Air Canada miles are handsdown the best miles for using for any other airline. I always buy the miles when they have them on sale. Recently purchased a million miles for $0.0175 a mile. Flew my daughter from KUL to Singapore to Mexio City via SFO for 80,000 miles today. No brainer. My cost less than $1600 CAD with taxes
A nice review, but overly effusive. The meal offerings were horrendous and not near the standard for international business class. I can't think of a reason to choose United for this flight when there are 5-star alternatives.
Thanks James. The only direct alternative is Singapore Airlines which is double the price, not worth it. As mentioned in my review, the meal was not bad at all, for united standards :)
@@PremiumTravelClub Thanks for the reply! It's the comment "for United standards" that gives me pause. I used to fly SQ and CX (via HKG) back before prices varies so much. I don't keep track anymore, but CX first class was wonderful when someone else was paying for it.
In the future -- for every Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft of all airlines (including United Airlines) parked at the gate with 2 jetbridges especially in Singapore Changi Airport and San Francisco, CA USA --, the gate MUST ALWAYS use BOTH jetbridges for passenger loading and unloading to ease the passenger traffic for both boarding and deplaning processes.
Air Canada miles are handsdown the best miles for using for any other airline. I always buy the miles when they have them on sale. Recently purchased a million miles for $0.0175 a mile. Flew my daughter from KUL to Singapore to Mexio City via SFO for 80,000 miles today. No brainer. My cost less than $1600 CAD with taxes
Indeed, they just finished a 125% bonus promo and you can still buy miles with 100% bonus until 25th of July.
A nice review, but overly effusive. The meal offerings were horrendous and not near the standard for international business class. I can't think of a reason to choose United for this flight when there are 5-star alternatives.
Thanks James. The only direct alternative is Singapore Airlines which is double the price, not worth it. As mentioned in my review, the meal was not bad at all, for united standards :)
@@PremiumTravelClub Thanks for the reply! It's the comment "for United standards" that gives me pause. I used to fly SQ and CX (via HKG) back before prices varies so much. I don't keep track anymore, but CX first class was wonderful when someone else was paying for it.
In the future -- for every Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft of all airlines (including United Airlines) parked at the gate with 2 jetbridges especially in Singapore Changi Airport and San Francisco, CA USA --, the gate MUST ALWAYS use BOTH jetbridges for passenger loading and unloading to ease the passenger traffic for both boarding and deplaning processes.
That sounds great!
that wasn’t Pommery champagne in the sats lounge. It’s a cheap Pol Remy sparkling wine.
I doubled checked now, you are right. They serve Pommery in Air France / KLM and the bottle looks similar. Pol Remy it is :)
United is...ok I guess, but still a far cry from its Star Alliance partner Singapore Airlines.
Full agree. But the price for SIA tickets from Singapore to west coast and back became ridiculos in 2024, about 8-10k+