Boogie711

Google Flights link showing a long weekend to Kuala Lumpur for $512. 20,178 miles at 2.54 cpm.

Even better... you can also get it via SIN & SFO on the way back for $504... that works out to 21,600 miles at 2.37 cpm! (That's assuming KUL-SIN on SQ credits. If not, it's still 21,100 at 2.39 cpm)

GREAT deal.

mpiotrow

UA website shows 21,099 total miles (K fares on SQ earn 0%). It's still definitely a great deal, as you said, though! ^

Starfighter202

Sorry if this is a basic question. If I want to maximize my PQM for United, would I book this on United or ANA airlines? I did read that United calculates the miles earned based on a multiplier of the fare? Thanks for understanding as I am still trying to fully understand how to maximize my mileage runs.

mpiotrow

It sounds like you may be confusing PQM (Premier Qualifying Miles, which are the miles used to obtain a certain premier level with UA) with RDM (Redeeamable Miles, which are the miles you use to exchange for award flights, upgrades, etc).

• PQM is based solely on the distance flown. Certain fare classes can multiple that number by a percentage, but the majority of economy fares (of which this flight books into) will earn PQM at 100% of the mileage flown.
• RDM is based on a multiplier based on the fare you pay (for UA booked tickets with ticket number beginning with 016). If you have no status with UA, you multiply your base fare by 5 in order to determine the number of RDM you will receive. If you are Silver, you multiply the base fare by 7, etc. If, however, you book a ticket through ANA, you will earn RDM based on the distance traveled, multiplied by a percentage. For this fare, being a K fare, you would earn 25% of the mileage flown for RDM.

Here is a page where you can read some more about it (on the page, "Earning miles on ANA flights" refers to RDM, and "MileagePlus premier qualification" refers to PQM.): https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly...tners/ana.html

Looking at the fare options, it's about twice the price (for one of the example fares) to book on ANA: https://flights.app.goo.gl/YHXfH

Starfighter202

Excellent information. Thank you very much. I am currently Platinum with United. So as far as PQM is concerned, would I be better off booking with United or ANA with price being the same?

mpiotrow

Seeing as price does NOT affect PQM, you should earn the same PQM (100% of miles flown) whether you book with UA or NH.

Boogie711

PQM (and only PQM) miles across Star Alliance are based on the metal you fly on. Not the company you booked your ticket with. (This is different than OneWorld, where the ticket actually counts for something.)

If you book a United Flight, and it has a code share with ANA where you're on an ANA operated flight, you get the PQM for ANA. That's why the tiny KUL-SIN leg won't credit, because it's with Singapore Airlines on a fare category that won't earn any miles with SQ, even though it's a UA ticketed flight.

For example, you can fly Premium Economy to Europe. Say you fly Air Canada there and Lufthansa back in "N". N gets 150% mileage with Air Canada, but only 100% with LH. So you'll earn 150% PQM there, and 100% back. It doesn't matter if it's booked with United, Air Canada, Lufthansa, or anyone else.

paperwastage

And lifetime miles only accrual when flying on UA metal. Flying in ana/sq won't count towards lifetime

JNelson113

Fantastic deal! Thanks for sharing.

kaffir76

Awesome deal, & it's still active for travel until Jan. 2020 (departing on Jan 8/9 seem to have the lowest fares)
The KUL-SIN sector is no longer on SQ but on Jetstar Asia

djsinc

How were you able to book if Jetstar is not a UA partner? My booking kept getting rejected by SQ. When I called, UA said they couldn't book it.

paperwastage

MH/KA isn't in *A, but you can get SIN-KUL or HKG-KUL leg on MH/KA

routing code allows

EWR-NH/UA-TYO-NH/UA-SIN-3K/MH/MI-KUL

EWR-NH/UA-HKG-CX/KA/MH-KUL (though you cannot fly on CX)

still see SQ/MI as an option available for KUL-SIN (-SFO-EWR) on Jan 22nd