UA to resume nonstop between TPE & SFO

[CraigTPE]

Daily flights to Asia and Europe from San Francisco

United will begin daily year-round service between its hub at San Francisco International Airport and Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei on April 9, 2013, subject to government approval. The flights will operate using Boeing 777 aircraft with 269 seats – eight in United Global First, 40 in United BusinessFirst, 104 in United Economy Plus, and 117 in United Economy.

I used to fly UA until they started taking benefits away from Premier Silver members. That’s when I switched to DL. Now that CI is a SkyTeam member, I’ll stick with them, but I suppose this is still good news for travelers to/from Taiwan.

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777s! Yeah! :discodance:

[Chris]

I didn’t know they stopped.

I like to fly Cathay Pacific to SFO. It gives me a chance to add a stay in Hong Kong to my trip.

[CraigTPE]

@Chris

I didn’t know they stopped.

I like to fly Cathay Pacific to SFO. It gives me a chance to add a stay in Hong Kong to my trip.

UA has flown direct on-and-off, but for the last few years only via Japan.

CX is a great airline, but it feels strange to go the opposite direction from my destination.

I really hate UA, especially after they changed their mileage upgrade program to miles + co-pay that makes the final cost almost as much as just buying the business class ticket in the first place, and taking away Economy Plus seating from Premier Silver members. But this could be good for Taiwan, and maybe even bring costs down for us.

[DKaoshuing]

Was going fly from TPE (they have two flights), instead used the flights from KIA with a stop in Japan. Did get a nice upgrade and nice meal out of Taiwan (KIA airport which they use EVA lounge)).