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Old Oct 24, 2016, 8:58 am
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Originally Posted by Mikity
Hi, I'm trying to figure out whether it's worth flying from Tokyo (HND) to HNL on ANA, NH184 on 02 Jan. If I book it through UA, I should be able to use a GPU for a Star Alliance upgrade award (to biz), right?
Those are two separate things. Both are available only on very high fare classes (Y, B, E).

Originally Posted by Mikity
The alternative would be flying UA902 from NRT. It's just a 777 though (ANA flies a 787), and looks to not even have lie-flat seats!
Were you checking SeatGuru or something similarly unreliable? UA international long-haul is 100% lie flat.
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