Hello, readers! This is blogger K from Kodensha. As a matter of fact, the frequent flyer policy of one of the major airlines has been changing frequently. I'm afraid I'm in a bind.) It has been changed. A long time ago, multiple countries and regions were grouped into one group (I believe it was called an area on their website), and it was possible to use award tickets using frequent flyer miles even if the outbound and inbound routes were different within that area. Even if the outbound and inbound routes were single flights between two cities, it was possible...
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