Originally Posted by
whkento
I have no idea.
But I'm gonna try to find out. Just not sure where/how to start...
Um...think about the cheapest domestic fare and do a sector run or international flights that are cheap and required connections
Here is an example I just come up with
1x NGO-NRT-HKG-NRT-NGO (59,300 yen)
NGO-NRT: 193 * 2 (Domestic) * 120% (JALCard) + 400 = 863
NRT-HKG: 1,823 * 1.5 (China) * 120% (JALCard) + 400 = 2,697
Sub-Total: (863 + 2,697) * 2 = 7,120 FOPs
3x NGO-NRT-JFK-ORD-NRT-NGO (101,900 yen each)
NGO-NRT: 193 * 2 (Domestic) * 120% (JALCard) + 400 = 863
NRT-JFK: 6,737 * 70% * 120% (JALCard) + 400 = 6,095
ORD-NRT: 6,283 * 70% * 120% (JALCard) +400 = 5,678
JFK-ORD: 719 * 70% * 120% (JALCARD) + 400 = 1,004 (If JALCard promotion doesn't apply, it will earn 903 FOPs)
Sub-Total: 3 * (863 * 2 + 6,095 + 5,678 + 1,004) = 43,401 FOPs
Total FOP: 50,521
Total Mile: 64,385
Total Cost: 365,000 yen
Turns out even if the JALCard promotion doesn't apply to the JFK-ORD flight, you will still get > 50K FOPs
I think you should be able to improve this to make it go a little bit lower...
Remark: ALL NGO-NRT flights are domestic flights, i.e. JL3084, 3086, 3085, or 3083 (see kojiro's remarks below,
#22)