using Aeroplan to fly. if you spend 75k aeroplan point to HND, you can add an extra 5k point to add a stopover to Bangkok, Korea, Singapore, etc :] only for 5k more points
These are two trips I make every year. OMA>GDL & OMA>CUN 🇲🇽 and have always flown economy but would like to fly business. I’ve got the VentureX with 142k miles sitting. I could probably just book thru the portal but points are 1:1. To get business with points more than 1:1 I would have to do ORD>CUN which would require an extra ticket from OMA>ORD and that doesn’t seem efficient 😔 Thanks for the video, It gave me a clue of how to fly business to Japan though.
United is more likely to release Polaris seats outside T-30 compared to other airlines. You won’t see Lufthansa or ANA release seats outside that windown for example.
Should be instant. But in my experience, there's sometimes a slight delay if its your first time transferring to a new transfer partner so just keep that in mind.
But from the website how did you know that booking through Canada is 75K points and that United would have been 100K points, because the option gives you 2 choices Book through Air Canada or Book Via United Mileage Plus and both looks like it'll be 75K points? There is nothing on the screen that states that United would be more than Air Canada. Thanks for the video it was very helpful!
The first step on seats.aero is to hit "Explore" and choose the program/airline you want to find availability on. So you can assume the 75K you see is for the program you selected which in this case was Aeroplan. On the drop down, you can see other programs you can book through. So I checked United since theyre part of the same alliance and saw it was 100K points instead. Hope that helps!
I'll be making ANA as a separate video in the future! As for Delta, they do fly direct to HND from major US gateway cities like SEA, LAX, DTW, MSP, and ATL. But it's difficult to find a redemption that isnt a ridiculous number of miles on Delta One which is why I recommended JAL and United
@@theinternationalist1357 This is correct! (Ignore my earlier comment). The calculation would be Points Cost / (1 + X%) = Points Needed With X being the transfer bonus offered. So you’re right, for 150K pts you only need 120K pts with a 25% transfer bonus
You won't face any issues if you're booked economy on a different airline and then book business on Japan Airlines / United. Ofc cancel the economy flight shortly after. If say you're booked Japan Airlines economy and then book business for the same flight, cancel the economy flight as soon you book business because otherwise you may run into issues if you dont. I've read the JAL policy and they'll cancel bookings if its the same passenger on the same flight in multiple seats.
Man IDK what it is but I have not been able to find ANY partner award space on Air Canada to Japan. I have tried multiple US cities and all and can't find a thing. Found 55k business class tickets on JAL website but nothing transfers directly to them besides their own card.. and it's not available on Cathay's site..
I highly recommend using seats.aero to speed up the search process. You can search North America to Asia and plug in HND and NRT for arrival airports. Note that you wont find ANA space on Aeroplan, Air Canada has had issues for months now so you wont see ANA award seats
In theory yes. The issue is AA sees award availability ~30 days after Cathay and British Airways so most of the award seats are scooped up across those two before AA ever sees them
Because you dingusis waste more points and money on Cathay and Avios. But I snagged a SFO to MNL for 70k this December for Biz. Cathay blow you have to pay like $300+ in taxes where AA I paid like $16 @@__withMark
Great video with excellent explanation and walk through on how to get an award ticket
Really appreciate it!
using Aeroplan to fly. if you spend 75k aeroplan point to HND, you can add an extra 5k point to add a stopover to Bangkok, Korea, Singapore, etc :] only for 5k more points
Amazing explanatory video!
New hub for my rewards flight info - cheers 🤙🏽
Thanks for all the support!
omg the best video for explaining this booking system. well done!
Thanks so much!
The jl6 is amazing even in economy the legroom is the most ive had in economy
Thanks for sharing your experience! Great to hear
These are two trips I make every year.
OMA>GDL & OMA>CUN 🇲🇽
and have always flown economy but would like to fly business. I’ve got the VentureX with 142k miles sitting. I could probably just book thru the portal but points are 1:1. To get business with points more than 1:1 I would have to do ORD>CUN which would require an extra ticket from OMA>ORD and that doesn’t seem efficient 😔
Thanks for the video, It gave me a clue of how to fly business to Japan though.
great video...
Can you do Vietnam with multi cities stop to Japan from IAH or nearby airport. Thank you.
You have to keep finding the points all the way, and keep jumping on them, till you reach Japan!
thanks
Living for this content
Thanks for watching!
i was a travel noob before watching this video, but now I am a travel god
Haha glad it helped!
Can you upgrade the economy seats to business or you have to refund them and then book business seats when T-30 becomes available?
The latter. But make sure you have a backup option, I’ve heard more recently that JAL business at T-14 through Cathay is less common.
pls do Singapore airlines... fifth freedom flight LAX - NRT and IAH-MAN-SIN
flights to the Philippines!
Keep an eye out for that video coming later this year!
If United Polaris seats don't become available until T-30, how is seats.aero showing us Polaris seats 60 days in advance?
United is more likely to release Polaris seats outside T-30 compared to other airlines. You won’t see Lufthansa or ANA release seats outside that windown for example.
So why is it that you book polaris on united instead of through aeroplan when it's fewer points? Did I miss something?
You should book Polaris through Aeroplan for the 75K pts instead of booking through United which is 100K pts
Thank you for information. How long it takes to transfer points from Amex to Cathy Pacific?
Should be instant. But in my experience, there's sometimes a slight delay if its your first time transferring to a new transfer partner so just keep that in mind.
But from the website how did you know that booking through Canada is 75K points and that United would have been 100K points, because the option gives you 2 choices Book through Air Canada or Book Via United Mileage Plus and both looks like it'll be 75K points? There is nothing on the screen that states that United would be more than Air Canada. Thanks for the video it was very helpful!
The first step on seats.aero is to hit "Explore" and choose the program/airline you want to find availability on. So you can assume the 75K you see is for the program you selected which in this case was Aeroplan.
On the drop down, you can see other programs you can book through. So I checked United since theyre part of the same alliance and saw it was 100K points instead.
Hope that helps!
@@__withMark Awesome thanks man! 👍
Was the 75k points round trip or just one way? Thanks for the info!
One way!
Why not ANA or Delta?
I'll be making ANA as a separate video in the future! As for Delta, they do fly direct to HND from major US gateway cities like SEA, LAX, DTW, MSP, and ATL. But it's difficult to find a redemption that isnt a ridiculous number of miles on Delta One which is why I recommended JAL and United
Is there a way to do JAL with chase points?
Transfer Chase points to British Airways and book from there
How do you calculate when there's a transfer bonus?
If it's 25% bonus, based on 150k, don't I just need 120k?... not 112.5k? I'm confuse here..?
@@theinternationalist1357 This is correct! (Ignore my earlier comment). The calculation would be
Points Cost / (1 + X%) = Points Needed
With X being the transfer bonus offered. So you’re right, for 150K pts you only need 120K pts with a 25% transfer bonus
Ok understood now :)
Can I schedule the Business Class seats when I already have my name associates to the refundable economy class seats?
You won't face any issues if you're booked economy on a different airline and then book business on Japan Airlines / United. Ofc cancel the economy flight shortly after.
If say you're booked Japan Airlines economy and then book business for the same flight, cancel the economy flight as soon you book business because otherwise you may run into issues if you dont.
I've read the JAL policy and they'll cancel bookings if its the same passenger on the same flight in multiple seats.
Amex does not transfer to United.
Correct. But Amex transfer to Aeroplan and you can book the United flight from there
When you book United refundable Econ, do you book with points or cash?
Cash
@@__withMark How do I know if the United Flight is refundable econ? I only see Economy, Premium Economy, Business, Business (fully refundable)
Man IDK what it is but I have not been able to find ANY partner award space on Air Canada to Japan. I have tried multiple US cities and all and can't find a thing. Found 55k business class tickets on JAL website but nothing transfers directly to them besides their own card.. and it's not available on Cathay's site..
I highly recommend using seats.aero to speed up the search process. You can search North America to Asia and plug in HND and NRT for arrival airports. Note that you wont find ANA space on Aeroplan, Air Canada has had issues for months now so you wont see ANA award seats
I tried Seats.aero a while ago but only the free version and I believe it only lets you see a couple weeks or so in advance? @@__withMark
seats.aero is free up to T-60 days (2 months in advance)!
is there a way to use aa miles to book jal f?
In theory yes. The issue is AA sees award availability ~30 days after Cathay and British Airways so most of the award seats are scooped up across those two before AA ever sees them
@@__withMark 😩 I have quite a few miles to spend.
Because you dingusis waste more points and money on Cathay and Avios. But I snagged a SFO to MNL for 70k this December for Biz. Cathay blow you have to pay like $300+ in taxes where AA I paid like $16 @@__withMark