is actually award space available), buying a seperate ATL-Washington ticket and combining that with an award flight might be an option.
Dec 15, 2017, 12:32 am
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I'm reading that there is going to be a new Washington-Hong Kong flight on CX announced pretty soon. If that is the case (and there is actually award space available), buying a seperate ATL-Washington ticket and combining that with an award flight might be an option.
Dec 17, 2017, 12:48 am
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I'm reading that there is going to be a new Washington-Hong Kong flight on CX announced pretty soon. If that is the case (and there is actually award space available), buying a seperate ATL-Washington ticket and combining that with an award flight might be an option.
Dec 17, 2017, 9:44 am
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Also, HU has fairly large fuel surcharges. If it was $600 in positioning flights and fuel surcharges + 100k miles for HU vs. $50 and 120k miles for KE and NOT having positioning flights on separate tickets (that you are not protected on if you are delayed), I would pick KE. CX doesn’t have surcharges but even then if you miss a positioning flight or are late for the positioning flight coming home, CX has no obligations to help you. That means building in extra time to the itinerary or accepting a risk of expensive last minute tickets.
Dec 27, 2017, 9:00 pm
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