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Old Jan 26, 2013 | 4:00 pm
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Originally Posted by cbrmanf4
My core questions are,
  1. Is it worth paying an extra $220 to gain miles on United over flying Cathay Pacific?
  2. Are the economy classes on these 5* airlines any better than 4* or 3* airlines to justify an extra $300-500 in price? Am I putting too much weight on 5* airlines?
  3. Any other obvious routes I'm not considering?
1. I don't see the price for UA. Beside - I believe the OJ is what make your ticket expensive. (If you just do SFO-SGN RT, the price may be lower.)

2. No - especially CX.

3. How about BR or routing through NRT?
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