Originally Posted by
johnnywho
I found a slightly more expensive trip to Manila in August.
The legs between NRT and MNL are on ANA, the rest on UA.
https://www.google.de/flights/#searc..._ALLIANCE;eo=e
Any suggestions on how this itinerary could be enhanced for the purpose of a mileage runner? It already has two stops each way (which I don't mind here).
i didn't compare the miles but i think usually routing through HNL yields more miles for you but it means longer flights. However, the only thing with this itinerary is that there is only a short layover at houston on the outbound (might be risky). The bright side of it is that you can use Regional upgrade for most of the flight. except for HNL-GUM/GUM-HNL that requires global premier upgrade. Plus, it is cheaper too. Worst case scenario if you miss the connecting flight for IAH-HNL-GUM-MNL, they would be able to reroute you through NRT from IAH. You can always call united after the trip and ask for the mileage difference and say that they caused the misconnection and often time it wouldn't be a problem to get the credit for the original flight.
https://goo.gl/flights/VHFp