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Old Oct 5, 2014, 1:44 am
  #46  
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
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Originally Posted by Kacee
UA doesn't fly to BKK. You have to connect to NH in NRT to get a cheap fare.

From SFO, you can route through any of the hubs on the TPAC, so SFO-EWR-NRT/HKG-SIN is legit. Or SFO-LAX-EWR-NRT/HKG-SIN for the extra 500 miles. SFO-NRT/HKG-SIN alone is close to 20,000 miles though.
I also like SJC-DEN-NRT-SIN for 20k miles rt.. sfo-lax-nrt-sin at about 19k miles rt also works well . Either of these works with a Friday departure & Sunday return. You usually get about 1-3 hours in nrt and 6-7 in sin. Tip: the SATS lounge in SIN has showers & they usually allow *G entry 3-4 hours before flight departure
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Old Oct 5, 2014, 6:53 am
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Originally Posted by sohb
haha, not that crazy : ) but I didnt think the accelerator miles counted towards status?

I totally forgot to tell my home base is SFO, I will be doing at least 3 east coast trips so thats around 20ishk so a trip to Asia might be what I am looking for then, 1000 dollars to SIN sounds nice, BKK would be even better - but I can´t seem to find any such flights though.
My parents are in HKG, so I go back pretty often. For people who want the least numbers of connections, SFO-HKG is definitely a consideration. If you work, all you need is even a half-day off on Friday, then you will be good. You have two long weekends to kill. Thanksgiving, and Christmas. I will have to go back four times between now and Jan 4, so I am looking very closely at those flights. Good luck!
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Old Oct 5, 2014, 9:04 am
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Dawn I only need 21K to 1k and thought I was far away.

Anyone know how to force UA to show the SFO-EWR-HKG/NRT-EWR-SFO routing?
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Old Oct 5, 2014, 9:55 am
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Originally Posted by olouie
Dawn I only need 21K to 1k and thought I was far away.

Anyone know how to force UA to show the SFO-EWR-HKG/NRT-EWR-SFO routing?
Unless I knew for complete certain that I would be flying 3-4 international trips next year, I would pass on this.
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Old Oct 5, 2014, 10:06 am
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For me, I'm SFO-based and I'll be ~15,600 miles short of 1K, but OK on PQD's. I'm hoping to find a business class mileage run (so with 1.5x class of service bonus on PQM, at least 10,400 miles traveled). I can travel 11/17-20 or 12/13-14. I've been searching, but not finding a good value, but I feel like I'm very close... I usually come up a few thousand short on miles with a good deal. Any destinations that I should be looking at?
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Old Oct 5, 2014, 11:10 am
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Originally Posted by escapefromphl
Unless I knew for complete certain that I would be flying 3-4 international trips next year, I would pass on this.
I do 6+ international trips a year so it might be worth it
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Old Oct 5, 2014, 11:27 am
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Originally Posted by escapefromphl
Unless I knew for complete certain that I would be flying 3-4 international trips next year, I would pass on this.
Originally Posted by olouie
I do 6+ international trips a year so it might be worth it
More so if you have the flexibility required to book flights that have R availability at the time of booking. Otherwise you're playing the lottery, hoping that you clear. My one year as a 1K taught me a few lessons... (such as, a GPU is only as good as the best-available flight, which might end up being LAX-LAS!!!!). W fares on some routes can be far more expensive than K fares, and get you zilch other than a chance in the lottery. And without tools like whatever-it-was that I paid to subscribe to, which United shut down inventory access to, it's very difficult game to win.
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Old Oct 5, 2014, 12:38 pm
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Originally Posted by Mike Jacoubowsky
More so if you have the flexibility required to book flights that have R availability at the time of booking. Otherwise you're playing the lottery, hoping that you clear. My one year as a 1K taught me a few lessons... (such as, a GPU is only as good as the best-available flight, which might end up being LAX-LAS!!!!). W fares on some routes can be far more expensive than K fares, and get you zilch other than a chance in the lottery. And without tools like whatever-it-was that I paid to subscribe to, which United shut down inventory access to, it's very difficult game to win.
If you regularly fry through/to NRT from the southeastern US, 1K is absolutely worth it.
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Old Oct 5, 2014, 3:15 pm
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Originally Posted by LaserSailor
..and spending money just for status is crazy.....
I disagree. If I was within 10K miles of 1K, those GPUs would sure come in handy the following year. If, of course, I'd have already hit the PQD mark.

Originally Posted by escapefromphl
Unless I knew for complete certain that I would be flying 3-4 international trips next year, I would pass on this.
^^ Good point. I've done 1 TPAC and 3 TATLs this year, and my GPUs made three of those trips bearable.
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Old Oct 5, 2014, 6:51 pm
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Originally Posted by olouie

Anyone know how to force UA to show the SFO-EWR-HKG/NRT-EWR-SFO routing?

You can use multi-destinations. Although it will often show this routing on its own.
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Old Oct 5, 2014, 8:03 pm
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Originally Posted by MattR23
For me, I'm SFO-based and I'll be ~15,600 miles short of 1K, but OK on PQD's. I'm hoping to find a business class mileage run (so with 1.5x class of service bonus on PQM, at least 10,400 miles traveled). I can travel 11/17-20 or 12/13-14. I've been searching, but not finding a good value, but I feel like I'm very close... I usually come up a few thousand short on miles with a good deal. Any destinations that I should be looking at?
A P class MR SFO-JFK will probably cost $2000 and get you 7500 miles RT so you'll need to do two. How about SFO-HNL RT? Is that a better value? Maybe just do Y class SFO-JFK RT for $300-400, then JFK-LAX/SFO-HNL RT, or SFO-HNL then HNL-SFO/LAX-JFK RT if it's similarly priced. Quick turnaround at JFK or HNL

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Old Oct 5, 2014, 8:17 pm
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Originally Posted by MattR23
For me, I'm SFO-based and I'll be ~15,600 miles short of 1K, but OK on PQD's. I'm hoping to find a business class mileage run (so with 1.5x class of service bonus on PQM, at least 10,400 miles traveled). I can travel 11/17-20 or 12/13-14. I've been searching, but not finding a good value, but I feel like I'm very close... I usually come up a few thousand short on miles with a good deal. Any destinations that I should be looking at?
You can consider a round trip to GUM - there via HNL and back via ICN or NRT, gets you 13000+ miles for <$1000 during your November dates. This price is economy. I did one earlier in the year and managed to upgrade the entire itinerary with 20,000 miles/$75. YMMV.
Last edited by sb3; Oct 5, 2014 at 8:18 pm Reason: fixed typo
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Old Oct 5, 2014, 8:24 pm
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Originally Posted by sb3
I did one earlier in the year and managed to upgrade the entire itinerary with 20,000 miles/$75. YMMV.
Sounds great, but how did you do that?
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Old Oct 5, 2014, 8:30 pm
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Originally Posted by MattR23
For me, I'm SFO-based and I'll be ~15,600 miles short of 1K, but OK on PQD's. I'm hoping to find a business class mileage run (so with 1.5x class of service bonus on PQM, at least 10,400 miles traveled). I can travel 11/17-20 or 12/13-14. I've been searching, but not finding a good value, but I feel like I'm very close... I usually come up a few thousand short on miles with a good deal. Any destinations that I should be looking at?
Your dates might be the problem; pricing gets pretty goofy around holidays. There are some crazy good deals to be had (typically on the holiday itself) but the shoulders are expensive.
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Old Oct 5, 2014, 8:43 pm
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Originally Posted by MattR23
For me, I'm SFO-based and I'll be ~15,600 miles short of 1K, but OK on PQD's. I'm hoping to find a business class mileage run (so with 1.5x class of service bonus on PQM, at least 10,400 miles traveled). I can travel 11/17-20 or 12/13-14. I've been searching, but not finding a good value, but I feel like I'm very close...
SFO -CTU, 11/17-19, P class, $3800, 20310 PQM. Or you can do economy (K) for $889 with some magical SDC or a small MR in your Dec window.
Last edited by GS8101; Oct 5, 2014 at 8:51 pm
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