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Wide Open 97,700 points Delta One business saver fare availability Seattle to Taipei! Mostly 1 seat availability, but seeing some dates with up to 9 seats.

Availability below:
Seattle to Taipei:
January: 12, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29
February: 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
April: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
July: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
August: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31
September: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30

Vancouver to Taipei:

4/16, 7/16, 8/19, 8/21, 8/25, 8/26, 9/12, 9/18, 9/19, 9/20

Dropping some 60,000 points Air France business class deals to Paris across a range of dates. Up to 9 seats available depending on the date/route. Redeem via Air France/KLM Flying Blue

• Atlanta to Paris: 12/31, 1/2, 1/7, 1/8, 2/9, 2/14, 2/23, 3/2

• Boston to Paris: 12/31, 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/6, 1/12, 1/13, 1/14, 2/10, 2/22, 3/3

• Dallas–Fort Worth to Paris: 1/4, 1/5

• Detroit to Paris: 12/27, 12/28, 12/31

• Houston to Paris: 12/26, 1/5, 1/11, 2/25, 2/26, 3/11

• Las Vegas to Paris: 1/5, 1/6, 1/14, 1/19, 4/27

• Los Angeles to Paris: 12/31, 1/1, 1/4, 1/8

• Miami to Paris: 12/30, 3/9, 4/4, 4/5, 4/12

• Mexico City to Paris: 12/28, 2/16

• New York to Paris: 12/31, 2/1, 2/19, 2/21, 2/22, 2/23, 2/24, 2/25, 3/1, 3/2, 3/3, 3/5, 3/9, 3/10

• New York to Paris: 12/29, 12/30, 12/31, 1/1, 1/26, 2/3, 2/8, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 2/24, 2/25, 3/2, 3/4, 3/11, 3/30, 4/13

• Orlando to Paris: 3/2, 2/14, 2/20, 2/23, 10/1

• Phoenix to Paris: 1/1, 1/11, 1/25, 3/4, 3/8

• Raleigh–Durham to Paris: 12/31, 2/1

• San Francisco to Paris: 1/3, 1/4, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/11, 2/10, 2/15, 3/7, 3/8, 3/9

• Seattle to Paris: 12/30, 1/13, 1/27, 2/19, 2/21, 2/24, 10/4

• Toronto to Paris: 12/30, 12/31, 1/1, 1/7, 1/19, 1/20, 1/21, 2/7, 2/22, 2/23, 2/24, 2/27, 3/2, 3/9, 3/13, 3/25, 4/7, 4/10, 4/20, 4/23, 5/25

• Vancouver to Paris: 12/28, 12/29, 12/31, 1/1, 1/8, 1/9, 1/11, 1/12, 1/13, 1/15, 1/18, 1/20, 1/25, 1/26, 2/8, 2/10, 4/5

• Washington, DC (IAD) to Paris: 1/4, 1/18, 2/14, 2/18, 4/4, 6/8, 8/17

• Montreal to Paris: 12/23, 12/25, 12/27, 12/30, 1/25, 2/21, 2/22, 3/27, 4/18

• Ottawa to Paris: 12/25, 2/13, 3/24

Seeing lots of 60,000 points Japan Airlines business class deals from Tokyo to the US across a range of dates. Redeem using AA miles for 60K miles or Alaska for 75K mile

Found using Roame alerts:

• Tokyo to Chicago (ORD): 12/13, 12/17, 12/18, 12/19, 12/23, 12/24, 12/25, 12/26, 12/27, 2/3, 2/7

• Tokyo to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW): 12/17, 12/18, 12/23

• Tokyo to New York (JFK): 12/13

• Tokyo to Los Angeles (LAX): 12/16, 12/17, 12/18, 12/20, 1/28, 1/30, 9/24

• Tokyo to San Diego (SAN): 12/11, 12/18, 12/19

• Tokyo to Seattle (SEA): 12/22, 2/7, 2/10

• Tokyo to San Francisco (SFO): 12/16, 12/18, 12/25, 1/29, 2/5

• Tokyo to Vancouver (YVR): 12/11, 12/19, 12/28, 1/27, 2/1, 2/5, 2/6, 2/9

Only 60,000 miles to fly EVA Air Business Class from US to Taipei across a variety of dates. Redeem via Air Canada Aeroplan using the 25% transfer bonus.

Redemption is 75,000 miles, but cheaper with the 25% transfer bonus.

Dates available:

• Los Angeles to Taipei: 11/30, 12/2, 12/3

• San Francisco to Taipei: 11/29, 12/1

• Seattle to Taipei: 12/2

• Taipei to Chicago: 12/2, 12/3

• Taipei to Los Angeles: 12/3

• Taipei to Seattle: 12/2

• Taipei to Toronto: 12/1, 12/2

• Taipei to Vancouver: 12/1, 12/2

• Vancouver to Taipei: 12/1, 12/2

**Note, you need to transfer 175,000+ points to get the 25% transfer bonus from Chase to Aeroplan

Only 62,000 points to fly China Airlines Business Class from Vancouver to Taipei next Spring to Fall. Up to 2 seats available. Redeem via Flying Blue.

Availability found using roame.travel:

Vancouver to Taipei:

• 5/1, 5/3, 5/11, 5/12

• 7/7, 7/10

• 8/18, 8/19, 8/20, 8/21, 8/22, 8/23, 8/24, 8/25, 8/26, 8/27, 8/28, 8/29, 8/30, 8/31

• 9/2, 9/3, 9/5, 9/29

• 10/12, 10/13, 10/18, 10/23

• 11/5, 11/8, 11/9, 11/10, 11/11, 11/12, 11/13

Taipei to Vancouver:

• 2/17, 2/26, 2/28

• 3/1, 3/2, 3/4, 3/8, 3/11, 3/12, 3/13, 3/15, 3/17, 3/19, 3/20, 3/26, 3/27, 3/28

• 4/1, 4/2, 4/3, 4/4, 4/5, 4/6, 4/7, 4/8, 4/9, 4/14, 4/15, 4/16, 4/17, 4/18, 4/19, 4/20

• 7/11, 7/12, 7/14, 7/15, 7/17, 7/22, 7/26

• 8/4, 8/6, 8/9, 8/22, 8/23, 8/24, 8/26, 8/27, 8/28, 8/29, 8/30

• 9/1, 9/2, 9/3, 9/5, 9/6, 9/7, 9/9, 9/11, 9/12, 9/13, 9/14, 9/18, 9/19, 9/20, 9/22, 9/23, 9/24

• 10/8, 10/10, 10/11, 10/12

Only 60,000 points to fly SWISS Business Class from Geneva to New York across a range of dates. Redeem via Air Canada Aeroplan.

Dates available:
- November: 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
- December: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 18, 23, 24, 25
- January: 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 26, 27, 29, 30
- February: 4, 6, 10, 11, 16, 19, 25, 26, 27
- March: 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 24, 25, 26, 31
- April: 1, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 24, 30
- May: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29
- June: 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18, 19, 23, 25, 26
- July: 2, 10, 21
- August: 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29
- September: 4

Found Air France business class deals for only 45,000 to 60,000 points to Paris. Seeing 1-6 seats available on roame.travel depending on the date and route.

Redeem directly on Flying Blue (either Air France or KLM).

• Atlanta to Paris: 11/27, 12/24, 12/31, 1/17, 1/26, 2/25, 1/24

• Boston to Paris: 12/31, 1/7, 2/6

• Cancun to Paris: 6/11

• DallasFort Worth to Paris: 12/7, 1/3, 12/29, 12/2

• Detroit to Paris: 12/24, 1/18, 1/20

• Houston to Paris: 12/1, 12/31, 1/5, 1/8, 1/17, 1/23, 1/24, 2/9, 2/24

• Las Vegas to Paris: 1/5, 1/6

• Mexico City to Paris: 12/1, 12/30, 11/17, 11/29, 12/10, 1/13, 1/16, 1/19, 1/26, 1/27, 2/4, 2/5, 2/6, 2/7, 2/8

• Miami to Paris: 12/29, 1/28, 1/21

• Minneapolis to Paris: 8/17

• Montreal to Paris: 12/30, 12/24, 12/29, 3/29, 4/13, 5/5, 7/14, 8/5, 3/30

• New York City (JFK) to Paris: 11/29, 12/30, 12/31, 1/1, 1/8, 1/19, 1/24, 2/3, 2/9, 2/10, 2/21, 3/11

• Newark to Paris: 12/31, 1/10, 1/19, 1/20, 1/21, 1/23, 1/24, 1/26, 1/27, 2/1, 2/3, 2/11, 2/20, 3/30

• Orlando to Paris: 1/9, 1/19, 1/26, 2/19, 2/2

• Ottawa to Paris: 12/26, 12/28, 12/30, 12/15, 12/24, 1/24, 3/24

• Quebec City to Paris: 6/20, 7/20, 8/3, 8/8, 8/15

• RaleighDurham to Paris: 1/2

• San Francisco to Paris: 1/4, 1/19, 1/28, 2/16

• Seattle to Paris: 11/18, 11/25, 11/29, 12/30, 1/1, 1/22, 1/24, 1/27, 1/29, 7/18, 2/7, 9/9

• Toronto to Paris: 11/28, 12/6, 12/8, 12/9, 12/11, 12/29, 1/5, 1/6, 1/12, 1/13, 1/16, 1/20, 1/28, 1/29, 2/1, 2/6, 2/9, 2/16, 2/24, 3/2, 3/16, 7/28

• Vancouver to Paris: 11/18, 12/7, 12/28, 12/29, 12/24, 12/7, 1/15, 1/18, 1/30, 2/6, 2/10, 2/17, 2/19, 2/20, 2/22, 2/24, 3/3, 3/6, 4/22

• Washington DC to Paris: 12/8, 2/8, 2/16

The personal Venture X is now offering 100,000 bonus miles after spending $10,000 within six months. That's worth at least $1,000 in travel, but you can squeeze more value by transferring to partners like Turkish Airlines or Air Canada Aeroplan.

Business owners can grab up to 400,000 miles with the Venture X Business. You'll earn 200,000 miles after spending $30,000 in three months, plus another 200,000 miles when you hit $150,000 in six months.

https://roame.travel/guides/capital-one-venture-x-100k-bonus

Only Flying Blue Platinum or Ultimate elite members can book Air France First Class (called La Première) directly using points. The cabin which costs around 200,000-300,000 Flying Blue miles.

The work around is to book a business class award ticket using points, then upgrade with cash at check-in for around $1,500 to $2,500.

An Air France first class seat regularly sells for $10,000 to $20,000, but can pay 60,000 points for business class plus $1,500-$3,000 for the upgrade.

https://roame.travel/guides/how-to-book-air-france-first-class-points