AA vs. Cathay Pacific First Class
May 16, 2011, 10:46 pm
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May 16, 2011, 10:49 pm
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In our case, two tickets since we are stopping in HKG for a couple of days. AAgent did say we could have connected and done one ticket but I never inquired as to whether that would have been a regular one way partner or a oneworld award.
May 17, 2011, 5:13 am
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Assuming you are flying round trip two All Partner awards is cheaper than OneWorld award anyway. At that distance you'd be looking at 230k each for OW award, and not many miles left to add anything else (which is where the OW awards can shine) whereas two All Partner awards would come to 225k in F. But you cannot use a single All Partner award as you cannot stop in Asia en route to South Pacific (have to go direct from USA)
May 17, 2011, 6:49 am
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Assuming you are flying round trip two All Partner awards is cheaper than OneWorld award anyway. At that distance you'd be looking at 230k each for OW award, and not many miles left to add anything else (which is where the OW awards can shine) whereas two All Partner awards would come to 225k in F. But you cannot use a single All Partner award as you cannot stop in Asia en route to South Pacific (have to go direct from USA)
May 20, 2011, 10:09 am
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My GF and I are doing DFW-(SFO-HKG) on CX F. I'm looking forward to the F experience on CX.
On the return, from SIN, we have two options. SIN-(HKG-SFO)-DFW on CX F or SIN-(NRT-DFW) on AA F.
If we decide on CX, then there's no doubt we'll do F again. However, in reading this, I'm thinking it's going to be a waste of extra miles to do AA F vs. AA J. We've flown AA J numerous times and it's fine with us.
Any compelling reason to choose AA F over AA J?
On the return, from SIN, we have two options. SIN-(HKG-SFO)-DFW on CX F or SIN-(NRT-DFW) on AA F.
If we decide on CX, then there's no doubt we'll do F again. However, in reading this, I'm thinking it's going to be a waste of extra miles to do AA F vs. AA J. We've flown AA J numerous times and it's fine with us.
Any compelling reason to choose AA F over AA J?
May 20, 2011, 10:15 am
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May 20, 2011, 10:20 am
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If we decide on CX, then there's no doubt we'll do F again. However, in reading this, I'm thinking it's going to be a waste of extra miles to do AA F vs. AA J. We've flown AA J numerous times and it's fine with us.
Any compelling reason to choose AA F over AA J?
Any compelling reason to choose AA F over AA J?
"If you decide on CX"? What is your hesitation?
And if you insist on flying AA, for the paltry extra miles, why would anyone fly J instead of F?
May 20, 2011, 1:00 pm
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Go on CX, but if you do decide AA at least pay the small diff to go F. CX F is much better than AA F which is much better than AA J
If you want to mix it up try see if you can get JAL F. It is hard to find, but if you can find it a nice product
May 20, 2011, 1:32 pm
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Regarding J instead of F on AA, that's why I was asking. Why don't YOU tell me what I'll be getting for those paltry extra miles.
May 20, 2011, 3:19 pm
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May 20, 2011, 3:32 pm
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May 20, 2011, 3:43 pm
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