Nov 1, 2017, 8:01 pm
Last edit by: johnnywho
The fare allows you to travel on the island hopper (UA132/133) westbound and/or eastbound. HKG or MNL are both possible turnarounds and the fare is combinable with NH either way.
Who are going for this run?
UA132
UA133
Who are going for this run?
UA132
- Jan 19: westleyl, jayhawk17
- Mar 18: Mateuszz
- Mar 31: johnnywho,jetsflier
UA133
- Jan 21: westleyl, jayhawk17
- Feb 4: Spectre17, daisyatl
- Apr 1: johnnywho, jetsflier
- May 13: sexykitten7
UA - LAX-SFO-HIKA-Guam and return via UA Pacific Islands $442 <2.8cps
May 17, 2018, 2:39 pm
#166
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: PWM
Programs: AA Plat
Posts: 1,335
Sounds like you had a great trip! I'd love to do that one day! ^ I have a few questions, though...
- How do you get an agent to split the ticket? Were there any key words you need to use? What did you ask the agent specifically? I don't have an upcoming IH flight, but figure it might be useful for other flights, if need be.
- You mentioned the MUA offer for $75 and 20k miles. Was that for the whole route? Or just 1 direction or the other? When I've done a MUA offer before (for another flight, not an IH itinerary), it's been for either the outbound or the return, but doesn't cover all segments.
- You mentioned "HKG-SFO cleared into Polaris", but I think you mean "SFO-HKG cleared into Polaris", correct? Just thought you might want to update the trip report.
- You really got upgraded into Polaris on the SFO-HKG segment for part of the $75 and 20k miles MUA?!?! Wow!
2. MUA covered the whole IH itin LAX-HKG-LAX. Yes I think the pricing was due to SHARES viewing it as LAX-LAX. Even then, should've been 20k, not 20k+75.
3. Yes typo! Thx.
4. Yep. Was a bit nerve-racking because it was unclear if my segments were waitlisted/synced correctly, esp after a few schedule changes. But I didn't want any eyes on my PNR.
The trouble is most fares specify a $500 surcharge for the IH. Luckily this fare only surcharged the older flights UA154/155, not UA132/133.
May 18, 2018, 3:34 am
#167
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: HEL
Programs: *G, used to be with TK but left due to their corruption and political ties
Posts: 4,406
Thanks for your report! But this was actually a fare to HKG, not GUM, so you could stop in HKG per the maximum stay restriction. The reason it worked was that UA132/133 was not included in the list of flights where a $500 surcharge otherwise would be collected. This has now been changed it seems like.
Fare rules in October
Fare rules now
Fare rules in October
AND - A SURCHARGE OF USD 500.00 PER DIRECTION WILL BE
ADDED TO THE APPLICABLE FARE FOR TRAVEL. APPLIES PER
ADULT. CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS APPLY.
PROVIDED TRAVEL IS ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
UA FLIGHT 154
UA FLIGHT 155.
ADDED TO THE APPLICABLE FARE FOR TRAVEL. APPLIES PER
ADULT. CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS APPLY.
PROVIDED TRAVEL IS ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
UA FLIGHT 154
UA FLIGHT 155.
AND - A SURCHARGE OF USD 500.00 PER DIRECTION WILL BE
ADDED TO THE APPLICABLE FARE FOR TRAVEL. APPLIES PER
ADULT. CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS APPLY.
PROVIDED TRAVEL IS ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
UA FLIGHT 154
UA FLIGHT 155
UA FLIGHT 132
UA FLIGHT 133.
ADDED TO THE APPLICABLE FARE FOR TRAVEL. APPLIES PER
ADULT. CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS APPLY.
PROVIDED TRAVEL IS ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
UA FLIGHT 154
UA FLIGHT 155
UA FLIGHT 132
UA FLIGHT 133.
May 18, 2018, 11:20 am
#168
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: PWM
Programs: AA Plat
Posts: 1,335
Thanks for your report! But this was actually a fare to HKG, not GUM, so you could stop in HKG per the maximum stay restriction. The reason it worked was that UA132/133 was not included in the list of flights where a $500 surcharge otherwise would be collected. This has now been changed it seems like.
Fare rules in October
Fare rules now
Fare rules in October
Fare rules now
Last edited by sexykitten7; May 18, 2018 at 11:25 am Reason: Changed link
May 19, 2018, 8:13 pm
#169
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: ORD
Programs: AA Plat, UA Silver, Bonvoyed Gold
Posts: 21
I stumbled across this wonderful find by @ck3kk last October (actually on my birthday): LAX-SFO-HKG-GUM-TKK-PNI-KSA-MAJ-HNL-LAX for $450 which includes an eastbound island hopper (IH) on the return. Since it’s a HKG fare, you cannot stop in GUM. In fact, the longest connection was 4 hours so I basically flew non-stop for 2.5 days (aka the Lucky method). Ticketed for 11MAY since it was the farthest out (e.g. warmest weather). I did the same for a $450 SAN-EUR fare last year. Although in retrospect, May was almost too warm for the South Pacific.
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I'm also glad I booked before the template was updated to put the $500 surcharge on UA 132/UA133 because it looks like we won't see fares that cheap again unless UA revokes that surcharge (ha!) Looking at the fare rules, if UA changes the sched again I should be able to get my flights restored without it triggering a reprice that would add the fee as per current fare rules - historical fare rules would apply in my case, I hope?
May 19, 2018, 10:25 pm
#170
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: PWM
Programs: AA Plat
Posts: 1,335
I'm also glad I booked before the template was updated to put the $500 surcharge on UA 132/UA133 because it looks like we won't see fares that cheap again unless UA revokes that surcharge (ha!) Looking at the fare rules, if UA changes the sched again I should be able to get my flights restored without it triggering a reprice that would add the fee as per current fare rules - historical fare rules would apply in my case, I hope?
