Originally Posted by
goingbananas
Thanks. The reason for asking is I have already bailed on UA for TPAC trips and I am looking at *A or OW in J class to SIN, KUL, BKK, HKG, PVG and ICN. Leaning towards CX mostly, but will make sure I have 1K UA (since I still have to fly domestically) and Emerald (AA EXP) on OW to get to that mix.
AS far as Australia and NZ goes, I am not sure to stay with UA on the J to F or go QF, or try to schedule it as a Circle pacific fare, or....
Interesting. In J and C, the situation is of course quite different and if you can get a decent OW Circle Pacific fare, OW can be quite decent (always assuming you don't need all that much luggage).
QF is of course a bit a gamble equipment wise also depending on the city you are entering Australia in. On European routes, I had old equipment twice and was not too happy. But it's not all terrible.