Any J "Ticket Programs" ?
Aug 18, 2007 | 4:21 am
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Any J "Ticket Programs" ?
Question for the frequent corporate travelers. I'm wondering if there are any purchase programs you use to purchase long haul J tickets on CX. I've heard of special banking relationships with deals such as free upgrade at Y ticket price. But I hear that these are mostly for regional short haul and is promoted to Asia-based companies.
My company is US-based and there is a myriad of credit card airline programs with the Starwood being the best because you can transfer points over to Asia Miles. But I need a backup plan because I foresee having 250k miles with no redemption availability. I've been reluctant to switch over business purchases from 1.5% cash back to SPG for this reason.... $30k spending a month = $450 cash back, better than unredeemable miles, lol.
Theres an AMEX card that offers 2-for-1 Y purchase program, but I'm not sure if thats the best... LAX-HKG is $8300 R/T on Y, at 2 tickets it is still more than $4k. You and I know that AMEX will "charge" you $8k and they will get some sort of discount from CX, so the deal sounds fishy in the first place.
For some reason, I see better benefits for asia-based business travelers, but maybe this is because banks there have a high marketing budget. I can expense Y and F fares if I wanted to, but being the owner of a small business its my own budget that i'm spending. Besides, instead of a $5k J fare I rather do $1k Y fare with $$ leftover for a ferrari payment
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My company is US-based and there is a myriad of credit card airline programs with the Starwood being the best because you can transfer points over to Asia Miles. But I need a backup plan because I foresee having 250k miles with no redemption availability. I've been reluctant to switch over business purchases from 1.5% cash back to SPG for this reason.... $30k spending a month = $450 cash back, better than unredeemable miles, lol.
Theres an AMEX card that offers 2-for-1 Y purchase program, but I'm not sure if thats the best... LAX-HKG is $8300 R/T on Y, at 2 tickets it is still more than $4k. You and I know that AMEX will "charge" you $8k and they will get some sort of discount from CX, so the deal sounds fishy in the first place.
For some reason, I see better benefits for asia-based business travelers, but maybe this is because banks there have a high marketing budget. I can expense Y and F fares if I wanted to, but being the owner of a small business its my own budget that i'm spending. Besides, instead of a $5k J fare I rather do $1k Y fare with $$ leftover for a ferrari payment
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Aug 18, 2007 | 7:40 am
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Question for the frequent corporate travelers. I'm wondering if there are any purchase programs you use to purchase long haul J tickets on CX. I've heard of special banking relationships with deals such as free upgrade at Y ticket price. But I hear that these are mostly for regional short haul and is promoted to Asia-based companies.
My company is US-based and there is a myriad of credit card airline programs with the Starwood being the best because you can transfer points over to Asia Miles. But I need a backup plan because I foresee having 250k miles with no redemption availability. I've been reluctant to switch over business purchases from 1.5% cash back to SPG for this reason.... $30k spending a month = $450 cash back, better than unredeemable miles, lol.
Theres an AMEX card that offers 2-for-1 Y purchase program, but I'm not sure if thats the best... LAX-HKG is $8300 R/T on Y, at 2 tickets it is still more than $4k. You and I know that AMEX will "charge" you $8k and they will get some sort of discount from CX, so the deal sounds fishy in the first place.
For some reason, I see better benefits for asia-based business travelers, but maybe this is because banks there have a high marketing budget. I can expense Y and F fares if I wanted to, but being the owner of a small business its my own budget that i'm spending. Besides, instead of a $5k J fare I rather do $1k Y fare with $$ leftover for a ferrari payment.
My company is US-based and there is a myriad of credit card airline programs with the Starwood being the best because you can transfer points over to Asia Miles. But I need a backup plan because I foresee having 250k miles with no redemption availability. I've been reluctant to switch over business purchases from 1.5% cash back to SPG for this reason.... $30k spending a month = $450 cash back, better than unredeemable miles, lol.
Theres an AMEX card that offers 2-for-1 Y purchase program, but I'm not sure if thats the best... LAX-HKG is $8300 R/T on Y, at 2 tickets it is still more than $4k. You and I know that AMEX will "charge" you $8k and they will get some sort of discount from CX, so the deal sounds fishy in the first place.
For some reason, I see better benefits for asia-based business travelers, but maybe this is because banks there have a high marketing budget. I can expense Y and F fares if I wanted to, but being the owner of a small business its my own budget that i'm spending. Besides, instead of a $5k J fare I rather do $1k Y fare with $$ leftover for a ferrari payment
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Aug 18, 2007 | 3:11 pm
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Aug 19, 2007 | 1:45 am
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They have both, but I think Y is for domestic and J is for anything. You pay Amex full price, and then they pay the airline partial price. Then recoup difference via the $400-500 But a full fare J even at 2 for 1 isn't a good deal IMO. Plus I travel alone most of the time.
Aug 19, 2007 | 11:11 pm
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They have both, but I think Y is for domestic and J is for anything. You pay Amex full price, and then they pay the airline partial price. Then recoup difference via the $400-500 But a full fare J even at 2 for 1 isn't a good deal IMO. Plus I travel alone most of the time.
In any event, buying full fare for a companion ticket is not a good deal, especially for international Y.
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