Originally Posted by crankyusi
If there was a cheapie $300-ish roundtrip flight from NGO or KIX to GUM on any carrier (Continental, JL, etc), we'd be happy to spend that too (use award miles for the SFO-Japan) as often times the KIX-GUM isn't readily available using UA miles.
(1) Does the Star Alliance Award cover the entire journey from the SFO to GUM as a single award? If so, then I would guess that the most likely route would be as follows:
SFO-NRT , then change airport to HND, HND-KIX, KIX-GUM
.... and the same in reverse for the return journey.
(2) If you are thinking of using miles to get an SFO-Japan award and then a separate award for Japan-GUM ...
Did you consider buying a cheapie flight with JL from NRT to GUM to NRT?
Number One travel in Tokyo might be able to set you up with a Flight + Hotel package for as little as 40,000 yen
http://www.no1-travel.com/beach/gumd01.htm
When you consider that the train from NGO-KIX-NGO will cost you more than 18,000 per person.... and waste 4 hours each way.... it might be better to use NRT as your connecting airport and fly with JAL to GUM.