NYC-Japan-Turkey-NYC
Sep 18, 2013 | 4:13 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: NYC
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NYC-Japan-Turkey-NYC
I am new to using miles and I am trying to develop a strategy where I could fly out of NYC to Japan and then on the return trip stop in Turkey for a couple of days before continuing back to nyc on awards flights. I am not even sure if something like this is possible or what airlines/alliance would be best to focus my earnings on. Currently I got some UR points saved up and I have status on United as well as some miles saved up in my united account. I am not looking to make the trip for another year maybe longer and have a number of credit card apps coming up where I was going to focus on UR bonuses. Is it possible to buy coach tickets and then use miles to upgrade to a higher cabin class?
Sep 18, 2013 | 4:44 pm
#2
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: San Antonio
Programs: AS MVP
Posts: 2,276
I am new to using miles and I am trying to develop a strategy where I could fly out of NYC to Japan and then on the return trip stop in Turkey for a couple of days before continuing back to nyc on awards flights. I am not even sure if something like this is possible or what airlines/alliance would be best to focus my earnings on. Currently I got some UR points saved up and I have status on United as well as some miles saved up in my united account. I am not looking to make the trip for another year maybe longer and have a number of credit card apps coming up where I was going to focus on UR bonuses. Is it possible to buy coach tickets and then use miles to upgrade to a higher cabin class?
Sep 20, 2013 | 3:38 pm
#3
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: LAX, formerly SFO, PEK, PVG, NRT
Posts: 164
NoobTraveler had a perfect blog post about this subject just a couple days ago.
Check it out here: ....noobtraveler.com/how-to-book-an-around-the-world-us-to-asia-star-alliance-award-ticket/
In the post he shows how to only use 65,000 UA miles to do the following itinerary:
New York - Seoul
Open jaw to Beijing
Beijing - Dubai (with a 6 hour layover in Bangkok)
Dubai - Boston (with a 12 hour layover in Zurich)
He also even demonstrates a SFO-NRT, SIN-IST, IST-LAX route which is pretty similar to your desired trip.
Check it out here: ....noobtraveler.com/how-to-book-an-around-the-world-us-to-asia-star-alliance-award-ticket/
In the post he shows how to only use 65,000 UA miles to do the following itinerary:
New York - Seoul
Open jaw to Beijing
Beijing - Dubai (with a 6 hour layover in Bangkok)
Dubai - Boston (with a 12 hour layover in Zurich)
He also even demonstrates a SFO-NRT, SIN-IST, IST-LAX route which is pretty similar to your desired trip.
Last edited by philemer; Sep 20, 2013 at 3:40 pm Reason: edited out the link