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Originally Posted by hulagrrl210
anyone anticipate having any problems with Filipino customs/immigration if i am only there 3 hours?
also anyone know is HNL-GUM and/or the island hopper UDU eligible? thx!
Re customs/immigration, never had any questions about trip, purpose, stay etc. so my guess is they'll just stamp and send you on your way. But my shortest trip there was just under 24 hours and others have all been longer.
Interesting fare, found some in late August, my only concern is typhoon season during that period.
I wouldn't be so sure. HNL-GUM non-stop is certainly ineligible, but the Island Hopper always has been, at least until UACO.
The trick was, *all* segments had to be upgradeable, or the u/g wouldn't clear. The odds of that were practically non-existent.
I've flown the route twice, as an NW plat back then, and wistfully looked at empty F seats on some of the segs, that I couldn't get on because the following segments were occupied.
But the island hopper version IS. However, if you book the through flight, you can only be upgraded when through flight opens R space. On the other hand, if you book them seperately, you will have more chances to be upgraded, at least on some of them. But you need to pay more taxes in this case.
That's exactly my fear. I booked a through flight so I am guessing I should reasonably expect to sit in the back with my partner all the way across the Pacific.
Look forward to enjoying the hopping though !
I see that the stopover on each island is only about 45 minutes. Can passengers get off to snap a few pictures?
So you mean the only leg that are not upgradable (on K fare) is hnl-gum right? (if gum-mnl is really upgradable?)
I don't quite understand why hnl-gum is not upgradable since they use the domestic version of 777-200 and the Business (Domestic F) class is nothing special.
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Should be able to get off for photos
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Originally Posted by palwhatsup
I see that the stopover on each island is only about 45 minutes. Can passengers get off to snap a few pictures?
I got off at every stop except the somewhat restrictive Kwajalein. In fact they made 1/2 the passengers get off at each stop and anyone else who wanted to could also get off for the brief time we were at each island. At least that was how it was in 2007. Fun routing! The islands are really beautiful.
So you mean the only leg that are not upgradable (on K fare) is hnl-gum right? (if gum-mnl is really upgradable?)
I don't quite understand why hnl-gum is not upgradable since they use the domestic version of 777-200 and the Business (Domestic F) class is nothing special.
I don't understand why HNL-GUM is not upgradeable either. May be due to duration of flight even though it is operated by a domestic 772?
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Originally Posted by palwhatsup
I don't understand why HNL-GUM is not upgradeable either. May be due to duration of flight even though it is operated by a domestic 772?
It is what it is, I'm afraid. The rules are spelled out clearly on the upgrade overview page https://pss.united.com/web/en-US/con...de/default.asp "Global Premier Upgrades are not available on flights booked in fare classes Z, P, S, T, K, L, G or N" (for hnl-gum and some other routings)
It is primarily because they have a full BF service up front, just like on IAD-LHR, SFO-NRT, etc.
Huh? I just got off UA 200, and while I was in Y, I could not identify anything about the product that would make it remotely close to BF. It's a domestic first class product. Nothing more.
Is the fare still there (at least I can't find it)?
Tried pre Thanksgiving week and its still available on NH from SEA, mostly 1 stop at NRT, for $769. Not MR material but a decent fare to MNL with possible UA codeshare flights thru SFO. We enjoyed flying NH, great overall product.
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