Thanks so much! I was looking for a long haul flight and MNL was on the list. I need to add on EWR, but to answer someone's question, yes, it is available. I searched Sept (UA website) and found this immediately, without playing with dates (note only 50% miles on ANA, but it is a short leg):

Mon., Sep. 17, 2012 | Seattle, WA (SEA) to Manila, Philippines (MNL)
Depart:
9:20 a.m.
Mon., Sep. 17, 2012
Seattle, WA (SEA) Arrive:
11:31 a.m.
Mon., Sep. 17, 2012
San Francisco, CA (SFO) Flight Time:
2 hr 11 mn Award Miles/
Premier Qualifying*:
678 /100% Flight: UA698
Aircraft: Airbus A319
Fare Class: United Economy (K)

United Economy (K)
Available Cabins: F8, A7, JN8, Z3, ZN3, P3, PN3, R0, RN0, IN0, I0, Y9, YN9, B9, M9, E9, U9, H9, HN9, Q9, V9, W9, S9, T9, L9, K9, G0, N0, XN8, X3 Meal: None
No Special Meal Offered.
Change Planes. Connect time in San Francisco, CA (SFO) is 1 hour 20 minutes.
Depart:
12:51 p.m.
Mon., Sep. 17, 2012
San Francisco, CA (SFO) Arrive:
4:05 p.m. +1 Day
Tue., Sep. 18, 2012
Tokyo, Japan (NRT - Narita) Flight Time:
11 hr 14 mn Award Miles/
Premier Qualifying*:
5,124 /100% Flight: UA853
Aircraft: Boeing 777-200
Fare Class: United Economy (K)

United Economy (K)
Available Cabins: F8, FN8, A7, ON5, O1, J9, JN8, C9, D9, Z3, ZN3, P3, PN3, R0, RN0, IN0, I0, Y9, YN9, B9, M9, E9, U9, H9, HN9, Q9, V9, W9, S9, T9, L9, K9, G0, N0, XN8, X3 Meal: Lunch
No Special Meal Offered.
Change Planes. Connect time in Tokyo, Japan (NRT - Narita) is 1 hour 15 minutes.
Depart:
5:20 p.m.
Tue., Sep. 18, 2012
Tokyo, Japan (NRT - Narita) Arrive:
9:00 p.m.
Tue., Sep. 18, 2012
Manila, Philippines (MNL) Flight Time:
4 hr 40 mn

Travel Time:
20 hr 40 mn Award Miles/
Premier Qualifying*:
1,893 /50%Total Award Miles:
7,695 Flight: NH949
Operated by ANA All Nippon Airways.
Aircraft: Boeing 767-300
Fare Class: Economy (K)

Economy (K)
Available Cabins: J9, C9, D9, Z9, P8, Y9, B9, M9, U9, H9, Q9, V9, W9, S9, L9, K4 Meal: Meal
No Special Meal Offered.

Thu., Sep. 27, 2012 | Manila, Philippines (MNL) to Seattle, WA (SEA)
Depart:
9:35 a.m.
Thu., Sep. 27, 2012
Manila, Philippines (MNL) Arrive:
3:00 p.m.
Thu., Sep. 27, 2012
Tokyo, Japan (NRT - Narita) Flight Time:
4 hr 25 mn Award Miles/
Premier Qualifying*:
1,893 /50% Flight: NH950
Operated by ANA All Nippon Airways.
Aircraft: Boeing 767-300
Fare Class: Economy (K)

Economy (K)
Available Cabins: J9, C9, D9, Z9, P6, Y9, B9, M9, U9, H9, Q9, V9, W9, S9, L9, K3 Meal: Meal
No Special Meal Offered.
Change Planes. Connect time in Tokyo, Japan (NRT - Narita) is 1 hour 55 minutes.
Depart:
4:55 p.m.
Thu., Sep. 27, 2012
Tokyo, Japan (NRT - Narita) Arrive:
9:25 a.m.
Thu., Sep. 27, 2012
Seattle, WA (SEA) Flight Time:
8 hr 30 mn

Travel Time:
14 hr 50 mn Award Miles/
Premier Qualifying*:
4,769 /100%
Total Award Miles:
6,662 Flight: UA876
Aircraft: Boeing 777-200
Fare Class: United Economy (K)

United Economy (K)
Available Cabins: F7, FN7, A6, ON1, O0, J9, JN9, C9, D9, Z9, ZN9, P9, PN9, R0, RN0, IN0, I0, Y9, YN9, B9, M9, E9, U9, H9, HN9, Q9, V9, W9, S9, T9, L9, K9, G1, N1, XN9, X9 Meal: Dinner
No Special Meal Offered.

I was trying to put a stopover in hnl on the return but the price goes up $400 (even though a stopover is only suppposed to be $100). I was using multicity for the routing - is there a better way?

It's not a trick fare so try calling UA... sometimes their system does weird things with the fare classes when you price a stopover online.

Id be happy with this fare to do a 787 flight. wonder if it would work over thanksgiving?

This is a good deal for a one-stop (NRT) trip. I have done ORD-HNL-GUM-MNL in economy and that trip is really unpleasant. Too many stops, no in-seat TV and not enough sleeping time

For UA Mileage plus, it's 100% earned on NH flights in K class for transpacific, and also ongoing international connections, so it is my understanding that you'll get 100% miles and bonuses on the NH flight from NRT to MNL if you fly SEA-NRT also on NH.

http://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/marketing/custcomm/promotions/pages/AirlinePartnerDetails.aspx?ItemId=299

NH is much better than UA in economy, service is great and the "view" while getting your food or drink is much better too. :) One other possible benefit to booking ANA is if UA cans the SEA-NRT routing. If they do that, they'd unlikely move you to the NH nonstop. They'd route you through SFO.

I see $766 RT without tricks for Nov SEA-NRT-MNL all on NH. LAX departures slightly higher ($856 on NH, $754 on AA/JQ). Wish I could find something like this ex-ORD.
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...or ex-NYC *sigh*

Just booked SEA-SFO-HNL-GUM-MNL-GUM-HNL-LAX-SEA Sept 6-9 for $739 4.24 cpm. Not so bad. maybe cpm is not as good as some transcon trips... but trip like this, you get ~18000 miles in one weekend and get to see another country, rather than flying 4 rt coast to coast.
Some connection is tight and maybe UA would call me and ask to change some flights and I could even go crazier routing or a stop over in GUM or HNL which happened to me before :)
Thanks OP

Also, as noted above: If you are lucky, the SEA to NRT leg on ANA will use the 787 (currently scheduled for sometime OCT '12 - MAR '13). Initially, this route will use 777-300ER.

any other destinations work on this fare ?
Saigon, Bangkok, singapore ?

thanks

soarer

any flights for May? I want to go away somewhere....anywhere

Cant find anything loaded in Amadeus showing the 787 schedule though. All flights between these dates are 777 :(

I booked EWR-SFO-MNL-GUM-HNL-EWR (stop in HNL & GUM on the way over) for $1049. This was 20,335 miles and will clinch me 1K. I opted to overnight in SFO since the connection was 38mins. Wasn't afraid for me but for my luggage. Taking advantage to see a friend for dinner in SFO. With fares the way they are and slim opportunities from EWR, this was a good find. Thanks for posting.

Where did you find this? Did you do a multicity search at UA?

Huh - what kind of luggage are you bringing on an island hopper mileage run? :D

What's this talk of mileage running and luggage ?

:confused: