Virgin Atlantic has been working very hard since it joined Skyteam at the beginning of this year, and more and more partner awards are available for redemption online which makes our life easier.
Following ITA Airways and AeroMexico, Kenya Airways is now the latest addition. With its hub in Nairobi Kenya Airways gives you some connection options in Africa.
They have a fifth-freedom route in Asia, between Bangkok and Guangzhou.
China’s Xiamen Airlines is also worth a mention. They are notoriously stingy about reward availability and rarely release any seat to their own members, let alone to its partners. Therefore although Xiamen’s redemption has been available online with VS from the beginning, availability is near non-existent.
Xiamen seems to have made a turn in its business strategy recently and launched a few very aggressive sales. Considerable amount of award seats are now bookable as well.
Beijing:
Hong Kong:
Singapore:
Taxes and fees are very low as you can see from the pictures above, but airfares tend to be cheap in China / Asia so it’s still worth comparing both options. Availability appears to be in economy class only.
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