Thank you, that's a great help. I have never seen the SWP rule for a Circle Pacific on the Star web site so this is perfect for what I need.

I need to go to Houston and KL. So I was going to travel to MEL-AKL-SFO and then get a second ticket to take me to IAH.

Then go SFO-HKG-SIN-KUL for my second stop and then home KUL-SIN-MEL.

Finding a 3rd stop would have been a pain.

I am thinking of taking SQ1, SFO-HKG-SIN as this allows me to leave IAH on the 18:22 flight on the Friday and get to KUL at a resonable time.

Other options considered.

SQ1 to HKG then TG to BKK and KUL - but this means a long stop over in BKK. I can't take LH as it doesn't fly from BKK to KUL on the Sunday.

TG out of LA direct to BKK on the Friday night - but would have meant leaving IAH too early on the Friday or hope a 55 minute transit in LAX going to UA to TBIT would have been enough - don't think so, so discounted this option.

OZ to ICN then TG to BKK and KUL - but get's in to KUL at the same time as if I had flown via HKG. Good side is it doesn't have a long stop over in any one place and I get to try the new OZ plane - bad side is going through TBIT rather than SFO.

I was also thinking of going RTW - but again the 3rd stop would have been dificult.

Does anyone know what the cost difference would be.

Circle Pacific in Business + First Class ticket on UA SFO-IAH
vs
RTW ticket in Business class - would be a star1 as have limited time away so won't max out the sectors.

A CP1 (22K miles max) would set you back a published rate of AUD6589.00 in J cabins. ual.com shows the lowest SFO-IAH-SFO in First as USD794.70, but most were pricing more up in the USD1600 range.
A STAR1 in J would set you back the published rate of AUD9,419.00.
6 of one, half dozen of the other.

To dig up the old thread, anyone has priciing of CP1 in J ex Asia?

CCPSTAR1
Hong Kong HKD32000 USD4108
Taiwan TWD113830 USD3438
Thailand THB149000 USD4641

Any idea of J fare ex Singapore?

Not cheap, that much I can say.

http://www.airfares.com.sg/airfares/...ific_fare1.htm It says SGD7035 for CP1 in J, approx USD4700.

Thanks Argonaut1000

Thanks kaysquare

Is the Circle Pacific available from Europe as well ?

I'm sure you can buy it from SQ/UA/NH/OZ/NZ/TG/AC in Europe, but you certainly can't originate in Europe.

Prices are based on your point of origin on the CP itinerary.

I have been trying to book this with a leg from SYD-SIN on flight SQ220. I know that there is a surcharge (of 400USD) for this leg booked in "D". Even though expert flyer and Singapore airlines tell me there is availability in D on a specific day, UA keeps telling me it's not available.

Does anyone know if the *A carriers would see different inventory on this fare? If not, is there a code word or phrase to tell the UA agents so they can book this flight?

Yeah, different airlines use different reservations systems (e.g. Sabre, Apollo, Amadeus), and airlines often make seats available to the various systems differently. My company's old corp. travel agency used Sabre, and they claimed flights were booked out on LH when UA (Apollo) and LH (Amadeus) disagreed. Then again they were also a shoddy agency. But I digress...

If you're booking a CP fare and flying on SQ long-haul, try booking through someone other than UA (e.g. NZ?) if UA doesn't see availability.

i had this same problem, I was initially booked into D for a segment on the 380(for a CPSTAR2) and needed to change by a day. Saw D space open on that day on the 380, emailed TA and thought all would be good. When I looked next there was still D space on the 380 on date I wanted but I was on the daytime 744 flight and waitlisted on the 380. This is issued by SQ (and I never cleared so am on the 744 later this week). Never got a straight answer, I thought if D was greater than 1 than I should have gotten on... apparently not

Ok, I did that through US. They have to price it by sending it to some other department which could take 24 hours. That's fine, but here's where it gets weird. I checked my itinerary online (with US) and the computer tells me that I'm booked in coach for the SQ legs. When I check my itins on UA, they have me in business, but the A380 flight is missing. So I called Singapore airlines and they assured me I'm in business, they even gave me a record locator code that I can see my SQ legs.

Not really sure what information is correct at this point. Kind of afraid to give them my money.

Seen similar things myself on long multi-segment interline tickets. I don't know why it does that, but chances are that UA and US are both fritzy in different ways.

If you confirmed with SQ that 1) your booking exists, and 2) it's in business, you're probably fine. Still, if it were my money I'd insist on some kind of confirmation of as much from US. If your ticket ends up showing that you are booked in Y/M on the 380 flights, then it might look like you accepted a booking in coach and would have to make a change to get back into business.