AndyflysJabirus
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Hi people
I will likely have need to travel reasonably regularly Jclass from Coffs Harbour to San Francisco for work up in the hills to the eastof San Francisco (across the bay)
Looking at the matrix search software, options for flights Sydney to SanFrancisco Bay Airports it seems I have 3 realistic options (and a bunch of other crazy ones that involve heading west before turning back east) :-
1)Syd to LAX and a quick transit after a long waitup to SFO, Oakland or SJC
2)Syd to Honolulu, as port of entry for I&C,and then domestic, probably also HA, to any of the 3 airports in the bay area
3)Syd to SFO with UA
Problems as I see it are:-
1)LAX, Im told avoid if at all possible no matterwhat
2)HA are behind the rest with regards to J classseats apparently, not as good even on the A330’s, also get into Sydney too lateto get a domestic connection to Coffs so another overnighter with the first being in H onthe way back…but fare costs even when added to car and hotel and meals is stillheaps cheaper..except in time context.
3)UA seem to have a rep as an airline you use whenthe other options for whatever reason aren’t available
Benefits as I see it
1)Im a VA FF after giving Q the flick when thestrike thing happened and I was stuck away from home….So Virgin would be good,but they seem to be more than double the price of others for the same J ticket for the times I checked (a few weeks out)
2)Hawaii as Port of entry sounds good and 2flights with a break in the middle also sounds good. I believe that I can earnstatus and points with HA for VA ff program
3)Long flight, but mostly overnight so should beable to sleep for a fair chunk of it.
What would the seasoned SFO travellers suggest?
Andy
I will likely have need to travel reasonably regularly Jclass from Coffs Harbour to San Francisco for work up in the hills to the eastof San Francisco (across the bay)
Looking at the matrix search software, options for flights Sydney to SanFrancisco Bay Airports it seems I have 3 realistic options (and a bunch of other crazy ones that involve heading west before turning back east) :-
1)Syd to LAX and a quick transit after a long waitup to SFO, Oakland or SJC
2)Syd to Honolulu, as port of entry for I&C,and then domestic, probably also HA, to any of the 3 airports in the bay area
3)Syd to SFO with UA
Problems as I see it are:-
1)LAX, Im told avoid if at all possible no matterwhat
2)HA are behind the rest with regards to J classseats apparently, not as good even on the A330’s, also get into Sydney too lateto get a domestic connection to Coffs so another overnighter with the first being in H onthe way back…but fare costs even when added to car and hotel and meals is stillheaps cheaper..except in time context.
3)UA seem to have a rep as an airline you use whenthe other options for whatever reason aren’t available
Benefits as I see it
1)Im a VA FF after giving Q the flick when thestrike thing happened and I was stuck away from home….So Virgin would be good,but they seem to be more than double the price of others for the same J ticket for the times I checked (a few weeks out)
2)Hawaii as Port of entry sounds good and 2flights with a break in the middle also sounds good. I believe that I can earnstatus and points with HA for VA ff program
3)Long flight, but mostly overnight so should beable to sleep for a fair chunk of it.
What would the seasoned SFO travellers suggest?
Andy