Beijing Olympics - Any tips for using miles?
Apr 7, 2007 | 8:18 pm
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Beijing Olympics - Any tips for using miles?
Starting to check into flights and hotels. Airlines don't open seats until 11 months prior, and hotels seem to be the same. I expect it to be a competitive free-for-all amongst all the revenue seats, travel groups, other frequent fliers. Does anyone have any tips? For air, my preference is to fly direct from USA to mainland without having to connect, so United and Continental seem to be only choices so far. For hotels in Beijing, I'm focusing on the major point-earning franchises, such as Hyatt, Marriott, etc.
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Apr 7, 2007 | 8:25 pm
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there is already a thread about this in the China forum. if you want to avoid connecting in china, then NW is also an option since they connect in NRT, which is fairly painless. if it comes down to the wire, it is also an option to fly into HKG/PVG/CAN (all served by US airlines) and then fly or take a train.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=642426
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=642426
Last edited by rufflesinc; Apr 7, 2007 at 8:30 pm Reason: link!