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Old Sep 19, 2023 | 9:05 am
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Originally Posted by Repooc17
Here is an out of the box idea, fly to SFO, LAX, or SJC, and catch Zipair to/from Tokyo in its 788 aircraft.
Thanks for the tip! Looks like a great deal.

Have you flown them yet? If so, how strict are they with the carry-on weight. I always have to carry commercial merchandise when I travel, so I would be overweight for their carry-on limitations. Can you pay for extra carry-on weight?

Originally Posted by narvik
To Japan - but where from? Boston?
United flies to HND as well as to NRT from EWR, and IAD and ORD to Japan also. From what I can tell only about a third of J is sold, the rest is all upgrades.
This year, it's been an [almost] guaranteed upgrade using PlusPoints. I've been paying ~U$2000 R/T and sitting up front both ways every time since April or so.
Not for me. I fly once a month, usually EWR-TYO, and have missed 50% of my PP UGs.

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