Originally Posted by
mduell
I'd look at DL, not UA.
Same one stop, more evenly balanced flight lengths, connecting at an airport with a super positive reputation for handling the elderly, better run airline.
Can transfer your MR to DL, although the premium redemptions are probably very expensive.
SQ and EVA both add another stop.
DL was the first option I looked at since I'm sitting on 500k miles with them. Their redemptions are prohibitively expensive - 300k-350k
one way SIN-ATL routing through PVG. The NRT flights have no availability (and appear nearly sold out for cash, too).
Looking more and more like they will just stay on existing UA flights but I will try to upgrade and apply add'l services.