How I booked my Korea and Taiwan Flights with Amex Credit Card Points

How I Earn My Amex Points:

Positioning Flights:

Earn More Amex Points:

✈️ Airlines:
China Airlines (business class)
Jeju Air (economy)
Korean Air (business class)
Southwest Airlines (economy)

Total Amex Points Redeemed:
177,000 Amex Membership Rewards Points

Total Cash Paid: $451

Cash value: $7,600

~4 Cents Per Point

In this video, I share my flight itinerary for a trip to Korea and Taiwan. I break down the flights we'll take, including which airlines I used and how many points I redeemed. I also reveal the total cost of the itinerary and how it compares to the cash price.

[lilychiang]

Thank you so much for making these videos. I pay for my parents' flights from Arkansas to Taiwan and your videos have been the most helpful!

[MyWillbot]

Subscribed. Would love to see a video on west Coast to Kuala Lumpur. In case you ever want to make one for fun! Great vids. Saved a few.

[Milo]

I am actually doing a similar itinerary this November. Cant wait to see your Taiwan and Korea content!

[JenWoodhouse]

Congrats on hitting 50k subs, Max! Wow, that Amex transfer bonus helped a huge deal!

[davidscarlatescu]

Nice work man! For only 4 months out, that’s a fantastic redemption! Thank you for sharing the delta-air France searching strategy!

[SpencerJohnsonOfficial]

I've been stockpiling my Amex points for too long. Eventually I'll putting this stuff into practice, but in the meantime, I'll just keep learning from your experiences 😆

[drftr]

Nice guide! I thought you was going to show us the Aeroplan method but I learn something new today :D

[nicholascoyle]

Just booked tix to Japan including a RTW ticket for my wife. TPE was also involved.

Watching this video was somewhat cathartic for me lol. I totally hear you when you say sometimes you gotta make compromises. We had to make a few compromises during the whole booking process also. Also nice to learn more about the Skyteam alliance and how to utilize these partners.

[myphone]

Thank you Max.. your videos are awesome and helpful and becuase of you i have redeemed so many points.

[DronePilotJourdan]

great info! also enjoyed the China Airlines video

[jimmyjames]

Very helpful! Thanks for the info + video!

[ryanc]

I did the same flying blue miles and had a discount as well but used chase for the Lax-TPE business flight

[erichchan]

Great breakdown of the routes but man that is a lot of airplanes to go through.

[JacobsPointsAndProfit]

My wife and I just took a trip to Korea and went to Seoul, Busan, and Jeju and then flew into Gimpo. Hope you enjoy your trip!

[KevinYang]

Awesome breakdown! Would love to see your redemptions towards hotel nights for this trip too! Couple questions:
- What do you think of SkyTeam availability vs Star Alliance like on EVA, which would be fewer miles and give you the 5k stopover through Aeroplan?
- Would the new Starlux route to TPE be an option too? (If you had Alaska miles)

[fogrunr]

Really super helpful thank you Max!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[ericf]

354, 000 points total for you and your wife…not too bad! I can’t imagine how much time you spent researching and booking all these flights/legs!

[Lonnie]

I have been trying my hardest to find an ANA flight to Japan first class with rewards, and I can't find anything.
So I decided instead to just book a business class trip with the possibility of upgrading. And still nothing!!
I was messing around on the United Airlines website and finally found a business award ticket from London to Tokyo for 70K miles. So I quickly booked it and was happy to get a flight out of London since I'm kinda stuck there with my planning. Luckily, I immediately went to ANA to try and pick my seat, and found out that my flight was for 1 week instead of 1 year.
LOL. So if anyone wants a last-minute flight to Japan, there are lots available through United.

[LanLe-ufmi]

Thank you for this video. This is exact itinerary I want to do.

[kat_w]

Big thank you! Just booked my first reward tickets, I used pretty much the exact steps you showed here. 2 tickets on China Airlines going to Taiwan in November. Getting seat assignments was a little weird though, but that's mostly due to inconsistent information with China Airlines website/app: not the best experience here. Website couldn't find my reservation at all, and the App was able to 🤷‍♀