I know a lot of Hong Kong people like to go skiing. Most of the time people think of going to Hokkaido Japan, or more specifically Niseko. The closest major airport is Sapporo Chitose CTS. But cost is usually a huge factor deterring skiers from going. I suggest saving up your award miles for this expensive route. If using Asia Miles, it costs ... Read More »
I’ve known that Asia Miles opened a call center in Manila earlier this year, but Asia Miles finally e-mailed us members with a formal announcement below. In the past when you asked for an English speaking representative you’d wait upwards of an hour or more at times, which was really appalling. Since the opening of the new service center, I haven’t ... Read More »
Ho Ho Ho. Merry Christmas everyone! Fanfares are probably not really on everyone’s mind’s today, but it is another Tuesday, which means another set of CX fanfares. Most of the fanfares this week are valid from the end of January to beginning of February, with a select few for the upcoming week. My picks this week include: Read More »
As I’ve been seeing the past few weeks, the regional vacations spots are always booked up first through the fanfares. This week Ho Chih Minh city and Singapore are already sold out as of 11am HKT. As always, keep in mind the departure periods posted and take a look at my recommended picks below. You can also utilize the United Club ... Read More »
The newly created Cathay Pacific fanfares are released for the week of November 6th. Two hours after they’ve come out all of the destinations are still available except for Seoul.1 Keep in mind while some of the offers expire in 1 week, a majority of the destinations are actually on sale for only 1 day! Read More »
Cathay Pacific has rolled out a new fare sale web site called Fanfares. It says new fanfares start every Tues at 8am. Right now there’s still tickets for Singapore, Dubai, and Melbourne. Current offers left: Singapore: 590 HKD Dubai: 1390 HKD Melbourne: 1690 HKD Read More »
Recently used up some of my Asia Miles to book a one way flight from Singapore SIN to Tokyo NRT with a stopover in HKG for 25,000 Asia Miles. This was in economy class flying Cathay Pacific. Pretty awesome deal since SIN to HKG one way alone is already 20,000 miles. This is a prime example of how to maximize the ... Read More »
Of course if you’ll want to check award availability on Cathay Pacific (CX) or Dragonair (KA) it’s best to use either web site, both booking systems are identical except for the colors. British Airways and Qantas also show CX awards but I think the CX web site is easiest to use. One tip is when checking for awards is to ... Read More »
Asia Miles recently sent me an e-mail to remind me to use up my miles which are expiring soon, how nice of them. Attached to that email was the link below about mileage renewal. http://www.asiamiles.com/am/en/about/features/renew This is the most absurd offer I’ve heard of. It costs $40 USD to renew a block of 2,000 miles, online. $100 per 2,000 miles ... Read More »
Similar to my post on BA Avios redemptions, this post will focus on the best use of Asia Miles for short haul flight, up to 1,200 miles from HKG. A lot of the information from the BA post pertains to the Asia Miles program as well, because it is distance based. Personally I know someone with 16,000 Asia Miles expiring ... Read More »
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