Going to Israel for 10 days with DW. Have an opportunity to go anywhere by myself for 5 days (incl travel) beforehand ending up in Israel (NYC-xxx-tlv). Where should I go and what should my routing be? I am open to using miles from any program. Any ideas?
If flight timing were a little better, id do:
JFK-NRT JAL F (2-3 days in NRT)
NRT-DEL JAL J
DEL-FRA-TLV LH F (10 hours in FRA)
70k AS + 45k UA
The issue is its impossible to time a good DEL connection. 9 hours minimum and I don't think I want to stay a full day there.
If you are set on Japan, Why not make it JFK-HKG-NRT, 3-4 days, then NRT-HKG-TLV (no F, only J), all on CX for 70k. Alaska will allow the NRT stopover, and if they allow the routing back through HKG, you'd have much better connections with less miles. For the same miles you could also do this to any CX destination in Asia. Even if they don't allow the routing, you could one way to NRT on CX for less and then one way from NRT-HKG-TLV for 40-45 AA or CX miles, with only one stop and WAY connection times.