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UA Global First vs AC Business?

Old Jul 30, 2016 | 3:49 am
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UA Global First vs AC Business?

Hey fters! I need some quick help that would be greatly appreciated! Currently in TYO, my options to go back home are either UA Global First (80k miles) or AC Business (75k). What would you all recommend? Thanks
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Old Jul 30, 2016 | 7:11 am
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Originally Posted by crfgon
hey fters! I need some quick help that would be greatly appreciated! Currently in tyo, my options to go back home are either ua global first (80k miles) or ac business (75k). What would you all recommend? Thanks
ua f > ac j.
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Old Jul 30, 2016 | 10:11 pm
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It would also help to know what the overall routing and which Global First route you'd be taking though in general I too believe UA GF>AC J.
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Old Jul 31, 2016 | 7:16 am
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IMO UA GF > AC J and worth the extra 5k miles. Plus UA GF is going away so you might as well experience it while you can.


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Old Jul 31, 2016 | 9:20 am
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Without hearing the routing or layovers, I agree with everyone above. UA GF over AC C/J.
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Old Aug 4, 2016 | 10:16 pm
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Originally Posted by SunLover
IMO UA GF > AC J and worth the extra 5k miles. Plus UA GF is going away so you might as well experience it while you can.


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+1 First is first. UA GF has a really good hard product, and the food will be similar to AC J.
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Old Aug 8, 2016 | 10:53 am
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Thanks for the feedback everyone, we ended up taking UA GF back. We flew NRT-IAD. Excellent flight, food was good, wine was good, everything was good.
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