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Special Nonstop San Francisco – Barcelona Service On United Airlines

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 25, 2018October 26, 2018 14 Comments

United Airlines will offer nonstop service between San Francisco and Barcelona next February…but only for two days.

Barcelona is hosting the 2019 Mobile World Congress and United will offer these special nonstop flights to cater to the Silicon Valley crowd who . The convention will focus on the latest mobile technology and is expected to draw more than 107,000 attendees from 2,400 companies.

The special flights, UA884 and UA885 will operate on the following schedule:

  • February 23 – San Francisco 1:45 p.m. Barcelona 10:25 a.m.+1
  • February 24 – Barcelona 12:50 p.m. San Francisco 4:20 p.m.
  • February 27 – San Francisco 1:45 p.m. Barcelona 10:25 a.m. +1
  • February 28 – Barcelona 12:45 p.m. San Francisco 4:15 p.m.

The flight will be operated by a Boeing 777-200 aircraft featuring United’s old three-cabin layout. United Polaris First is no longer a separate cabin, so eight comfortable seats in the front of the aircraft can be snagged for no extra charge.

But the flight is not cheap. Not at all. An economy class ticket is more than $2,500 round-trip while a business class ticket is more than $15,000 round-trip on the nonstop flight.

Award space is “standard” only and business class awards are only available for United MileagePlus elite members and Chase co-branded United credit card holders. Hint: it’s not worth it.

Of course flying the other direction on 24 February returning on 27 February is a much better deal:

However, there is is still no saver award space…

CONCLUSION

I’ll be curious to see if United can fill its seats. Frankly, I have my doubts at these prices. Will you take United’s nonstop flight to Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress?

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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14 Comments

  1. Greg Reply
    October 25, 2018 at 10:36 am

    They will have no trouble putting butts in these seats. Many hundreds of people based in SV go to Mobile. If they’re tech people based in SF, they’re almost certainly UA premiers, and the *A connections to BCN suck (hugely out of the way) if you want to go nonstop SFO-Europe. Many of these are senior who can and will pay full freight biz class.

  2. ptahcha Reply
    October 25, 2018 at 10:56 am

    The former Polaris First seats are only available to Global Services and 1K members only.

    • Matthew Reply
      October 25, 2018 at 11:42 am

      Is that in writing somewhere?

    • Tom Reply
      October 26, 2018 at 9:54 am

      This is not true. I am gold and booked two of these seats over the phone with UA for ORD-HKG.

  3. Nick Reply
    October 25, 2018 at 11:28 am

    $15K for coffin class lol. If this was new Polaris seat maybe & maybe there will be a switch between now and February. I would rather connect and get a better seat.

  4. Bob Reply
    October 25, 2018 at 12:11 pm

    They don’t need to fill it. Most Silicon Valley tech companies allow VPs and SVPs to book J for such a long flight (which they will for the convenience) — so filling up that cabin will pay for the flight itself.

  5. Nate nate Reply
    October 25, 2018 at 12:18 pm

    @Bob, what about the rest of the plane. Anyone who is eligible to fly business will choose a different (connecting) flight after the business cabin sells out.

    Personally have the same dilemna for another conference in BCN. After the bus cabin in the nonstop from EWR filled up, I chose a connecting flight through Zurich.

    • Greg Reply
      October 25, 2018 at 12:31 pm

      @Nate Nate – Yes, if people are slow booking, they’ll have to connect via FRA or ZRH, but in the meantime they will have sold 96 full J seats each way (as @Bob said, covering the costs of the flights), and a bunch of the people whose travel policies don’t permit biz travel, but permit preference for nonstops, will choose the much shorter nonstop flight at a sweet premium for UA.

      Plus, I bet these flights aren’t covered by the UA/LH JV, so it’s all UA’s cash…

  6. Andy K Reply
    October 25, 2018 at 12:32 pm

    I am wondering if they will lower these prices (especially the coach) as the date comes closer.

    • Greg Reply
      October 25, 2018 at 12:53 pm

      I doubt it, because a lot of people make the decision to go to Mobile late in the process.

  7. Andy Reply
    October 25, 2018 at 3:51 pm

    Considering the only other alternative is LEVEL. I’d go with an old reliable 777 !!

  8. Endlos Reply
    October 25, 2018 at 4:24 pm

    Wow, that is an aggressive and smart move by United. I’m impressed by their willingness to test this. Still hoping that United does a Berlin-SFO flight

  9. emercycrite Reply
    October 26, 2018 at 9:35 am

    For the love of god, proof read please. First sentence in and there is already a glaring error.

    • Matthew Reply
      October 26, 2018 at 10:51 am

      Sorry, I fixed it. You know prooofreading is a weakness when I’m trying to squeeze out several articles per day.

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