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United will fly the 787-900 LAX-LHR in Summer 2017
According to Jim Liu at RoutesOnline United will fly the 787-9 LAX-LHR beginning April 4, 2017. United’s 787-900 will replace the current 777-200ER on the earlier flights out of LAX and LHR. United runs two daily flights from LAX-LHR. With the addition of the 787-900 to the schedule it will mean only one flight will feature United’s Global First Class product. I’ll be reviewing United’s 787-900 business class on a domestic route, IAH-LAX, in the next few weeks.
Which flights will feature the 787-900?
- UA060 leaves LAX at 1510 and arrives LHR at 0940
UA061 leaves LHR at 1140 and arrives LAX at 1450
They’ve been loaded on to the schedule
Seat Map for United’s 787-900 vs 777-200ER
As you can see, the 787-900 does not feature a First Class.
The 787-900 BusinessFirst Interior Specs
2 Class Layout with 48 Business First seats and 204 in Econ ( 88 are Econ Plus). Seats are identical to the shorter 787-800.
So if you’d like to fly First you’ll need to pick the later flights in the day which feature the 777-200ER.
UA923 Leave LAX 17:50 arrive 12:20 LHR 777
UA935 Leave LHR 14:10 arrive 17:20 LAX 777
Although I won’t be flying the 787-900 on an international route, I’m interested to compare United’s 787-900 BusinessFirst product to the 777-200ER GlobalFirst I flew a little over a year ago. One thing’s for sure, the United Club and United Global First lounges at London’s Heathrow are phenomenal.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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