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Old Mar 13, 2017, 12:16 am
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Best way to use 90000 TYP out of LAX to Asia or vice versa?
What is the best way to use 90000 TYP out of LAX to Asia or Asia to LAX or within Asia?

With the A380 F suite in SQ gone, I no longer have compelling F redemptions with TYP.
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Old Mar 13, 2017, 9:19 pm
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LAX-HKG in CX F is 180k CX round trip or 105k one way.
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Old Mar 14, 2017, 3:39 am
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LAX-HKG in CX F is 180k CX round trip or 105k one way.
Wow that's pretty expensive and over my budget (90k).
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Old Mar 14, 2017, 5:25 pm
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Transfer to VS and book LAX-TYO in J for 90k roundtrip.
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Old Mar 14, 2017, 9:50 pm
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Transfer to VS and book LAX-TYO in J for 90k roundtrip.
wow. that sounds like an amazing deal for J roundtrip.
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Old Mar 14, 2017, 9:58 pm
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Originally Posted by linglingfool
Transfer to VS and book LAX-TYO in J for 90k roundtrip.
Just joined VS and tried searching for LAX-TYO award flights, but I couldn't find any.
Does the Virgin Atlantic website work for partner award flights?
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Old Mar 14, 2017, 10:57 pm
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Originally Posted by dkjb3t4
Just joined VS and tried searching for LAX-TYO award flights, but I couldn't find any.
Does the Virgin Atlantic website work for partner award flights?
Gotta call. They don't even publish an award chart anymore, so prices subject to change at any time. See mia's link below for pricing.
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Old Mar 15, 2017, 12:17 am
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Gotta call. They don't even publish an award chart anymore, so prices subject to change at any time.
Got it.
Do you know which airline they use for LAX-TYO (NRT? HND?) flights?
Would I be able to also use the same # of miles for LAX-ICN or LAX-PEK?
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Old Mar 15, 2017, 8:51 am
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Originally Posted by linglingfool
They don't even publish an award chart anymore, so prices subject to change at any time.
Virgin Atlantic publishes award charts. Examples:

Flights operated by Virgin Atlantic:

http://www.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/...ml#rewardseat1

Flights operated by partners:

http://www.virginatlantic.com/global.../airlines.html
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Old Mar 15, 2017, 11:01 am
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Originally Posted by linglingfool
Transfer to VS and book LAX-TYO in J for 90k roundtrip.
prob with hefty fees/yq on top though...
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Old Mar 15, 2017, 11:04 am
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Originally Posted by dkjb3t4
Got it.
Do you know which airline they use for LAX-TYO (NRT? HND?) flights?
If I google it says it's ANA flights booked through Virgin Atlantic for Los Angeles to Tokyo. ANA is one of the two main Japanese airlines.
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Old Mar 15, 2017, 11:07 am
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VS chart for ANA is here:

http://www.virginatlantic.com/global...n-airways.html
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Old Mar 15, 2017, 12:13 pm
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Transfer to SQ for LAX-NRT
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Old Mar 15, 2017, 2:06 pm
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Originally Posted by azepine00
prob with hefty fees/yq on top though...
Probably, but SQ is pretty expensive also.

This is the breakdown I've found:

Option 1: 110K for ANA LAX-NRT round trip in F, but severely reduced availability (e.g. a couple of days available in April). $80 in fuel surcharge, etc.

Option 2: 106K for SQ LAX-NRT-SIN-PEK/PVG one-way trip in F, better availability and A380 suite. ~$500 in fuel surcharges, taxes, etc.

It seems like a clear case for LAX-NRT being the more economical option, although I would have to buy my own ticket to fly NRT-PEK.
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Old Mar 15, 2017, 6:29 pm
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Thanks, didn't think to try their global site, just their US site.
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