I've joined the asylum.
Jan 16
CLD-LAX-NRT-SIN (arriving on UA 881 on Jan 17)
Jan 20
SIN-NRT-LAX-CLD (departing on UA 882)
I was able to immediately upgrade the return. The outbound is waitlisted - which based on recent history will mean at the gate.
I decided to go for two Hilton credits.
Jan 17 - Hilton Singapore
Jan 18, 19 - Conrad Singapore
Here's an oddity. For that particular weekend, fares ex-SAN are $1500. Yet the identical routing, except with the originating flight CLD-LAX instead of SAN-LAX, the fare drops to $596. Bizarre! Usually, it is the reverse.
My thanks to transpac for finding the fare and to mjm for putting up a cool website, so that I knew the dates for people to travel. I'll see you in the RCC in NRT, mjm!