Best Skyteam award options to HKG?
Dec 5, 2006, 2:05 pm
#17
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: ATL / SJC
Programs: DL DM, SPG Lifetime Platinum, Marriott Platinum, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 213
From the East Coast, your best option is: piece something together -- DL's ATL-NRT (a relatively good PMU upgrade value), and then a 30k Biz award on NW NRT-HKG. Get the upper deck of the 742, NW has old F seats up there; they are quite comfy. Alternatively, if you have miles to burn, you can book a 120k award IAD-ATL-ICN/NRT-HKG. From the West Coast, I'd go NW all the way.
I've been going at least once a year for the past few years to visit my tailor, which is an even better value proposition than the flight!
Dec 6, 2006, 1:49 am
#18
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: PNS
Programs: DL PM / 1MM "Enhancee" (Frequent Flyer) Since 1990
Posts: 1,156
My best value in terms of cost and earned MQMs for the ATL-HKG route is the same: take the ATL-NRT flight in M-class and use miles/PMUs to upgrade. This fare has been ~$1300 the past few years, and yields 20,550 MQMs (btw, same price and more MQMs from NYC). From there you can use miles to take KE or NW in J for 30K miles which includes a stopover (to pick up DVDs in PEK) if you'd like.
I've been going at least once a year for the past few years to visit my tailor, which is an even better value proposition than the flight!
I've been going at least once a year for the past few years to visit my tailor, which is an even better value proposition than the flight!
As an aside, I really like HKG airport, and of course my PM credentials get me into the NW lounge there..