Booking Double Long Haul In LH F (NYC-FRA-TYO)
Sep 25, 2017, 11:22 am
#1
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Booking Double Long Haul In LH F (NYC-FRA-TYO)
Looking to splash out some Chase Ultimate Rewards by transferring to UA and then spending on an LH F for me and the girl.
But the thing is that seven hours in LH F seems almost a but too short. This got me thinking, what if we would simply do LH F all the way to TYO with a long juicy layover in FRA FCL (hope they have plenty of chilled Krug). Or do business for the first leg and F the longer second one. Problem is that this detour isn't something that Uniteds booking engine really wants to serve up but keeps giving me NH and UA flight options.
Anyone have any clues on how to patch this itinerary together without necessarily doing two separate award bookings?
Thanks!
But the thing is that seven hours in LH F seems almost a but too short. This got me thinking, what if we would simply do LH F all the way to TYO with a long juicy layover in FRA FCL (hope they have plenty of chilled Krug). Or do business for the first leg and F the longer second one. Problem is that this detour isn't something that Uniteds booking engine really wants to serve up but keeps giving me NH and UA flight options.
Anyone have any clues on how to patch this itinerary together without necessarily doing two separate award bookings?
Thanks!
Sep 25, 2017, 11:49 am
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I figured that since my points are actually with UR I could transfer them to another program like Krisflyer if they allow greater flexibility on routings hence making the question kind of UA agnostic.
Sep 25, 2017, 12:05 pm
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You're probably better off transferring to SQ Krisflyer. According to their partner award chart, NYC (North america) to TYO (North Asia 2) should be possible and would be 100K miles per person each way in F. The 200K shown on the chart is for roundtrip.
https://www.singaporeair.com/pdf/pps..._RoundTrip.pdf
Now your only issue will be finding 2 O class seats on the same flights, I might be wrong but Tokyo might be a hard market for partner F award availability,
https://www.singaporeair.com/pdf/pps..._RoundTrip.pdf
Now your only issue will be finding 2 O class seats on the same flights, I might be wrong but Tokyo might be a hard market for partner F award availability,
Sep 25, 2017, 4:29 pm
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Sep 25, 2017, 4:30 pm
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You're probably better off transferring to SQ Krisflyer. According to their partner award chart, NYC (North america) to TYO (North Asia 2) should be possible and would be 100K miles per person each way in F. The 200K shown on the chart is for roundtrip.
https://www.singaporeair.com/pdf/pps..._RoundTrip.pdf
Now your only issue will be finding 2 O class seats on the same flights, I might be wrong but Tokyo might be a hard market for partner F award availability,
https://www.singaporeair.com/pdf/pps..._RoundTrip.pdf
Now your only issue will be finding 2 O class seats on the same flights, I might be wrong but Tokyo might be a hard market for partner F award availability,
Sep 25, 2017, 8:11 pm
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I don't believe that's a permitted routing using UA miles to TYO. But you can route to South Asia via Europe - that would include BKK, HKG, or SIN. It's done all the time.