Originally Posted by
kb1992
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SFO-PVG (4 weekly) is UA's only flights to China. On scattered dates, UA charges $5700 for economy and $17000 for business.
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Award ticket costs a whopping 300K miles for economy and 450K miles for business. For a family of 4, this means almost 2 million miles. It's up to everyone to decide if it's worth it.
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Seems you would be getting 3.44 cpm for business and 1.9 cpm for economy. Not bad by traditional measures. With the limited lift / space and the extraordinary high demand to space to China, expecting 120K awards seems a bit unrealistic