Award travel to Fiji or Tahiti using MileagePlus Miles?
Jan 2, 2017, 10:24 pm
#138
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Japan
Posts: 5,577
They upgraded me on a flight from NAN to AKL and I have flown them a couple of times out
of NRT on the 787. I am not impressed with the seat configuration looking at the other guys feet for the length of the flight and virtually no view out of the window without twisting your neck. Does
beat the 767 seat though, at least on the long haul.
Jan 2, 2017, 10:29 pm
#139
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 2,257
They upgraded me on a flight from NAN to AKL and I have flown them a couple of times out of NRT on the 787. I am not impressed with the seat configuration looking at the other guys feet for the length of the flight and virtually no view out of the window without twisting your neck. Does
beat the 767 seat though, at least on the long haul.
beat the 767 seat though, at least on the long haul.
ya i agree. i also think the ANZ 789 business seat configuration is strange (all facing away from window and cant see out unless you do some neck acrobatics like you say). but i presume J would anyhow still be better than Y.
i only sat in dreamliners a few times so far, but the few times i sat in (in Y), i didnt have good experience. i dont know why, but i felt like the economy seats in dreamliners seem narrower. and i am not even oversized.
Jan 2, 2017, 10:59 pm
#140
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Japan
Posts: 5,577
didnt know ANZ NRT->AKL flight is easy(ier) to get. i know the one most people scored is PVG->AKL
ya i agree. i also think the ANZ 789 business seat configuration is strange (all facing away from window and cant see out unless you do some neck acrobatics like you say). but i presume J would anyhow still be better than Y.
i only sat in dreamliners a few times so far, but the few times i sat in (in Y), i didnt have good experience. i dont know why, but i felt like the economy seats in dreamliners seem narrower. and i am not even oversized.
ya i agree. i also think the ANZ 789 business seat configuration is strange (all facing away from window and cant see out unless you do some neck acrobatics like you say). but i presume J would anyhow still be better than Y.
i only sat in dreamliners a few times so far, but the few times i sat in (in Y), i didnt have good experience. i dont know why, but i felt like the economy seats in dreamliners seem narrower. and i am not even oversized.
Jan 3, 2017, 11:30 am
#141
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 2,257
Jan 3, 2017, 11:32 am
#142
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 2,257
To get to AKL from NRT used to be easy and cheap via TG direct or SQ via CHC connecting to NZ and then on to the islands. Was cheap, too. 25K in biz, 15 in Y. But UA made these routings published at that rate ( slightly increased now ) but they don't honor them any longer. AKL required always more miles than to Oceania and now they charge to AKL and add on Oceania. Very tricky. NRT-AKL-Islands on NZ still works, if one get get it. Trouble is that they fly PPT only twice a week and usually the AKL flight out of NRT is not available on those days to make the connection, then you have to make a separate and more expensive award booking. To buy a revenue ticket is quite expensive for the short ride. So they got us right where they wanted. But I can find Air Tahiti Nui awards out of NRT paying with AA miles. Just need to be very patient and persistent. Where is a will is a way. It sure is worth it.
i thought if SQ availability ever come up under United MP redemptions, it's always just regional business class seats
with the recent Oct devaluations, i dont know if this was made worse.
Jan 3, 2017, 6:16 pm
#143
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Japan
Posts: 5,577
i didnt even know it is possible to score long-haul SQ J class seats using United MP.
i thought if SQ availability ever come up under United MP redemptions, it's always just regional business class seats
with the recent Oct devaluations, i dont know if this was made worse.
i thought if SQ availability ever come up under United MP redemptions, it's always just regional business class seats
with the recent Oct devaluations, i dont know if this was made worse.
Jan 3, 2017, 6:19 pm
#144
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Japan
Posts: 5,577
That was a NZ flight. Somehow special though, since it seemed that they were overbooked in the back. So they upgraded their own elites as well as *G. That was last year. Guess we were lucky.
Jan 9, 2017, 6:08 am
#145
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Virginia City Highlands
Programs: Nothing anymore after 20 years
Posts: 6,900
SIN-South Pacific/Polynesia on UA miles
Does anybody have a recent experience flying for a vacation to South Pacific/Polynesia while departing from SIN?
If so, what would be the best destination on UA miles in terms of price/performance, while not only taking into account flight and hard/soft products, but the destination itself as well, considering interest in nature, outdoors and and food while be on low-mid budget?
Thanks.
If so, what would be the best destination on UA miles in terms of price/performance, while not only taking into account flight and hard/soft products, but the destination itself as well, considering interest in nature, outdoors and and food while be on low-mid budget?
Thanks.
Last edited by invisible; Jan 9, 2017 at 6:35 am
Jun 13, 2017, 8:49 pm
#146
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 37
Award Ticket LAX to NAD
I am just browsing around, but I was wondering if anybody has any suggestions/ luck finding Economy Saver Award tickets from LAX to NAD via AKL? Looking ahead from now, I see Business Saver available on August 12, but can't seem to find any type of saver available other than that. Does anybody know when they release award tickets?
Jun 13, 2017, 9:38 pm
#147
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: LST
Programs: HH, VA, QF, SQ, Air NZ
Posts: 169
I am just browsing around, but I was wondering if anybody has any suggestions/ luck finding Economy Saver Award tickets from LAX to NAD via AKL? Looking ahead from now, I see Business Saver available on August 12, but can't seem to find any type of saver available other than that. Does anybody know when they release award tickets?
Aug 1, 2017, 5:28 pm
#149
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: SF Bay Area
Programs: None - previously UA
Posts: 4,867
It used to show up if there was availability SFO-AKL-PPT. I don't think theres required availability across the whole schedule. I see a few dates 10/11 months out where AKL-PPT is available, but no SFO-AKL availability to make a connection.
Aug 1, 2017, 7:59 pm
#150
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Plat 1.997MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Plat/LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 66,859
suspect this has had some impact -- http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...ct-2017-a.html