Originally Posted by mitchmu

I agree. Cebu Pacific is the way to go. If I were you, I'd look at their route map, check all the direct flights they have into Cebu, then match with UA destinations such as NRT, KIX, TPE, PEK.

Your alternate is to fly UA SFO HNL GUM MNL but, trust me, that's just about the most miserable routing there is on UA, and changing at MNL is worth avoiding.