Originally Posted by
aacharya
There has got to be a better connection option versus 11 hours in SF.
Originally Posted by
Kacee
I would actually prefer 11 hours to something like 5, particularly since this is a daytime layover. With 11 you can go into the city for the day. With 5 you're stuck in the airport.
This+1.
I book ~12 hour layovers quite often. A neat way to check out a town, and brake an otherwise boring trip.
Got caught in Sydney once without a visa (yes, the usual mistake, doh!), but they were kind enough to let me and my son out of the airport and even gave us a 12 months visa on the spot. It was a GREAT day!
It is this reason I will invariably sort the united.com search results by LONGEST TRIP DURATION just to see where I could possibly get a long layover.