US MR from EWR, 20K needed for 1K, any ideas......
Nov 24, 2015, 12:36 pm
#2
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US MR from EWR, 20K needed for 1K, any ideas......
I'm in the same position and have decided it's not worth it but if you must...
EWR-SFO $250 your best shot...do that a couple times and buy the rest?
Or just suck it up and go to SIN.
EWR-SFO $250 your best shot...do that a couple times and buy the rest?
Or just suck it up and go to SIN.
Nov 24, 2015, 6:58 pm
#3
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Nov 24, 2015, 7:07 pm
#4
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Nov 24, 2015, 11:56 pm
#5
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Not quite sure what your schedule is, but you can do EWR-SIN r/t which will give you 19709 miles on UA metal for $760. For example EWR-NRT-SIN-HKG-EWR (http://goo.gl/flights/TfMU):
EDIT: Not sure what I'm doing, but I'm 2/3 getting the $760 price and 1/3 getting this to price out at $1100. 
YMMV.
Code:
Thu, Dec 3 | 10:30 am – 2:45 pm+1 Newark (EWR) – Tokyo (NRT) United 79 · Economy Class · Boeing 777 Flight time: 14h 15m Layover in Tokyo NRT is 3h 40m 6:25 pm+1 – 1:15 am+2 Tokyo (NRT) – Singapore (SIN) United 803 · Economy Class · Boeing 777 Flight time: 7h 50m Layover in Singapore SIN is 4h 30m Sat, Dec 5 | 5:45 am – 9:30 am Singapore (SIN) – Hong Kong (HKG) United 896 · Economy Class · Boeing 777 Flight time: 3h 45m Layover in Hong Kong HKG is 1h 45m 11:15 am – 1:50 pm Hong Kong (HKG) – Newark (EWR) United 180 · Economy Class · Boeing 777 Flight time: 15h 35m
YMMV.
Last edited by scottpenderson; Nov 25, 2015 at 12:01 am Reason: It may be repriced at $1100?
Nov 25, 2015, 2:08 pm
#8
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do yourself a favor and do 13k miles in P or higher. There are some nice routes via AC e.g. EWR-YYZ-IST-ZZZ-Europe r/t. P-class earns pretty well on UA MP and Europe C can be had cheaply if you are willing to take a few days.
Nov 25, 2015, 11:38 pm
#10
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If you come to SIN, don't just turn around. Stick around for 24 hours or so. It's well worth it (a bit hot and beer's expensive, but great food and a cool city to explore). Perhaps I'm biassed though... 
Happy Thanksgiving..
Nov 26, 2015, 3:13 pm
#12
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That is the big issue, I don't see how anyone could just fly 100,000 miles on United metal and spend $12,000 on tickets, given that taxes and airport fees don't count. I will have wildly over 100,000 EQM this year, but some of my flights are on Star Alliance, and so the $$ doesn't count towards PQDs.
Nov 26, 2015, 7:31 pm
#13
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Nov 27, 2015, 6:09 am
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That is the big issue, I don't see how anyone could just fly 100,000 miles on United metal and spend $12,000 on tickets, given that taxes and airport fees don't count. I will have wildly over 100,000 EQM this year, but some of my flights are on Star Alliance, and so the $$ doesn't count towards PQDs.
Nov 27, 2015, 6:31 pm
#15
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That is the big issue, I don't see how anyone could just fly 100,000 miles on United metal and spend $12,000 on tickets, given that taxes and airport fees don't count. I will have wildly over 100,000 EQM this year, but some of my flights are on Star Alliance, and so the $$ doesn't count towards PQDs.