I just booked this for 4/1 coming back. Kinda sad that there's no KWA or KSA stop, but I figured I'd try to do the full island hopper some time later when I get cleared to go scuba diving again and make my way to ROR and TKK on a future vacation.
Did I find a loophole? I have UA MPG for this year thanks in part to last year's EWR-MNL deal, but have flown zero miles with UA in 2017 and will have no status next year. Yet when I went to select my seats on this itinerary, it let me choose E+ for every leg??
If this is indeed a loophole, I need to book all my flights for next year right now!