Need your input please 🤗
SFO to Singapore: 17 hours
Economy: 90k miles (one way) on United
Business: 182k miles (one way)
Should I suck it up and book business? I have enough miles...

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I have. I would. You should.

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Suck it up! 17 hrs is a long time to be in coach!

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I tested this out on a trip to Asia. One way business, one way economy. The seats themselves were the same, and no difference in how close you are to your neighbor. What you’re getting is 2-4 more inches of leg space- all of the seats are on tracks so they just put in a few extra inches between the business rows. That was on United. You can google the inches you’ll get by airline.
My husband & I both felt the same after—the upgrade was nice, but for twice the price? We’d rather save those points for future trips, or put those dollars toward experiences once we get to our destination.
Either way a long flight is not going to be the fun & memorable part of your trip. My husband is 5’10” and was fine with his economy leg room. But if you’re 6’ or taller, it may be a different story. Hope this helps :)

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@ey2 you’re absolutely right! My apologies - that’s the only time I’ve flown united, I’m not very familiar with how they classify seats.

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If you’re flying United metal, no way I’d spend that time in Economy. If you’re flying code share with Singapore Airlines (not sure which alliance United is a part of) or another Asian flag carrier, I could do economy.

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I would do economy plus. Save your miles.

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YOLO!

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Now it’s YOLOv3

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Flew EWR to Changi multiple times, it was taxing even though I flew business/first class. Can’t possibly imagine economy

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I personally would go for business, but it's really about how uncomfortable you are in a plane. I literally can't sleep in economy, no matter how tired I am or how long the flight. I just can't get comfortable. For a long haul flight like that, a lie flat seat and ability to stretch out and sleep would be well worth the money/points for me.

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This is what you have miles for. This is the exact situation that you should use your miles.

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I may be crazy but why so much, round trip for aa is around 65-75k off peak

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What about premium economy? I hear United has started rolling those out and it might be a fair compromise

Ahh I see what you mean. They don’t have that on this route unfortunately

Did the flight in September. Took the economy plus, and it was fine. It’s one of the longest flight in the world, so it is worth flying business, but I usually sleep well on flights so wasn’t required for me. Being 6 ft tall, reg economy would’ve def sucked.

Yes. Have it flaunt it. You wouldn’t typically pay for it out of pocket so...

Definitely

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