I thought it was - I saw it on the ANA Mileage Club page for Star Alliance Redemptions but I could be wrong.
Just put my fare on hold:
SYD-SIN in J
SIN-HKG in Y
HKG-BKK in Y
BKK-SYD in J
Total cost including fuel surcharge $1375 (90,000miles + $157)
Thanks to all the useful information in this post and over at FlyerTalk, I've now booked my trip back to London on Thai in F, for myself, the wife and the boy for around $7.5k all up That's only about $1k more than QF wanted for Y! I think it would have actually been cheaper than QF but for the infant fare!
This will be my first time in anything other than Y+ (but that was only once!), so really looking forward to it.
Thanks again.
James.
Thanks to all the useful information in this post and over at FlyerTalk, I've now booked my trip back to London on Thai in F, for myself, the wife and the boy for around $7.5k all up That's only about $1k more than QF wanted for Y! I think it would have actually been cheaper than QF but for the infant fare!
This will be my first time in anything other than Y+ (but that was only once!), so really looking forward to it.
Thanks again.
James.
I did think of that but given the bonus rate those legs work out to only 11,000 points unfortunately no J availability so I'm losing out but it's still great value
I'm slightly worried about the addictive nature of it, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. I'll be happy to write a TR, but it's not until December, so you'll have to wait a while.Bravo! Well done for doing the research and pulling the trigger.
I have but one warning. Last year I took the GF on some First and J flights around the USA, Asia and out to HNL including First from JFK-MEL. She is now adamant that unless we go J we aint going. Premium travel is addictive and you will find that now you have organised it once the wife will be all over you to 'make it happen' again.
Enjoy and I look forward back to your TR. It is always great to read a First 'virgin' talk about their flight.
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I'm slightly worried about the addictive nature of it, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. I'll be happy to write a TR, but it's not until December, so you'll have to wait a while.
I've got upgrade requests for a QF trip to London in a few weeks in Y, but since I'm only Bronze at the moment I don't hold out much hope of getting the upgrade (although I think I'll make Silver when I get to Singapore on the way there). With the amount of travelling I'm doing at the moment I might even make Gold this year, or be close enough for a status run in August!
thanks, i am clear that the offer is for purchasing US Airways Dividend miles.
there's no difference in redeeming to sin or hkg as they are the same burn rate so that works out even better for me.
Given it is only an extra 30000 points to continue to Europe I would certainly consider making this a stopover and then a trip to Europe as well.
This would be better value as a flight from Sth/Nth Asia to Europe is another 8 hour plus flight.
The only issue would be getting a stopover in HKG as seats on NZ are tough to come by. Consider a route via BKK and a short (paid) connector flight to HKG is easy. TG and LH usually have OK availability to most points in Europe from BKK.
Ha ha... I felt the same... I wanted to go to Asia, but since Europe is only "a bit" more expensive on miles, it just makes booking Asia trip look expensive, relatively speaking.
There are other European airlines that fly from HKG, so I don't see that as an issue, although none as good as NZ in J.