Originally Posted by
appleguru
My (limited) experience with return flights from asia is that they either clear at booking if you're lucky, or they don't clear until day of departure at the gate. I'd say you have about a 70% chance of clearing, but there is a very good chance it won't happen until the gate.
Thanks for this data point! I went ahead and booked a UA award for 80K miles in "Global First" (much cheaper than the 200K DL wants for an award seat). If my GUC clears I'll cancel the award for $125. Insurance.
Last edited by bangkokiscool; Oct 2, 2016 at 5:51 pm