Too good to pass up Z fare on the inaugural SIN-SFO flight
I had been looking at the possibility of the June 3rd SIN-SFO inaugural flight about six weeks ago when I learned I had to be in the US and Europe for meetings around the same six-day period. The thought of getting on that flight as part of RTW was too tempting.
Unfortunately, UA did not make Z fare available and my original ticketed itinerary was PEK-SFO-WAS-LHR-VIE-PEK. About two weeks ago, I found out by accident, UA made Z available for the inaugural flight, and immediately I cleanse through the *A RTW engine looking flights to get down to Singapore.
I was able to get on the PEK-SIN SQ flight and then onto the SIN-SFO a day later. The rest of the itinerary stays the same. For some unknown reasons, the RTW ended up being cheaper going through SIN on SQ, then my original ticket of going PEK-SFO on UA.