How To Fly Cathay Pacific’s $10,000 First Class Suite using Points

One of the best redemptions of miles currently available is flying Cathay Pacific First class from North America to Asia.

The retail cost of a flight is usually over $10,000. Don’t have $10,000 to spend? The good news is that you can redeem a flight from North America to Asia in first class for only 70,000 miles through Alaska Airlines’ Mileage Plan program.

Starwood Rewards currently has two credit cards, the Starwood Preferred American Express Card and the Starwood Preferred Guest Business Card, both of which offer 35,000 miles each upon meeting minimum spend. These miles can then be converted to Alaskan Airlines miles.

Since Starwood offers a bonus 5,000 miles whenever you transfer 20,000 miles, you’re effectively earning around 100,000 Alaskan Mileage Plan miles after completing minimum spend.