Are you looking at the United website? They're charging well over $2000 USD for EWR-SFO-AKL flights departing EWR on November 6.

By contrast, if you look on the Air New Zealand website, NZ is charging only a little over $1000 USD for similar EWR-SFO-AKL flights departing EWR on November 6. Right now, on the NZ website, the most favorite option that I can see for EWR-SFO is NZ9121 (codeshare) with a connection time of 1h40m, or NZ9128 (codeshare) with a connection time of 1h35m.

Are you and I looking at the same thing?

I hadn't been looking at prices as you hadn't included details of your entire trip (eg, class of service, and whether it was a return or one-way trip which will affect prices) - I was just looking at flights.

However now that I've looked, all I can say is that the AirNZ sight is truly horrible! There are literally dozens and dozens of viable options for the EWR->AKL route, and it shows you 6 of them. I would suggest you use something like Expedia.co.nz to look at what your options are, then use the multi-city search on AirNZ's website to book them if that's the route you want to go down. Alternatively if you know you want to go via SFO, do a multi-city search on AirNZ's website for two legs (EWR-SFO, SFO-AKL) and it'll show you more options.

Keep in mind that those are connecting to different flights. The first connects to an AirNZ flight across the Pacific. The second connects to a United flights. As was pointed out earlier, on that day having a shorter connection to the AirNZ fight is slightly lower risk, as if you do happen to miss-connect they will move you to the later United flight. If you mis-connect for the UA flight, you're waiting until the next day as there are no further flights that day.

It's a roundtrip. I intend to depart New Jersey on November 6 and depart from New Zealand (specifically Auckland) on November 12.

Preferably, I want to depart from EWR in the late or mid-afternoon. Of course, I need a reasonable connection time at SFO.

Based on my research using various travel websites, connecting out of SFO is cheaper than connecting out of LAX.

I'm willing to fly economy for both legs of my trip during both my departure from and return to New Jersey.

These past few days, I've been browsing both Expedia NZ and United. I've used the multi-city function on AirNZ's website, but it's somewhat cumbersome.

Which itinerary would you strongly recommend and which website would you suggest for doing the booking?

T3 to Intl Terminal
 

My spouse is departing T3 domestic and I am departing on B6 from the A side of Intl terminal. I see there's an airside connector btw terminals to the G concourse. But will I be able to get her to her United gate and then be able to walk to my B6 gate on the air side ?

No. The A terminal currently does not have an airside connection to any other terminal.

However if you want to you will still be able to go to her gate - just you'll need to re-clear security again to get to your gate. SFO was one of the first airports to allow any boarding pass access to any terminal, so give you've got a BP for a flight departing SFO (even Intl A), you're good to enter terminal 3 airside.

thanks, zorac and docbert.

T2 - International T
 

On Monday I will be arriving SFO T2 at 1721 (AA1768 from LAX) to connect onto BA286 leaving 1935 all on 1 ticket.
Can someone kindly run me through the process to get to my BA gate?
I have to go landside then clear security again at the International Terminal?
Will 2 hours be enough? (Not too bothered if I don't make it TBH.)
Is there fast track security? (I am OneWorld Emerald)
Thanks

The BA lounge has been closed for renovations for months. I'm not sure the reopening date, but as of the 2 weeks ago, it remained closed. (They have replacement temporary space for those with lounge access, including, I believe, the China Airlines lounge.)

There is a single entrance for all of the security lines. As you walk in you'll need to show your boarding pass and they will direct you to the correct line (PreCheck, Priority or normal) based on your boarding pass.

Thanks dhuey, Eastbay1k and docbert- nice to know what to do and what to expect :)

I found this: https://onemileatatime.com/british-a...e-sfo-closing/

I agree with the article that the Cathay Pacific lounge is better than the BA lounge was before closing for renovation. Looks like you get in with your Emerald status. That's where you want to go. Enjoy the noodle bar!

Thanks for the update, skyblue! Looks like IntVic could lounge-hop, if so inclined. Start with the noodle bar at the Cathay Pacific lounge, then head over to the new BA lounge. I assume that you will still be able to board directly from the lounge, as you could with the old lounge.