Originally Posted by
skylane
Any recommendations on flying from the US West coast to Beirut? I'm a UA 1k and would like to use my SWUs. Routing via FRA is awful with a 9 hour layover. Perhaps LHR or CDG? Maybe even IST?
Did you try looking on the *A website -
www.staralliance.com?
You put in your originating airport and destination and bring up various route options. BD flies to BEY from LHR. So you can fly LAX/SFO-LHR and onward.
You can also take TK from LAX via IST. But you can't use SWUs on Turkish.