MR is business class
Sep 27, 2007, 5:42 pm
#3
Join Date: May 2007
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MR's in business class seem to be few and far between..but when they come up, they appear to be very good deals for what you get. case in point is UA's C class (Z fare bucket) sale to europe..i have one booked for december that'll get me a boatload of EQMs and all in the (relative) comfort of C
Sep 27, 2007, 5:48 pm
#4
Join Date: Aug 2002
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For CO I'm not as sure... but one thing to do is look to do your runs ex-Asia.
ex-TPE has some reasonable fares because of BR and CI (although you have to watch for BR's old business class, which is like domestic F with footrests)
To the West Coast you can get J for ~$2200, and that's a flexible ticket so you can adjust your "retturn" as needed.
Steve
ex-TPE has some reasonable fares because of BR and CI (although you have to watch for BR's old business class, which is like domestic F with footrests)
To the West Coast you can get J for ~$2200, and that's a flexible ticket so you can adjust your "retturn" as needed.
Steve
Sep 27, 2007, 6:15 pm
#5
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: BOS
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Even with the BF sale it's not a good "mileage run" per say as the sale books into the R fare bucket for 100% RDM, 150% EQM (plus whatever Elite bonus you get) vs. J which would give you 150% RDMs as well.
However, for a reasonably priced fare and a good travelling experience to an interesting location it's not a bad deal.
However, for a reasonably priced fare and a good travelling experience to an interesting location it's not a bad deal.
Sep 28, 2007, 12:22 am
#8
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SAN-SFO-IAD-ZRH-FRA-SFO-SAN
all in F/C on UA/LH metal
Sep 28, 2007, 7:52 am
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I doubt the new seats will be in place by then...
Sep 28, 2007, 9:52 am
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A few years ago, CO had a very short-lived MSP-HKG fare. MSP-EWR-HKG is certainly a nice routing. Currently, there's a ZRXHOL fare being offered by NW (see that forum) but it isn't the bargain it was 3 or more years ago. Works out to about a dme per EQM which isn't great. LAX and SFO are the cheapest gateways at approx. $2600 a/i. Routing with most miles would be LAX-SEA-HNL-NRT-SIN.
Sep 28, 2007, 10:33 am
#13
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Not sure what you are looking to spend, but I've gotten a couple of CO H fares EWR-HKG for around $1600 with 150% EQM. That coupled with using miles for a r/t upgrade (and getting it 
), makes for a comfortable MR in my book netting approximately 25,000 EQM's.
), makes for a comfortable MR in my book netting approximately 25,000 EQM's.
Oct 2, 2007, 11:20 pm
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