Japan Airlines and Bangkok Airways have announced a new partnership, though it must be the most anticlimactic announcement ever. I don't see a press release, but rather only a promotion page to commemorate the new partnership. Japan Airlines has a distance based award chart, and through the promotion you can get the following discounted prices…
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I've flown on Bangkok Airways several times, and always found them great (free ice cream on board - that impressed me). They also fly to the Maldives.
This could be useful - me and Mrs Krusty are currently banking SPG points. Obscure as it may seem, it's worth knowing about. Thanks for pointing this out
I'll be in Bangkok in April and BKK to REP route looks interesting. 10000 star points RT for relatively expensive flight.
Matt, I flew that route about 12 years ago. It was awesome. I've heard things there have become a lot more developed since then, but I'm sure it'll still be great. Watch for the swarms of giant bats that launch over town at sunset (I'm not making this up - hundreds of bats the size of vultures filled the sky every night, slowly wheeling above the treetops - it was surreal). Incredible place.
When I did it, the flight was about US$150 R/T BKK>REP>BKK (including ice cream). Wonderful experience.
As I've mentioned, it's quite useful for cheap one-way tickets to Yangon for positioning for the mistake fare here: http://canadiankilometers.com/jal-mileage-bank-adds-pg-bangkok-airways-as-member-so-cheap-tickets-to-yangon/
@ Mattolo -- Unfortunately I don't think there's a way to do so online. I'm afraid you may have to call Japan Airlines to ask.
@ Romsdeals -- I suspect they're the same they'd be on a revenue ticket, which seems to be about $10-20 for a roundtrip inta-Thailand flight.
@ dcacoaster -- It's for a roundtrip with total travel distance under 1,000 miles (so under 500 miles in each direction).
BKK-USM/RGN are both over 500 miles total for the round trip, so you need a bit more points.
Still a great deal considering revenue rates.
Any idea when this offer would end? I am planning a trip to Thailand and I am interested in a CNX-BKK-REP-BKK, do they allow stopovers?
Do you have the link for the ticket rules?
@ Philipp -- It sees to be valid through the end of the campaign period, though I guess they could pull it earlier if they wanted to. You are allowed a stopover, though the issue is that you can't travel via your origin or destination airport enroute.
@ Philipp -- Here are the ticketing rules:
http://www.jal.co.jp/en/jalmile/use/partner_air/p_jmb/
Would I be able to do REP->BKK, BKK->USM, and then BKK->REP all on one 5k award? It says you can have two stopovers (with the USM->BKK surface sector counting as a stopover).
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