Originally Posted by
mherdeg
The consensus in that thread is that you missed the boat. Hope you weren't holding out for TPE-JFK.
I don't think the OP has missed the boat entirely. It depends when they want to travel. Per the UA Insider BR award availability should be back on the MP search engine shortly. And you can always try calling it in to UA and see if they can book it that way. My guess is they are currently off line (manual) with BR and it might take 48-72 hours to confirm award reservations.
I took that flight when it was EWR-TPE-EWR in the old Premium Laurel seats. It was ok if you were looking for a relatively quick and convenient way to/from southeast Asia, but the hard and soft product did not come close to other *A options like OZ and NH. The new PL product is getting favorable reviews but still looks to be a generation behind the industry leaders.
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