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HKG - LHR route: which airline FFP to go for?

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    HKG - LHR route: which airline FFP to go for?

    I saw this posted on another forum and I had the same question: for redeeming flights between HKG and LHR, which airline / FFP do you prefer? Living in HK it's easy to get sucked into the Cathay / Asia Miles ecosystem, but flight redemptions (especially in the premium cabins) are notoriously difficult.

    One option seems to be Virgin Atlantic; redemption rates appear to be slightly cheaper than Cathay.

    For those who fly this route, what is your redemption strategy?


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    Are you from the future?


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    Quote Originally Posted by aquaman:
    Are you from the future?
    Hahaha... just... trying to plan ahead you know

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    earn on cathay. burn on BA. very easy to redeem on BA becaus they are so shit.

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    We do BA to Heathrow - largely as we have a connecting as not from London! Lol.... fortunately? Or not. BA is quite rubbish but in saying that, we managed to upgrade to business easily with avios.
    Either £3k on a premium ticket or 51,000 avios plus £63. Lol....was it worth it? Yes, as cerebrally felt safer. Flight was choca. Travelled June 21.
    Don't pre-book anything though as BA is notoriously bad at refunding in a timely manner or hoodwink you into accepting vouchers.
    Personally, travel is the furthest from our minds but normality would be nice.

    Ps. £3k was one way! We flew to HK in 2020... this was return leg.