The carrier plans a total of 68 flights: 44 on the Incheon-Hong Kong route from April 13 to June 28, and 24 on the Incheon-Phuket route from April 7 to June 28. Depending on sales, seats may also be sold for cash, allowing customers to choose between award tickets and paid fares.
Reservations open at 9 a.m. Thursday, and all remaining seats can be purchased using miles. Asiana said this is its first mileage-only operation on the Hong Kong route.
For Hong Kong, one-way award tickets require 15,000 miles in economy class and 22,500 miles in business class. For Phuket, the one-way rates are 20,000 miles in economy and 30,000 miles in business. During peak travel periods, mileage required increases by 50% compared with off-peak periods.
An Asiana official said the airline launched the mileage-only flights, including new routes, to make it easier for customers to use miles and to broaden their options, adding it will continue to review additional ways to expand mileage use.
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