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Old Oct 17, 2014, 11:05 am
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Originally Posted by AnalogMan
Recommend you try one of the Asian carriers in *A instead of flying United metal for the TPAC flight.
If you redeem in premium classes, you will take a big penalty in additional UA miles required if you mix in *A partners...

Originally Posted by mdcubsfan
is booking the ticket through United or any of their alliance partners any different? I already have United miles, but could transfer Amex MR to other partner airlines....just didn't know if it would work any differently....
An AMEX->SQ transfer allows redemption in SQ 77W J/F IAH-DME-SIN-TPE.
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