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-Earn 5 points per dollar on the AMEX Platinum Card or 3 points per dollar on airfare with the AMEX Premier Rewards Gold Card or the AMEX Business Gold Rewards Card.
-Earn 3 points per dollar and get $300 in airfare automatically refunded every calendar year with Chase Sapphire Reserve®.
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Newark to Hong Kong valid dates:
January 23, 24, 30, 31
Hong Kong to Newark valid dates:
February 1, 2, 6, 7, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21
You can credit this K class fare to Singapore Airlines to earn 16,130 miles instead of earning just 2,360 United miles.
Hong Kong is a fascinating East meets West city and is home to several great kosher restaurants and shuls. Mul Hayam restaurant, located next to the Kehilat Zion shul in the Kowloon section of Hong Kong, is excellent. The JCC located on Hong Kong Island has very good dairy and meat restaurants as well as an awesome Sunday night all you can eat buffet, just don’t forget to bring your passport to get in! Chabad of Lantau also offers meals with delivery options.
We spent a Shabbos with Chabad of Hong Kong Island where the food was excellent and the atmosphere is awesome. People have rave reviews about Shabbos at Chabad and Kehilat Zion in Kowloon as well.
After Shabbos we moved the W in Kowloon, which is one of my favorite SPG hotels in the world. We got an amazing upgrade and there’s a very cool rooftop infinity pool and hot tub. Plus the bellhop picked up our bags from our room and checked them straight home to Cleveland without us ever having to touch them thanks to the airport express station located in the W’s basement.
There are lots of other great hotels where you can spend your points at as well.
Most hotels even give you a free cell phone to use while in Hong Kong.
Americans do not need a visa to travel to Hong Kong or to take the ferry from Hong Kong to nearby Macau.
These fares are not on sale with United miles, but you can pay for the ticket with “hybrid points” if you have AMEX or Chase points and a Business Platinum or Sapphire Reserve card.
Using AMEX points:
If you have The Enhanced Business Platinum Card® from American Express OPEN you can get a 50% rebate on the airline of your choice.
The 50% rebate will go back into your account the day after redeeming points.
You can login to your account and redeem AMEX points for travel here.
A $571.86 flight will be 57,186 points and you would get a 50% rebate making the effective cost just 28,593 points, a value of 2 cents per point:
Using Chase points:
If you have a Chase Sapphire Reserve® card you can redeem points for 1.5 cents each towards travel. The card comes with 100,000 signup points and $600 in travel spending in your first cardmembership year!
A $571.86 flight will be 38,124 points. That includes all taxes and you still earn miles for flying!
You can login to your account and redeem Chase points for travel here.
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8 Comments On "United: Fly Nonstop From Newark To Hong Kong For $571 (Or 28.5K Hybrid Points) Round-Trip"
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Any way to book a one way back from Hong Kong at a lower rate or with less miles because of the sale?
dan, you cant do hybrid and credit singapore . has to only be united for the 50% back
@David:
No.
@mia flyer:
False.
I’m sorry for posting this here but the following is very important to note. It has been a few days since the Alitalia deal has been posted. In the post, you correctly stated that each passenger has 2 checked-in bags. Additionally you presented us with a snapshot from their web-site. We purchased the tickets RT from JFK-TLV. Subsequent to our booking, we were informed by both, an email receipt and a booking agent that we are only entitled to ONE CHECK-IN PIECE!!! No matter what I said on the phone (with many HUCA’S) we were denied our request for the 2 pieces we had purchased. You must be aware of Alitalia’s scheme and be prepared to pay $100 fee (each way) at the airport for the additional bag. This is definitely a DOT worthy issue!!! DAN,WHAT SHOULD WE DO NOW? DISPUTE THE MOST OF THE TICKET?
I dont understand why the “hybrid pay” is such a good deal when you can get much better than 2 cents on award redemption, unless you have too may amex points.
@ALITALIA’S GLITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:
Complaint to the DoT with a screenshot of the 2 bags.
@ashley:
2 cents is a good use of any points.
@Dan: I think it is very important to create a post for this. Many people will be in for a surprise at the airport. Besides, as I have learned in the past, an issue that is more widespread will carry more weight with the DoT. Therefore, it is more beneficial if more people fill the DoT complaint form. Thank you!
Dude, LAX to HKG is $440, wide open next year.