Originally Posted by
mjm1
Curious about your success in using AS miles to fly to Australia.
We are trying to plan a trip from San Jose, CA, most likely via LAX, to Sydney for October 2014 for 3 week trip. Will have enough miles for business class (220k for 2). Also visit Melbourne and NZ during trip so can fly into those cities if needed.
I checked the AS site and spoke to an agent but no flights/seats come up.
Appreciate hearing about experiences and recommendations.
Thank you.
Welcome to FlyerTalk.
AS round-trip awards may have ONE stopover or ONE open-jaw, and cannot mix partners. QF premium class awards (which would be the only way to get the trans-Tasman or intra-Australia flights as part of the same ticket) from the USA are very,
very difficult to get, especially more than one at a time.
My recommendation would be to get your hands on some AA/BA miles, as mentioned above (not too many are needed) and use CX on an open jaw (into/out of Australia, out of/into NZ), and use the AA/BA miles or purchase tickets for the shorter hops.
Oh, and don't plan on being able to book tickets more than 360 days out.
