BA has the best "universal" Oneworld award search site. Use them to search for award availability- if it shows there it should (95%) be bookable.

How much would you pay for the EY First Apartments? I got a Plusgrade offer earlier this year for JFK-AUH around the sum of 1200USD to upgrade. Passed on it here- and I credit to Alitalia unfortunately.

Got a few itineraries that I'm not sure where to credit to...

CX CMB-HKG-EWR in Biz,
AA JFK-SFO in Economy,
BA KUL-LHR-LIS in Premium Econ.

For 2017 status, which would be the best to credit to?
American, British or Alaska?

AA and BA status would mean more miles/2 status years respectively, but Alaska also has its benefits if I get MVP 50k.

Okay, so AS is out (Couple months a year in the US but don't originate there)

Did my calculations here- with AA I'm barely touching Platinum (OW Sapphire), while with BA I'd reach Sapphire much faster and 70% to OW Emerald, which is pretty close and doable with another biz trip.

Do you think the status is worth the worse award chart?

Yeah my biz travel is pretty flexible I'm not sure if it'll last a while. BA is also much easier to upgrade than on CX, and AA's PE plans aren't concrete yet.
Really like Delta as an airline but unfortunately Skyteam is too broken for ASEAN travel.

I'm not really sure what I want to do with ~60-80k miles honestly. Not particularly clamoring for biz seats here; grew up in steerage, still feels more familiar to me when I'm flying leisure.

Can you route KUL-LHR-YVR? Yes it's the long way round, yes it's lie-flat... and you'll be staring into the missus' face so you know when you're getting slaughtered

I'd say your chances at CX J is better now because AA redemptions are inflated steeply that it's no longer the good deal it was. You'd have much better availability to LAX though, from my experience with searching.

This post has been edited by X.E.D: Mar 4 2016, 05:34 PM

It's still a long way to go to May '17; AA members can only book a year upfront so they can only book until March 2017 at pre-devaluation rates.

After this there's bound to be people changing travel plans, can't make trips and whatnot... so it's not as tied down as we all think it is.

EK flies DXBKUL with high density, 2-class A380s.

A bunch of points bloggers may keep repeating that but that's still patently untrue.
PE is like a toy compared to actual business class- you don't get any sleep in cradle recliners.

Now of course, if there's award availability in CX, QR or MH's 380... I wouldn't choose BA.

Have you tried ex-BKK? Close-in redemptions out of KUL really suffer because we don't really have the same volume as BKK/SIN...

Found J on BKK-HND/NRT-ORD + ORD-NRT-BKK on JL. 12th-17th.

Cross-reference the %s in the Emirates table in this link and use with the second link:
1) http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/us/en/enri...r-airlines.html
2) http://www.webflyer.com/travel/mileage_cal...m&ticket_price=

If your journey starts in Malaysia it will be optimally priced in MYR.

CX availability is really dry on SFO-HKG. LAX is much more open in comparison- that's how I nabbed my F upgrade

I suggest flying into LAS on BA even if the seats aren't the most luxurious (it does its purpose of lie-flat and decent rest). But the mile savings help. LAS-SFO-LAX on Virgin America (midweek departures are cheap), and then LAX-HKG... on CX.

Domestic TSA at SFO doesn't suck. Very civilized- unless you fly UA.


p.s. I would suggest against arriving into LAX. Customs at LAX-Bradley are pretty much the worst. Ironically it's one of the nicest terminals to depart from instead, with newly renovated fixtures and also the Qantas F lounge.

This post has been edited by X.E.D: May 21 2016, 09:17 AM

Chase Sapphire Reserve? lol