Jun 2, 2016, 5:24 pm
Last edit by: bdraco
Island Hopper Flight Date: MONDAY October 24, 2016 - Departs HNL @ 7:25am (may need to overnight if flying in the night before)
Reception at GUM: TUESDAY evening October 25, 2016 after landing at GUM.
GUM Airport Tour: WEDNESDAY October 26,2016
Can I book an award? Absolutely! 25k for HNL > GUM, 35k US > HNL > GUM.
Discount on paid tickets? Yes - use offer code ZWWW536956 when searching for flights on ua.com (more details in 2nd post in thread).
Hotels? The event hotel will be the Westin Resort Guam. Room rates are as follows:
Base room: $160 plus tax
Ocean view room: $180 plus tax
To get these rates you will have to call the hotel directly and mention the UA Frequent Flyer Giving event. The direct number is +1.671.647-1020. Starwood reservations knows nothing of our special rate.
Resturants? TBD.
Shirts: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0HGWZuqDGYrIBR
Reception at GUM: TUESDAY evening October 25, 2016 after landing at GUM.
GUM Airport Tour: WEDNESDAY October 26,2016
Can I book an award? Absolutely! 25k for HNL > GUM, 35k US > HNL > GUM.
Discount on paid tickets? Yes - use offer code ZWWW536956 when searching for flights on ua.com (more details in 2nd post in thread).
Hotels? The event hotel will be the Westin Resort Guam. Room rates are as follows:
Base room: $160 plus tax
Ocean view room: $180 plus tax
To get these rates you will have to call the hotel directly and mention the UA Frequent Flyer Giving event. The direct number is +1.671.647-1020. Starwood reservations knows nothing of our special rate.
Resturants? TBD.
Shirts: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0HGWZuqDGYrIBR
OCT 23-25, 2016 - GUM Airport Tour + Island Hopper Event w/ FFG and UA
Jun 5, 2016, 3:39 pm
#61
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: STS/SFO
Programs: UA MM, AS MVP Gold, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium, National Exec Elite
Posts: 182
Just FYI, there are also some fully refundable P and Z fares available if you're building an itinerary out of one-way tickets and routing through NRT on the return. Look for PX1REB and Z1RWB.
Jun 7, 2016, 9:56 am
#62
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: USA
Posts: 1,812
Just so we can get a tally of those that are likely planning on attending, if you haven't already, please let us know. Also, if you've booked a reward flight for the Island Hopper, please let us know that as well. Thanks!
Jun 7, 2016, 5:59 pm
#64
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: ORD
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Platinum, Hertz President's Circle, Avis President's Club
Posts: 87
Does anyone have suggestions for how I could plan out this trip? I was looking for a way to incorporate a weekend in HNL and HKG/NRT, plus fly up front as much as possible. My hope was to do the following:
Depart 10/21, from either ORD (preferred) or MKE, for HNL
10/24 HNL-GUM on the Hopper
10/26 evening or 10/27 GUM-HKG/NRT
10/30 or 10/31 HKG/NRT-ORD/MKE
Preference is to book into F/J, or use RPU/GPU, to avoid sitting in Y wherever I can. Willing to do combinations of revenue/award tickets, if necessary, as I would like to keep the cost under $1500.
Might be a pipe dream, as I haven't had much luck with the united.com booking engine coming in under $2400 (and award tickets seem to fail completely), but figured if anyone could figure this out it would be the crowd at FT.
Depart 10/21, from either ORD (preferred) or MKE, for HNL
10/24 HNL-GUM on the Hopper
10/26 evening or 10/27 GUM-HKG/NRT
10/30 or 10/31 HKG/NRT-ORD/MKE
Preference is to book into F/J, or use RPU/GPU, to avoid sitting in Y wherever I can. Willing to do combinations of revenue/award tickets, if necessary, as I would like to keep the cost under $1500.
Might be a pipe dream, as I haven't had much luck with the united.com booking engine coming in under $2400 (and award tickets seem to fail completely), but figured if anyone could figure this out it would be the crowd at FT.
Jun 11, 2016, 8:29 am
#71
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: NorCal - 1K 2MM
Posts: 2,089
I'm in -- just ticketed! Please add me to the list. As others have said, all the window seats in E+ are gone. Is it crazy to pick an E+ aisle in preference to an E- window for this flight? Is the window most of the reason for making the trip?
Jun 11, 2016, 2:58 pm
#73
Join Date: May 2012
Location: ORF, RIC
Programs: UA LT 1K, 3 MM; Marriott Titanium; IHG Platinum
Posts: 6,958
I will not go. But I searched the flights. The fare can be very reasonable if one puts ICN as the destination (all W segments for less than $1400).
10/23: ORF-HNL
10/24: HNL-GUM
10/26: GUM-ICN
10/27(or later): ICN-ORF
If you change ORF to IAD, MKE, ORD, the prices do not change much. But ORD is the cheapest at $1124 (S class).
10/23: ORF-HNL
10/24: HNL-GUM
10/26: GUM-ICN
10/27(or later): ICN-ORF
If you change ORF to IAD, MKE, ORD, the prices do not change much. But ORD is the cheapest at $1124 (S class).
Jun 13, 2016, 4:26 pm
#75
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: USA
Posts: 1,812