Originally Posted by Bear4Asian

Here's what I found:

1. Book all on United metal/united.com: SEA-SFO-PVG and return @$1400

2. Book SEA-NRT round trip on United.com @$1450 and add on NRT-PVG round trip on ANA site it forces me to the Japanese site and prices it at 185,000 yen ($1850). Total price $3300

3. Book SEA-NRT-PVG on the ANA English site @$1250 (booking class S)

So maybe next time maybe I should try ANA

But that leaves me with questions:

If I book with ANA do I give them my UA MilesPlus # and will I get less miles than if I fly UA? (I believe the answer is maybe, but I've never tried it and the postings I've read are confusing)

I assume if I'm on ANA metal I don't get UA lifetime miles?

And there's the loss of E+

I'm willing to try ANA, but not sure how this all fits together.

Thanks for your suggestion.