--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back in September my dad had amassed about 300,000 American Airlines AAdvantage miles through credit card spend (and churning), so planning ahead as usual, my dad and I decided to make some travel plans for my Spring Break. We hadn't traveled together in about two years, so it seemed like a good opportunity to…
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Yes Cube, I mean that he has earned those miles both through credit card spend as well as the original sign-up bonuses for the credit cards. Most American Airlines credit cards come with a 25,000 mile sign-up bonus, so having a few of them can increase mileage balances pretty quickly.
Lucky,
Thanks for the great report. Can you go into a little more detail about your booking process? Were all of those flights available at one time, or did you have to adjust your itinerary over time?
Thanks
Thanks Keith. As far as the booking process goes, I used the British Airways award tool to help me plan. The important segments, YYZ-HKG on Cathay Pacific and NRT-JFK on JAL, were available from the beginning. At the time the HKG-MNL and HKG-NRT were booked in first class, while only business class was available MNL-HKG. Over time first class became available on HKG-MNL, although HKG-MNL switched from a three cabin plane to a two cabin plane. Fortunately there was a 777-300ER flying that day with two award seats in first class. As time progressed, all four of our flights became the new configuration, which was a pleasant surprise.
All around a painless experience, especially given that we didn't have to pay any change fees since we kept the same route, despite switching flights several times.
[...] I had the pleasure of flying Cathay Pacific first class over spring break last year to Manila (trip report can be found here), and was itching to fly them again, and especially to be able to “introduce” my [...]