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Old Jul 29, 2022 | 7:25 pm
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zzzliner
 
Join Date: Jan 2020
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Originally Posted by OldNewYorker
What city pair are you looking at? When looking at the nyc-Syd fare rules, I see the following clause for all fares I’ve checked:

THE FARE COMPONENT MUST INCLUDE TRAVEL VIA TRANSPACIFIC
SECTORS ON
ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
ANY UA FLIGHT OPERATED BY UA.
NYC-SYD. I see the same when looking at ExpertFlyer for UA based fares but when looking at the rules for fares available from my corporate TA the rules change including referencing multiple different airlines based on zones.

Originally Posted by angetenar
I did a quick flight search and found UA to ICN and Asiana to SYD as well
I tried ICN earlier but it didn't come up as an option but it did last night, thanks!

Originally Posted by cfischer
UA to AKL and NZ to SYD should work as well
NZ is a less attractive option coming from NYC but I saw that pop up and steered a colleague towards that routing as an option!
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