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ACT FAST! Great AA Business Class award space to Japan in July/August
American Airlines is known for having absolutely RIDICULOUSLY BAD award space on their own metal. A great way to get to Asia is via Tokyo…In fact, I’ve been itching to get back ever since I routed through Tokyo after a Big Safari trip in 2015. I spent a couple nights in Tokyo and loved it: The world’s best sushi at Sukiyabashi Jiro, getting crazy at Robot Bar, or just walking the streets and marveling at the architecture and eating street food. Tokyo is DOPE! This is a GREAT WAY TO SEE TOKYO for a great price…just 60k AA each way. The thing is…YOU HAD BETTER ACT FAST! This Great AA Business Class award space to Japan in July/August won’t last long.
Here’s a look at July/August from LAX to HND/NRT
7 Seats!!! What?!
And then DFW to NRT
Both routes are serviced by the retrofit 777-200 a completely lie-flat, reverse herringbone product made by Zodiac.
I had a great experience on this product, others have complained that the seat kinda rocks, but that wasn’t my experience and I thought it was a great way to fly long haul. The cabin shows a 1-2-1 layout which means you’ll have a newer product.
A few pics of my experience.
I stayed at the Ritz Carlton Tokyo. It WAS OUTSTANDINGLY LUXURIOUS
I also was really fortunate to eat at the World’s Best Sushi Restaurant. You know…the one that the Netflix Documentary was made about: Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Don’t have enough AA Miles? AA is currently having a sale. Or you could use Alaska Air miles…just 50k! They’re having a big sale on purchased miles – a 50% bonus!!! You could buy miles and redeem for the flight for under $1000. BYAH!!!
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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