Seoul to Paris in Air France business for 85k miles, Dan and Oskar visit Wuhan, and Qatar adds South America routes

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Happy Monday!

Today we have an interesting award availability find, Dan and Oskar's latest video from one of the most talked-about cities in the world, and a Qatar Airways route update that caught my South American heart.

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I am seeing some good Air France business class availability from Seoul to Paris for 85,000 Flying Blue miles plus taxes.

Seoul is one of the most exciting cities in Asia right now. Incredible food, sleek hotels (which we can book for you so you get free perks 😉 ), great shopping, easy public transport, and neighborhoods that each feel completely different from one another. You can spend the morning visiting palaces and traditional villages, the afternoon in design stores or cafés, and the evening eating some of the best barbecue, noodles, fried chicken, or fine dining in the world. It feels modern, energetic, safe, and very easy to enjoy even on a first visit. So if this Air France space gives you a reason to plan a few days in Seoul before flying home, I would absolutely take it.

Here is something worth knowing: finding award space from Japan can be very difficult right now. Japan is still having a huge travel moment and everyone seems to want Tokyo or Osaka. Korea, on the other hand, can sometimes be much easier.

So if you are trying to fly between Asia and Europe in business class, do not only search Japan. Search Seoul too.

And if you are based in Asia, this is a particularly nice way to get to Paris. The city of love, one of the most visited in the world, and honestly a destination that never gets old no matter how many times you have been. Whether it is your first visit or your tenth, Paris has a way of making you feel like you are exactly where you are supposed to be. Flying there in a lie-flat seat on Air France, the home carrier, just makes the whole arrival feel a little more special.

This is especially useful because Air France operates the Seoul to Paris route with the Airbus A350-900, which means you can get Air France's newer business class suites with doors. I have flown Air France business class before and in my opinion it is one of the best ways to cross long-haul to Europe. The seat is private, the food and wine are usually excellent, and the overall experience feels more polished than what many European airlines offer.

This flight is also long enough for you to be very grateful you are in business class. Seoul to Paris is around 14 hours in the air. That is not a nice-to-have upgrade. That is the difference between arriving completely destroyed and arriving like a human being.

You may also be able to book some of this space with Delta SkyMiles, so it is worth checking there too if you have Delta miles sitting around. Flying Blue will usually be the more obvious starting point, but Delta can sometimes be useful depending on the date and what miles you already have.

The takeaway: if you want to get from Asia to Europe, Korea can be a great alternative to Japan. And if Air France has space, 85,000 miles for a long-haul business class flight on a very good European airline is worth serious consideration.

Dan and Oskar's latest video is from Wuhan, and I found this one fascinating.

Wuhan is a city that almost everyone has heard of, but very few people have actually visited. Before 2020, most people outside China probably could not place it on a map. Now, of course, it is tied to one of the biggest events in modern history.

That is what makes the video so interesting. It is not just another city visit. It is a look at a real place that, for most of the world, became known through headlines, lockdowns, and fear.

The video starts with exactly that idea: Wuhan as a name we all know, but not really as a city. Then Dan and Oskar arrive and show what it feels like on the ground several years later. The airport looks modern, the city feels enormous, people are helpful, the food scene is chaotic and very cheap, and the whole experience looks very different from the one-dimensional image most of us have in our heads.

One of my favorite parts is how confusing China can be as a visitor, even for very experienced travelers. Dan and Oskar have been to over 100 countries, but China still makes them feel like beginners. Payments, apps, ride-hailing, restaurants, translations, and basic logistics all require a completely different digital ecosystem. That is part of what makes the video fun, but also pretty useful. It shows that China can be amazing, but you need to be prepared.

There is also a scene where a group of local photographers starts taking photos of them like they are celebrities, which is both hilarious and oddly sweet. And they mention how kind and patient people were with them even when the language barrier made everything harder, which is not something you can say about everywhere in the world.

The bigger point is this: Wuhan became internationally famous for a terrible reason, but it is also a city where over 13 million people live normal lives, eat street food, ride the metro, and help confused tourists figure out how to pay for tofu.

I love videos like this. They take a place we think we understand and make it feel human again.

Qatar Airways is launching flights to Bogotá, Colombia, and Caracas, Venezuela, starting July 22, 2026.

The route will operate twice weekly, every Wednesday and Sunday, from Doha to Bogotá, then onward to Caracas, before returning nonstop from Caracas to Doha.

I love seeing Qatar Airways add more South America service.

For South American travelers, Qatar is one of the most useful airlines in the world. It connects us not just to the Middle East, but also to Asia, Africa, India, and Australia through Doha. And when Qatar opens a new route in the region, it creates more options for both cash tickets and points redemptions.

My personal wish is for Qatar Airways to come back to Buenos Aires

Qatar used to fly to Buenos Aires Ezeiza via São Paulo. The route was suspended in 2020 during the pandemic and the airline has still not returned to Argentina. They announced they were planning to come back a few years ago, but it never happened.

Having Qatar back in Buenos Aires would be huge. Better one-stop access to Asia and the Middle East, more competition in the premium cabin market, and another good option for people looking to redeem Avios or book long-haul business class. And honestly, if I could book a route through Doha on points, I would happily route through there just to fly Qsuites. 😄

For now, Bogotá and Caracas are the news, and it is still a very good sign. Qatar is clearly looking at South America again, and that makes me hopeful that more routes could eventually follow.

Maybe Buenos Aires next?

That's it for today. More deals, news, and trip reviews coming your way on Wednesday.

Catch you in the clouds,

Tomi from Points Master