F redemptions from Asia?

[executiveclubber]

Hi all — we’re travelling Asia until end of May and looking at options home in F using a 2-4-1 voucher.

Can anyone give hints on the best chance we’ve got — which airports in China or South East Asia may have more Avios availability for F?

[BA Flyer IHG Stayer]

Go to this page then select First then “Far East and Australia” and a list of airports with BA F flights will appear.

https://www.britishairways.com/travel/low-price-finder/public/en_gb

But that the easy part.

The issue is that F redemptions aren’t guaranteed so you’ll need to do searches for avios seats on individual routes and dates.

[masaccio]

Seatspy has Beijing showing OK availability February and March, but nothing else. Shanghai has less. Hong Kong has nothing.

[NorthernLass]

Setting up an alert on SeatSpy might be helpful, BA does release F seats but they tend to get snapped up quickly. Also the end of May is half term so you’re looking at peak pricing and high demand.

[executiveclubber]

masaccio wrote:

Seatspy has Beijing showing OK availability February and March, but nothing else. Shanghai has less. Hong Kong has nothing.

Thanks so much for checking. And thanks @NorthernLass — I did not realise I was up against half term! Okay, we’ll try to enjoy the A380 and hope to secure an airport cash upgrade. A bit nervous about old CW feeling like a suboptimal product for such a long journey!