dogloverjb

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.

fdflys

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?

kainalu

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.

`X'

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

BangkokTraveler

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.
.

pbearmedic

...or ex-NYC *sigh*

concorde02

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

pickles1107

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.

soarer

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

thanks

soarer

blackmamba

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

`X'

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

dogloverjb

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.

1kdreamer

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

jjgollum

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

im-headed-west

What's this talk of mileage running and luggage ?