Originally Posted by
Duke787
Does United domestic F not qualify as F for AV? If it does have you looked into routing via ORD or even IAH and then seeing if there is UA F availability?
Originally Posted by
Thunderroad
Does AV give you the option of tagging on the SFO-SEA F if an award seat opens up?
Nope, because UA codes their domestic F as C as far as award redemptions go, and AV requires same cabin on all segments. It's one of their delightful little quirks.
Originally Posted by
Duke787
Another option to consider is OZ F to SEA which is getting Suites for some period of time - though I don't believe TG / OZ have any F to ICN so that might not work with AV
OZ is flying 2-class Smartium planes to SEA (same basic seat as TG A380 C/NH 788 C). All things being equal I'd likely pick TG/NH over TG/OZ or OZ/OZ since I'd get slanty recliners on the BKK-ICN segment, similar to flying NH out of BKK. TG and OZ's midhaul seat is OK for a daytime trip but nothing special.
And yeah, what the heck, might as well do it through SFO. I should be able to wait at SFO and do 90 minutes in exit row Y... and if things go south on the separate ticket AS will likely have my back.