Originally Posted by
minnyfly
UAL1 commonly flies close to MNL, so I don't see why that wouldn't be a diversion point. SFO-SIN is usually much farther south than SFO-HKG.
Couple of days ago coming the other direction on UA2 we basically went right over MNL and up to Japan before turning right.
We still made it to SFO an hour early because of the tailwinds.