Ua: Bwi-sin $800
Sep 28, 2016, 11:20 am
#2
Join Date: May 2012
Location: ORF, RIC
Programs: UA LT 1K, 3 MM; Marriott Titanium; IHG Platinum
Posts: 6,956
Nice find, but there are many cheaper options to Asia from BWI (<$640): BKK, CTU, PEK (HKG, <$700), for mileage runs. The good thing about SIN run is that there is no hotel cost involved.
Sep 28, 2016, 2:20 pm
#3
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: DC
Programs: UA 1K (1MM), Marriott/SPG Gold (LT Gold), Hilton Gold, IHG Club, Nat'l Exec Elite
Posts: 15
Question - What makes the SIN MR different from BKK or PEK that a hotel cost is not involved?
Sep 28, 2016, 3:20 pm
#4
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 1,319
- Apparently shorter layover
- ability to stay inside security/immigration between flights and big nice airport where one can spend quite a bit of time.
- SIN is the longest flight from WAS area, far more than PEK, and more than almost any other destination over there (except, perhaps, KUL)
WAS-NRT-SIN - 20160 m rt
WAS-NRT-BKK - 19260 m rt
WAS-PEK - 13840 m rt
PEK really isn't mileage-runnable without a visa anyway.
- ability to stay inside security/immigration between flights and big nice airport where one can spend quite a bit of time.
- SIN is the longest flight from WAS area, far more than PEK, and more than almost any other destination over there (except, perhaps, KUL)
WAS-NRT-SIN - 20160 m rt
WAS-NRT-BKK - 19260 m rt
WAS-PEK - 13840 m rt
PEK really isn't mileage-runnable without a visa anyway.
Sep 28, 2016, 5:12 pm
#6
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 1,319
Time may be an issue. Train takes longer. Some of these flights are also available from IAD or DCA, which saves even more time. That said, EWR is an option too.