Originally Posted by
kevflyer
SFO-HNL-GUM-HKG routing would give you about 1,400 more miles than a direct SFO-HKG. Price was a little bit more than the direct routing, but a good price to pay for a short visit to HNL.
The difference was quite minimal, mostly associated with tax.
Originally Posted by
kevflyer
Personally I don't fly for business so I have all the incentives to take the long way.
This is a route that you don't really need business most of the time. GUM-HKG (and vv) was CPUable. After years of flying, I believe I only failed maybe 1-2 times overall. HNL-GUM is barely full. 1K/GS should have no difficulty getting the whole E+ row. SFO-HNL is the only segment you need business (or officially domestic F) as it is always full.
Originally Posted by
kevflyer
And if your HNL-GUM is late, causing you to misconnect, then you get a free day on Guam (although that has never happened to me - the few times they were late, they held the GUM-HKG flight)
It happened to me once. I ended up invoking trip-in-vein and did the trip for another time.