United – $1,015: Los Angeles – Phuket, Thailand. Roundtrip, including all Taxes

A very good sale to Thailand. Asiana has this for a few dollars more but it is only 70% mileage earning with United. This fare is 100% mileage earning for all segments between United States and Thailand while the intra-Thailand segments are not (you’ll miss out on 848 miles). Flying United, you will earn 16,654 miles or enough for a domestic one-way ticket and a few thousand left over. At minimum, those miles would be worth $166. If you flew on Asiana, you will fly 17,349 miles but only earn 12,144 miles. A few hundred miles short for a domestic one way or worth about $121.

If you really want to travel more for less long term — collect miles!

James Bond Island, Phuket, Thailand Photo: Jo@net via Flickr, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)

James Bond Island, Phuket, Thailand Photo: Jo@net via Flickr, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)

Sample Travel Date:

  • October 6th – 14th

Fare Availability:

  • Valid for travel on the outbound from late August – November 30th or January 5th, 2015 – April 30th, 2015 for Sunday through Thursday departures departures. Must purchase at least 3 days in advance of departure

How to Search for Availability:

Fare Class:

  • United: K
  • Bangkok Air: T

Elite Qualifying Dollars:

  • $893

Routing:

  • LAX – NRT (Tokyo) – BKK (Bangkok) – HKT (Phuket) – BKK – NRT – LAX. The segment between Bangkok and Phuket will be operated by Bangkok Air. Segments between the US and Thailand can be operated by All Nippon Airways under United flight numbers

Stopover:

Global Premier Upgrade Fare (for United 1K and GS members):

  • W Class
  • $1,758

Mileage:

United will be revenue based mileage earning starting March 1st, 2015. Miles will be earn base on elite qualifying dollars multiple by 5 as base level earning and up to 11 for 1K level members. We will be showing the 2015 base mileage earning for all United fares going forward to show how negative the changes are for a majority of United flyers.

  • 2014: 17,502 miles or 5.8 cents per mile. The segments between United States and Bangkok will earn 16,654 miles or 6.0 cents per mile with United. The segments operated by Bangkok Air are mileage earning with Bangkok Air or Air Berlin.
  • March 1st, 2015:  4,465 miles or a difference of 12,189 miles.

How to Book:

  • Support us by using our Orbitz link to book with dates found on ITA Software Matrix Airfare Search. Make sure you select “Additional Search Options” and then “Narrow the search to my preferred airlines” and select United on Airline 1 and Bangkok Air on Airline 2. Orbitz charges a $7 service fee for multi-carrier itineraries that are not refunded should you cancel within the risk free cancellation period.

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Accommodations

For hotel bookings, we recommend that you only book using online travel agencies (Hotels.com or Hotwire.com) if it is a non-chain hotel. We don’t want you to miss out on earning rewards with chain hotels.

Car Rentals

Background Information:

  • Visa: US Citizens – not required. Other nationals, check the TIMATIC Visa Database
  • Currency: Thai Bhat (THB). $1USD = 32.66 THB

Tips for saving when using credit cards at international destinations:

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