Can someone explain this YVR-JFK-LAX award logic?
Feb 6, 2019, 9:46 pm
#16
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Bingo! 50k is correct. I was also surprised it let me book it as one award.You know maybe I am insane for doing the crazy journey but it will be worth it. Gonna make the most of it.
Feb 6, 2019, 9:58 pm
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Feb 7, 2019, 12:06 am
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Enjoy the CX lounge OP, I havent been but its got to be better than the alternative. And know that for pretty much everyone on here questioning your sanity for connecting in JFK there is someone else who is jealous.
Feb 7, 2019, 2:13 pm
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I disagree. Hour for hour, 50k for ~11-12 (total) hours in CX F and AA 321T F, with two FFD experiences, is hard to beat. I suppose you could swing NRT-JFK-LAX with JL/AA F and the same FFDs for 80k, but we're still in the same order of magnitude in terms of redemption value for people who, like me, actually enjoy flying.
Feb 7, 2019, 2:45 pm
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I disagree. Hour for hour, 50k for ~11-12 (total) hours in CX F and AA 321T F, with two FFD experiences, is hard to beat. I suppose you could swing NRT-JFK-LAX with JL/AA F and the same FFDs for 80k, but we're still in the same order of magnitude in terms of redemption value for people who, like me, actually enjoy flying.
Feb 7, 2019, 5:58 pm
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Feb 7, 2019, 6:15 pm
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Interesting way to get from YVR to LAX but CX F to JFK, then AA F to LAX -- that's a nice redemption for 50K if you have the time to enjoy it.
Hope the bloggers don't write about this .... and get it killed.
Hope the bloggers don't write about this .... and get it killed.
Feb 7, 2019, 6:31 pm
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I just realized how nuts this is, not the routing per se but that you cannot book this online (because AA does not display CX availability online), so that means you have to talk to an actual person to do this.
Reminds me of the LifeMiles "boomerangs" with LH F and also some stories I saw about AS EK F awards using multi-segment search... I guess if this floats your boat, but I will say that short YVR-JFK flight isn't all that much fun in J or F, I've done it and always regretted it.
Reminds me of the LifeMiles "boomerangs" with LH F and also some stories I saw about AS EK F awards using multi-segment search... I guess if this floats your boat, but I will say that short YVR-JFK flight isn't all that much fun in J or F, I've done it and always regretted it.
Feb 7, 2019, 6:48 pm
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If I were going to fly this route -- in either direction -- as an award, I think that I would try to maximize the JFK layover in order to spend a day in NYC. Probably better to do LAX-JFK-YVR than vice versa for those purposes. I'm not sure if AA allows 18 or 24 hours for this connection, but if it's 24, one could depart LAX in the afternoon, arrive JFK late at night, and have almost 24 hours before the CX JFK-YVR flight departs.
Of course, you'd have to be able to find F or J SAAver availability on the necessary LAX-JFK flight.
Of course, you'd have to be able to find F or J SAAver availability on the necessary LAX-JFK flight.
Feb 7, 2019, 6:51 pm
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If I were going to fly this route -- in either direction -- as an award, I think that I would try to maximize the JFK layover in order to spend a day in NYC. Probably better to do LAX-JFK-YVR than vice versa for those purposes. I'm not sure if AA allows 18 or 24 hours for this connection, but if it's 24, one could depart LAX in the afternoon, arrive JFK late at night, and have almost 24 hours before the CX JFK-YVR flight departs.
Of course, you'd have to be able to find F or J SAAver availability on the necessary LAX-JFK flight.
Of course, you'd have to be able to find F or J SAAver availability on the necessary LAX-JFK flight.
I'll stick to buying $650 tickets JFK-LAX and using BXP1s to upgrade them to F.