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Old Jul 25, 2019, 4:20 pm
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ryman554
 
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Originally Posted by NgatesSEA
How do these flights look for a 1k using GPU or cash+miles on a Sunday departure in mid-August SFO-ICN, returning Friday in mid-Aug ICN-SFO? I will book in M class outbound and A (Premium Plus) for return.
  • UA893 SFO-ICN (779 w/o PP) Sunday: J9 C9 D9 Z0 P0 Y9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W3 S3 T0 L0 K0 G0 N9 (18/48 C booked)
  • UA806 ICN-SFO (772 w/ PP) Friday:_J9 C9 D9 Z8 P3 O9 A7 R1 Y9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 Q1 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 N9 (13/24 C booked)
Thanks
Why would you book M on the outbound and A on the return? R on the return will almost certainly be enough as a 1K, and the cost savings is likely large. Heck, for the price of the copay and R/A fare, you are probably better off grabbing the P directly (without looking at the price)

You're paying a *huge* effective copay on grabbing M vs S + copay... I mean there is no Z space, but aren't you looking at $1k + miles to grab a business seat? That's a lot of money....

I don't know how your copay couples into this, however.
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