Originally Posted by xpacific
The issue was that the upgrade for the HNL-Japan segment had not cleared when I checked-in on the Mainland. Sure enough, it cleared at the gate in HNL. So I made sure the gate agent noted in my record that due to limitations in the computer system they had pulled one too many SWUs... and once I arrived in Japan I wrote the 1K e-mail folks, referencing the PNR... within a day or so they had replaced the SWU into my account.
That's a keeper.
Taking the HNL transit westbound is the way to do it with minimal jet lag consequences. The +920 miles LAX-HNL-NRT vice LAX-NRT is also a good mileage-earning move! I'll have to keep that in mind.
