SEA to ??? How would you fly?
Jun 23, 2016, 1:00 pm
#16
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 17
Shanghai is a fascinating place and late October/November is a good time temperature wise.
Google flights searches today find RT non-stop flights for just under $600 for that time period.
https://www.google.com/flights/
Whereas Delta flights e.g. for London, Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona are upwards of $1200 or more
I agree with wlau that Taipei is a great alternative. And I find it cleaner air and better food than Shanghai. I also find it easier to navigate the subway, trains, etc there.
Google flights shows $600 plus for RT to Taipei.
Cheers for a great experience wherever you go!
Google flights searches today find RT non-stop flights for just under $600 for that time period.
https://www.google.com/flights/
Whereas Delta flights e.g. for London, Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona are upwards of $1200 or more
I agree with wlau that Taipei is a great alternative. And I find it cleaner air and better food than Shanghai. I also find it easier to navigate the subway, trains, etc there.
Google flights shows $600 plus for RT to Taipei.
Cheers for a great experience wherever you go!
I forgot to mention I have 50k BA points, but I can't seem to figure out how to use them right. meh.
Jun 23, 2016, 1:02 pm
#17
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 17
I just looked at SEA-AMS, which is usually the least expensive, for 14 day RT in November. There are 60K coach awards available almost every day (SEA-SLC-AMS). $ are over $1100.
There's a 50K miles offer available from AMEX for a DL Gold with a $2K spend to get them.
If you can get the card and charge $2000 quickly, those 50 K miles will put you at 112K+. You can then buy 8K miles for just under $300 and get 2 award tix.
So, $300 and spending on a CC gets you Europe.
Added: No visa costs and you can get lots of places via European LCC's or trains.
There's a 50K miles offer available from AMEX for a DL Gold with a $2K spend to get them.
If you can get the card and charge $2000 quickly, those 50 K miles will put you at 112K+. You can then buy 8K miles for just under $300 and get 2 award tix.
So, $300 and spending on a CC gets you Europe.
Added: No visa costs and you can get lots of places via European LCC's or trains.
Jun 23, 2016, 2:16 pm
#19
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 2,188
# of miles required varies greatly by destination and time of year, even day of the week. When do you want to go? You can start checking Delta.com now to see how many miles are required for various destinations on various dates. If you're students, presumably there are only certain times when you could travel and they may be at peak times. Are you hoping to use SkyMiles for both tickets? That could be tough for any interntional destination. Consider the ideas on getting new cards, though, of course, there are costs involved. If you're able to pay for one ticket, great.
Jun 23, 2016, 2:23 pm
#20
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: SEA
Programs: Delta TDK(or care)WIA, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,869
Thanks a lot! I've been kind of going that route, checking googleflights, will continue to do that. I would love to accumulate those points, but it's hard to find em! Especially on a college student budget. Thanks, I would love to fly 1st class, never done that before.
Can you explain the "Don't use Pay with Miles" bit? I'm not sure how else to redeem...
Thanks!
Can you explain the "Don't use Pay with Miles" bit? I'm not sure how else to redeem...
Thanks!