What happened
A LoyaltyLobby writer paid 40,000 AAdvantage miles for Fiji Airways business from Sydney to Tokyo Narita, connecting in Nadi, and American added no partner fuel surcharges. The award ticketed at once, with a partner PNR on the confirmation.
The same Fiji Airways flights cost 93,000 miles through Cathay Pacific. Alaska Airlines priced them at 75,000 miles. Japan Airlines asked 80,000 miles. AAdvantage is now the frequent-flyer program for Fiji Airways.
Business award seats between Australia and Japan remain scarce, and the usual ANA and JAL options carry steep surcharges. LoyaltyLobby found Fiji Airways business space on the Sydney-Nadi-Narita routing.
Search AAdvantage for Fiji Airways space on Sydney to Tokyo if you hold American miles.
- Numbers
- 40,000 miles: AAdvantage business award price SYD-NRT on Fiji Airways
- 93,000 miles: Cathay Pacific price for the same Fiji Airways award
- 75,000 miles: Alaska Airlines price for the same Fiji Airways award
- 80,000 miles: Japan Airlines price for the same Fiji Airways flights
- Where
- Sydney (SYD), Nadi (NAN), Tokyo Narita (NRT)
- Takeaway
- Search AAdvantage for Fiji Airways partner space on Sydney–Tokyo if you hold American miles; other programs cost substantially more.