Looks like the first long-haul destinations will be Shanghai and Tokyo. Mid-haul routes are slated to be Perth, Honolulu, and Papeete. Although it’s typically quite hard to find business class award space from North America to New Zealand nonstop on Air New Zealand, award availability is usually pretty good from Asia, if you’re willing to…
As is being reported in this thread on Flyertalk, it appears that you can no longer book partner awards using Alaska Airlines miles beyond 331 days out. There’s been a lot of excitement over the fact that you can now redeem one-way awards using Alaska miles on most partners, as well as the fact that…
One reason people love flying First Class (aka Royal First) on Thai Airways out of Bangkok is access to the Royal Orchid Spa where First Class passengers can get a 60-minute full body massage. But you need to be departing on a same-day Thai-operated flight in First Class to get this benefit. According to this…
If you’re looking to redeem for first class travel using United or US Airways miles, Asiana is a good place to look, especially if you’re looking far enough in advance. It’s got a great first class product, and they consistently release 2 first class seats on several of their routes to/from the US right when…
The other day, I booked my first award ticket through a phone reservations office. I wanted to spend 67,500 American Airlines miles to fly from the US to Bangkok in Cathay Pacific first class. Cathay Pacific awards can’t be booked via the AA.com website, so you have to call American at 1-800-433-7300 to book your…
