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All Nippon Airways<\/a> has emerged as my preferred carrier if I have to sit in steerage on transpacific routes, displacing UA as my default carrier (unless there are SWUs involved).<\/p>\n

Why choose NH over UA? For about the same price, NH gives you better food, seatback AVOD<\/a>, excellent service and a choice of arrival times and if you plan it right, a brief stopover as you change airports for the connection to SIN.<\/p>\n

And since I brought up SIN, why not fly SQ instead of NH?\u00a0 If you’re flying economy, you need to select a slightly more expensive economy ticket in order to get miles.\u00a0 Seeing that the price difference is usually about US$60, it’s not a big deal.\u00a0 What IS a big deal is that on NH, as a UA Mileage Plus elite, you will get elite bonus for your redeemable miles earned on their transpacific flights.\u00a0 SQ gives you miles flown and that’s all IF you have a qualifying fare.<\/p>\n

NH also has a very active FB presence with lots of photos and contests you can enter via Twitter.\u00a0 I won this luggage tag by answering the question of the month via Twitter and linking my accounts.\u00a0 It’s a nice looking tag.\u00a0 Not sure if I want it to get all scuffed up…<\/p>\n

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