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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 3:51 am
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SFflyer123
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 4,449
NC availability to Europe sucks; SWU's so so friggin hard to use

Originally Posted by snic
Try that to identify flights with NC availability,
Yes, like trying to identify a needle in a haystack...

Originally Posted by ocn2ocn
Upgrade inventory on all interantional flights is extremely difficult to find -- especially far in advance.
You better believe it. Makes the SWU and shooting for 1k essentially not worth it. When I travel internationally, the *G (prem exec) gets me into all the nice lounges that 1K's get into. I just failed using my SWU's, which were extended to April. The SWU's just going to expire and go to waste. Why did I even shoot for 1K? To stand on some stupid red carpet when *G gets plenty of overhead space for their luggage also?

Originally Posted by LIH Prem
Finding availability is the tough part for you.
Understatement.

Originally Posted by LIH Prem
I looked at the obvious choices for the outbound, and there's no NC space,
On Nov 28, UA917 FRA-IAD has NC2.
It's worse from SFO. Essentially impossible to find NC availability to Europe.

Originally Posted by localtraveler
It makes the NF/NC numbers seem unreliable.
I hope you're right.
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