The only issue is that you need to leave Wednesday http://www.kayak.com/flights#NYC-PEK/2012-01-24/2012-02-06https://www.continental.com/web/en-US/apps/booking/flight/reviewRevenue.aspx
that works out to $625 for 27324 miles (elite) 0.0229 per mile.with some detours it becomes $639 and 32576 miles (elites) 0.0196 per mile !
Nice fare. Methinks you mean EWR.
Yes I did, and sorry for the typo
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