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Oct 22, 2007, 6:49 am

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mad_atta

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Originally Posted by jswong

I think, although I am biased, UA would be the next best option. B fares from NZ on UA to the US are much the same as premium economy on NZ. B fares cost only 15K to upgrade to C from SYD/MEL to the US. Once you make 1P (premier exec) with the 100% RDM bonus you would earn about 15K each way. Only downside is that you'd have to fly in E trans-tasman (the flight is relatively short) and you would not be able to upgrade to Asia

I can think of another, fairly serious, downside: you'd be flying UA not NZ

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