NY to Tokyo or Shanghai
Aug 3, 2019, 12:54 pm
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2019
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NY to Tokyo or Shanghai
I'm trying to book travel from NY to Tokyo or Shanghai using my chase ultimate points. I have 550K points with chase and i'm trying to make the best use out of them for this trip. Looking for business or first class tickets for 3. I've looked up flights on ANA and everything is waitlisted on the time period i'm looking to fly 10/8 to 10/25. Looking through the forum it says waitlist being released on ANA is very random and i prefer not to take the risk. UA has some okay flight for 175k with 1 layover. Any other recommendations?
Mods please move this if this is the wrong place. I tried reading through the wiki and the new user post and i still don't know if i'm doing this right
Mods please move this if this is the wrong place. I tried reading through the wiki and the new user post and i still don't know if i'm doing this right
Aug 3, 2019, 8:13 pm
#5
Join Date: Jun 2012
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eg, united/AA, supposed to put EXTRASEAT somewhere on the name
How to buy an extra seat? "EXTRASEAT" for paid or award flights
otherwise
1) carrier may think they're dup tickets and cancel them
2) during boarding, carrier will no-show the ticket and put someone else on it (if flight is overbooked)
most (united/AA) wont give you extra miles on extra seat
Aug 4, 2019, 8:37 am
#8
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For 3 people First/Business less 3 month out for specific dates ..... good luck with that. EWR-Narita 175k on 10/8 non stop for 175k .... but that is for one person each way = 350k round trip so you need saver space.
The "cheap" option would be to transfer to Virgin Atlantic and use them for ANA First class (120k round trip) but as you know you are very probably too late to get seats.
The "cheap" option would be to transfer to Virgin Atlantic and use them for ANA First class (120k round trip) but as you know you are very probably too late to get seats.
Aug 4, 2019, 8:40 am
#9
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Aug 4, 2019, 1:06 pm
#10
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@Colin
This looks like a good one! That 14 hour layover in CKG is a little rough but maybe i'll convince the wife to do a little sightseeing there.
Thanks!
Yea it's probably too late. I'm trying to look for other options. I figured it might be cheaper to spend a little time in shanghai then fly to japan since its 2-3 hour flight. Trying to explore what other options i have without breaking the bank. I haven't been on a vacation in 5+ years so i don't mind spending a little bit extra for comfort. Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated.
This looks like a good one! That 14 hour layover in CKG is a little rough but maybe i'll convince the wife to do a little sightseeing there.
Thanks!
For 3 people First/Business less 3 month out for specific dates ..... good luck with that. EWR-Narita 175k on 10/8 non stop for 175k .... but that is for one person each way = 350k round trip so you need saver space.
The "cheap" option would be to transfer to Virgin Atlantic and use them for ANA First class (120k round trip) but as you know you are very probably too late to get seats.
The "cheap" option would be to transfer to Virgin Atlantic and use them for ANA First class (120k round trip) but as you know you are very probably too late to get seats.