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ad2wangnexus Jan 15, 2023 4:41 pm
Feedback welcome - SFO to Australia on J
 
Hi all,

Would like to hear any feedback or tips for my award redemption. Booked one way from SFO -> HKG -> MEL for 85k Cathay Pacific points plus $400 in taxes in business.

UA in J was ~200k one way.
Aeroplan via YVR was similar.
Qantas was 1 million points lmao.

I have 500k MR, 500k UR, and 200K AS points.

Would love to hear any feedback or tips on how I could/ could have improved this. Thanks!

roastpuff Jan 17, 2023 12:49 pm
Heck, that looks pretty good and I doubt that many of us could've done better given availability. CX J is a pretty good product (I haven't flown them post-COVID so YMMV) and the routing is fairly direct bar a UA/QF non-stop SFO-MEL.

Have fun on the trip!

ad2wangnexus Jan 20, 2023 12:38 am
Originally Posted by roastpuff (Post 34933735)
Heck, that looks pretty good and I doubt that many of us could've done better given availability. CX J is a pretty good product (I haven't flown them post-COVID so YMMV) and the routing is fairly direct bar a UA/QF non-stop SFO-MEL.

Have fun on the trip!
Thank you so much! Appreciate it!

Will try to search for cheaper UA/QF closer in. Hoping for some availability.

garykung Jan 20, 2023 1:44 am
Originally Posted by ad2wangnexus (Post 34941105)
Will try to search for cheaper UA/QF closer in. Hoping for some availability.
IIRC - there is no nonstop SFO-MEL for both UA/QF. So a stop will be required (UA - LAX, QF - SYD). It is only a matter of where you want to stop.

ad2wangnexus Jan 20, 2023 1:55 am
Originally Posted by garykung (Post 34941183)
IIRC - there is no nonstop SFO-MEL for both UA/QF. So a stop will be required (UA - LAX, QF - SYD). It is only a matter of where you want to stop.
Thanks for pointing that out, much appreciated. I was actually hoping to go direct to SYD, but MEL was my 2nd choice.

So hoping I'll be able to get QF in J!

econ Jan 20, 2023 9:49 pm
Originally Posted by garykung (Post 34941183)
IIRC - there is no nonstop SFO-MEL for both UA/QF.
UA flies SFO-MEL nonstop daily.

garykung Jan 21, 2023 11:23 am
Originally Posted by econ (Post 34943521)
UA flies SFO-MEL nonstop daily.
When did UA move that?

angetenar Jan 21, 2023 7:08 pm
Originally Posted by garykung (Post 34944758)
When did UA move that?
It started last year if I remember correctly

roastpuff Jan 22, 2023 1:55 am
UA also flies to SYD non stop from SFO.


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