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Old Nov 1, 2018, 4:15 pm
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jinglish
 
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Originally Posted by VegasGambler
I'm looking to book a trip where I go SFO - Tokyo, stay 4 days, Tokyo - BKK, stay 4 days, BKK - HKG, stay 4 days, and HKG - SFO. I can do that all in F for 145k AS miles, on top airlines. This is also an itinerary that would cost something like $20k to pay cash for, which is a lot more than I'm willing to spend. So, it's award travel or nothing for that itinerary. On UA you would have to spend miles for 3 one-way awards, and get 1 for free through excursionist. You are looking at... what? 250k miles? 300k?
UA does have the Excursionist Perk, where if you book a round trip or open jaw, you're entitled to a free award flight in the same cabin in the destination region. But the flight has to be within that region, so NRT-BKK wouldn't qualify.
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