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Flying for Fun
For $447.26 you could fly ANA LAX-NRT-HKG on the outbound and enjoy an additional 4" pitch. United SFO-HKG is 30" while ANA LAX-NRT is 34" in economy. Still allowing a HKG stopover. Priced on United via Google Flights.
James
Long time listener, first time caller here. Howdy.
Thanks for the tip - I couldn’t resist the ANA LAX-NRT-HKG option with the extra pitch, and booked this deal with UA133 Island Hopper. This will be my first time on the Hopper.
Question for those who have flown the Hopper or considered it: how much am I missing by not getting to see Kosrae and Kwajalein?
With Kwajalein not allowing general pax like me without permission to disembark there or photograph there, it comes down to Kosrae which only gets visited two days per week if I understand correctly. UA133 and UA132 seem to be new routes as of January 2018, so I’ll have to return to this thread in January to find out whether the onboard experience is different on the three-stop versus UA154/UA155.
For this Hopper rookie, who may or may not get to redo this trip via the full five-stopper (depends on money, miles and vacation time plus job/family/life), I figure a partial Hopper experience is better than not getting to experience any Hopper at all. Plus, I booked it for Labor Day weekend, and the holiday allows me to take one fewer vacation day from work for the voyage.
I booked it for the joy of flying and a for a little aerial photography, and the three-stopper should provide much of that, I think
