SIN run pricing
 

I seem to have lost the SIN run thread...Did it go away?

Folks have told me that they bought UA tickets LAX-NRT-SIN for $400-$500, but when I try to price it I get $900.

OTOH, I'm thinking of just splurging on CX business class for $4400 in order to renew AA Platinum. Does anyone have pricing tips for me?

P.S., this is my first mileage run, so be gentle with me. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

It's quite clearly posted over on the MR forum that UA has changed to stay rules on its SIN fares, and the cheapest now require a 6-day stay. Any shorter and you start getting the fares you are finding.

Stimpy;

If you choose this route (and I whole heartedly recommend it http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif) it should be doable for much less than $4400-- try LAX-HKG-TPE. Even on cathayusa.com it's just over $3K and can be had for significantly less than that from a good TA or CXleverage.com.

And CX offers some nice bonus miles as well.

Not so. The cheapest fares ($565 inclusive) now require you to leave on a Thursday, return on a Monday - a three-night stay when you figure you don't arrive until Friday. Those are good for travel through Oct. 8 on UA.

I was basing my post on information in this thread:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum50/HTML/013257.html

And specifically to EMPRESS's comment about the cheaper 6-day fare. It appears UA may have done a hasty retreat and loaded more shorter stay, lower priced fares in the past few days.

Sorry if my post was perceived as being misleading.

Actually I plan to stay a couple of weeks and bounce around SE Asia. I assume I should get a low fare that way?

Thanks Jon for the CX info.

Hasty, but also perhaps temporary retreat: the Intl fare sale requiring a Monday return ends on Monday.

Maybe, just maybe, you might consider starting a 5 continent J-class RTW ex-TPE or ex-BKK. You could do plenty of "bouncing" around Asia-- and Australia, S. America, N. America and Europe over the next year or so. Not to mention achieving/maintaining Plat on AA for the next couple of years.

By ex-BKK I guess you mean buy the RTW from an agent in BKK and buy a one-way ticket from LAX to BKK. Isn't that pretty expensive on it's own? Or am I missing something?

And how does this get me Plat on AA for the next couple of years? Is there some special deal for that?

Is there some thread or more info on the RTW you are talking about?

Thanks!

There's a whole forum dedicated to it (sort of) the "OneWorld" forum right here on FT.

And, of course, http://members.shaw.ca/fewmiles/oneworld/

O/w LAX-TPE (TPE is cheapest) can be had for $1200-$1400 in J on CX depending on how you buy it. The value of a RTW originating in TPE or BKK is undeniable, but depending on your travel pattern may or may not be appealing. To many, myself included, it's the best deal in air-travel, by far.



[This message has been edited by JonNYC (edited 07-25-2002).]