Originally Posted by
TerryK
W is $542 more but it is not a MR anymore.
Well, it sort of is, to those of us desperate for big-mileage trips. I will have to do long-haul MRs to get to 1K this year, and it's hard to find anything upgradeable for less than $1200 r/t. The Taipei fare appears to be around $1100 for a lot of miles, and it might be a nice alternative to the EWR-HKG route I'm considering.
I miss the days in the early 2000s when I was doing SIN and Europe runs with Systemwides for $300-700 r/t. Although I understand United's business POV, I feel resentment about the upgradeable fares being so much higher than the lowest-cost fares.