Originally Posted by
d00little
Oh, you're right, perhaps I could fly back through Europe. Or I could always go to Seoul first, then fly back from Tokyo. Do you think I could find a United flight in F back from Tokyo?
You should be able to. But consider a very important point about YQ. If you're flying F, you're kind of missing out on a huge part of the experience if you are determined to avoid it. Consider:
- LH's first class terminal in FRA
- TG's lounge in BKK
- LH 747 beds
- TG F suites
- phenomenal OZ service
Also, TK has no F (but no YQ, and excellent J product), so don't waste a segment on that.
I'd suggest (assuming availability) YYC-YUL-ZRH-PRG, PRG-FRA-BKK-HKG, HKG-NRT, NRT-ICN-LAX-YYC. Oh yeah you'll get hit with pretty big YQ, but you'll try all of the above - which is easily worth the $1.5K in my view. If the only goal is to save YQ you should consider flying J, since some of the YQ-less airlines are so bad it's not worth wasting F points on them (UA).