Asia
After the holiday break and then our trip to Italy, we had planned on going to SE Asia but there was a problem with my passport. See I only had 1 blank page in my passport. That's it. And to fly into Bali you need 2. Heck, to fly into a lot of places you need 2.
So Dr. Google told me that I could fly into the rest of Indonesia with 1 page, and that I could add pages in Jakarta before heading to Bali. Plus, KL and BKK are interesting cities, maybe Jakarta would be as well.
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Read moreThere are so many miles to collect, it can be hard to know where to start. So here is the showdown for the "best miles" to use when getting to Southeast Asia, North Asia and Japan.
First I'll compare all the prices and point out the best options, then we'll talk about the details of the best options. This way, you can decide the cheapest way to get somewhere before you start earning the miles.
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Boy, here I am catching up to get out the last of this series before the big devaluation.
My guess is that this is a time of United miles burning. Yes? No? And one of the biggest changes after this award devaluation, (taking place Feb 1), is Southeast Asia. This is also one of the most important regions in the current (old) award chart for reasons we'll go over soon.
This post is mostly about Southeast Asia, North Asia and Japan as our point of interest. Whenever I say Asia in the rest of...
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