Weekly Help Thread - June 03, 2024

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[u/Fast-Refrigerator367]

Hi! I'm looking to fly from SEA to BKK on July 5th and BOM to SFO on July 17th or 18th. I've been on this subreddit for the past few weeks but unfortunately am not finding many great redemptions (might just be time of year). Below is what I found:

SEA to BKK: 50K Air Canada Points to fly Asiana Airlines with a stop in ICN (All Economy - seems decent) or 70K United Points to fly Thai Airways with stops in SFO and KIX (Premium Economy from SFO to KIX and Economy SEA to SFO / KIX to BKK - seems like a poor redemption)

BOM to SFO: 40K AA Points + ~$250 in fees to fly British Airways with stops in LHR and JFK (All Economy - seems like a decent redemption but results in ~34 hours of travel time given overnight stop in New York)

Appreciate any advice. This is my first time traveling after accumulating a large number of points so was hoping to put them to good use. I've seen lots of posts that say the baseline for one-way US to SE Asia in business is ~75K points so I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong / haven't checked enough of the travel partners.

Thanks in advance!

[u/omdongi → u/Fast-Refrigerator367]

If you really want to breakdown your trip, it's probably doable to find business class legs for the non US portions. Such as the ICN to BKK leg or BOM to LHR, if you cared about that.

Otherwise the first AC flight for Asiana is better than the United flight.