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chinook79 wrote: ↑ could you care to share some of the redemption date where you can redeem 150k J redemption round trip? cheapest I can find in business class to Asia or NRT which is usually cheapest.. is 300K+ even when I am looking at as far as in December

donttoewsmebro wrote: ↑ Just a quick search on a few days in the first week of October (I randomly chose that month) yielded some results, albeit they will require an overnight in LAX/SFO (not a bad use of the Amex Marriott free certificate). The screens (different dates) were taken with incognito (no status or cc). The image with price with decimals is a 35K with Aeroplan Reserve cc, just to show the ranges. Of course 50K and up will see it discounted even more.

Coming back I suspect you'll have to go through the US again (didn't search sorry). I've seen some dates previously where you could fly YVR-ORD-TYO in first class and the price was actually lower than the published rate.

chinook79 wrote: ↑ let me guess, you are using your mobile device to search through aircanada app..
did you know that those flights you chose is mixed cabin, for example, YVR - SFO - NRT you chose.. it's 14% business class. yes you fly shittiest 737 business class for 2 hours, and rest of the journey is in economy, not to mention 17 hour layover.. Seriously, I tried.. there were few that were 150K round trip before end of April, but since other countries started opening up, it's all dried up
Ones you picked, are all Japan which is also cheaper temporary as their travel restriction (only allows tour guided travelers) makes it less desirable. Try searching with no mixed cabin or at least major leg in business.. you won't find anything under 150K one way if lucky.. or 300k+ for any other Asian destination other than Japan (maybe China.. never bothered to check as it's not possible to travel anyway)

chinook79 wrote: ↑ could you care to share some of the redemption date where you can redeem 150k J redemption round trip? cheapest I can find in business class to Asia or NRT which is usually cheapest.. is 300K+ even when I am looking at as far as in December

chinook79 wrote: ↑ let me guess, you are using your mobile device to search through aircanada app..
did you know that those flights you chose is mixed cabin, for example, YVR - SFO - NRT you chose.. it's 14% business class. yes you fly shittiest 737 business class for 2 hours, and rest of the journey is in economy, not to mention 17 hour layover.. Seriously, I tried.. there were few that were 150K round trip before end of April, but since other countries started opening up, it's all dried up
Ones you picked, are all Japan which is also cheaper temporary as their travel restriction (only allows tour guided travelers) makes it less desirable. Try searching with no mixed cabin or at least major leg in business.. you won't find anything under 150K one way if lucky.. or 300k+ for any other Asian destination other than Japan (maybe China.. never bothered to check as it's not possible to travel anyway)

lyh_chnxm wrote: ↑ using the tool to quick check, there is only one ticket oct 27 yvr-nrt on ANA for 55K non stop business

chinook79 wrote: ↑
This is almost exclusively limited to Air Canada right now..
Air Canada was #1 in the world including ULCC in cancellation, delays, etc..
Beside, aeroplan points are so devalued to the point that it's a joke.. before pandemic, I could redeem 150K points to 2 stops business class to Asia booking last minutes round trip.. now it costs 180k flying one way on economy or 720k business class round trip.. that's 4.8x devaluation unless you book far ahead of time

chinook79 wrote: ↑
I don't know how you would find business class round trip to Asia for 175K points. I've been looking for decent redemption, and cheapest I've came across last 4-5 months was 150K one way (80k once on flight to Japan when Japan had their border closed but nowhere to be found now) or 360k one way on the average.. and that's taking multiple layovers.

chinook79 wrote: ↑
could you care to share some of the redemption date where you can redeem 150k J redemption round trip? cheapest I can find in business class to Asia or NRT which is usually cheapest.. is 300K+ even when I am looking at as far as in December

chinook79 wrote: ↑
let me guess, you are using your mobile device to search through aircanada app..
did you know that those flights you chose is mixed cabin, for example, YVR - SFO - NRT you chose.. it's 14% business class. yes you fly shittiest 737 business class for 2 hours, and rest of the journey is in economy, not to mention 17 hour layover.. Seriously, I tried.. there were few that were 150K round trip before end of April, but since other countries started opening up, it's all dried up
Ones you picked, are all Japan which is also cheaper temporary as their travel restriction (only allows tour guided travelers) makes it less desirable. Try searching with no mixed cabin or at least major leg in business.. you won't find anything under 150K one way if lucky.. or 300k+ for any other Asian destination other than Japan (maybe China.. never bothered to check as it's not possible to travel anyway)

• You realize Asia is kinda a big place .
• You have stated multiple dates....maybe be a little more specific
• Maybe start with a destination and someone can help you
• You have been given multiple examples of J
• I have zero issues finding space for most of the dates you gave with departures from YVR/SEA/SFO/LAX to ICN/SIN/TPE/NRT/HND/HKG for return @150k to 170k with the main leg in J or all J
• Would be helpful if you gave a departure city as this would help narrow choices and positioning flights if needed.
• If you don't have the points and are trying to figure out if buying points are worth the money (the point of this thread) you need to be a little more organized.

decorates wrote: ↑ I have to be do a one way, Taipei - YVR flight (non-stop) next March. The current cash fare is higher than if I bought the 50k pts ticket w Aeroplan right now but that's assuming the cash fare is going to stay this high. Right now, it's around $1250 per ticket even though my husband says pre-pandemic it should be around $800. I'm not 100% prices will return to pre-pandemic.

Should I bite the bullet and buy the pts at this bonus rate now and just buy my ticket at 50k pts or wait to see if cash fare drops?

ichibansan wrote: ↑ Not sure where you are looking but there are all kinds of flights from TPE to YVR for a lot cheaper than that. Use ITA Matrix or Google flights and search.

Cathay Pacific has many for under $670 via HKG. United has a number under $800 via SFO. FOrget the AC flight. It is overpriced

decorates wrote: ↑ I see those flights too but I’m only willing to fly direct. The 50k redemption is for a direct EVA flight.