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Feb 13, 2016, 12:04 pm
#46
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: a hotel room, somewhere...
Posts: 962
I have a brutal trip coming up.
I live in DFW, leave Monday return Wednesday. Wake at 5am, drive 4 hours to AUS
AA1356 AUS 10:10AM-11:18AM to DFW 1hr8min
wait 1 hr
AA61 DFW 12:10PM-4:45PM next day to NRT 13h35min
wait 1 hr
AA8499 (JL) NRT 6:00PM-12:10AM next day to CGK 8h10min
wait 6 hrs
AA8497 (JL) CGK 6:45AM-4:05PM same day to NRT 7h20min
wait 2 hrs
AA60 NRT 6:15PM-4:05PM same day to DFW 11h50min
wait 2 hrs
AA1221 DFW 5:00PM-6:03PM same day to AUS
Drive 4 hours back to DFW
Leave Monday return Wednesday. 56 hours. Total hours in plane: 43 hours
I live in DFW, leave Monday return Wednesday. Wake at 5am, drive 4 hours to AUS
AA1356 AUS 10:10AM-11:18AM to DFW 1hr8min
wait 1 hr
AA61 DFW 12:10PM-4:45PM next day to NRT 13h35min
wait 1 hr
AA8499 (JL) NRT 6:00PM-12:10AM next day to CGK 8h10min
wait 6 hrs
AA8497 (JL) CGK 6:45AM-4:05PM same day to NRT 7h20min
wait 2 hrs
AA60 NRT 6:15PM-4:05PM same day to DFW 11h50min
wait 2 hrs
AA1221 DFW 5:00PM-6:03PM same day to AUS
Drive 4 hours back to DFW
Leave Monday return Wednesday. 56 hours. Total hours in plane: 43 hours
that said... when i read quick turn MR's like this, for once i am glad i don't have to. i cannot imagine EVER doing this. all my MR's are simply trips i want to take, to destinations i want to be (and stay a while), where i am very mindful of CPM and maximizing routing- hence my recent SIN-NRT-JFK-SFO forced routing.
Feb 13, 2016, 12:48 pm
#47
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: TPA
Programs: BA Silver; Hilton Gold; IHG Diamond Ambassador; Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,811
Feb 13, 2016, 2:35 pm
#48
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Canada
Posts: 18
There is much discussion on this thread about the odds of getting upgraded on that route.
Feb 13, 2016, 2:41 pm
#49
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Canada
Posts: 18
There is much discussion on this thread about the odds of getting upgraded on that route.
Feb 13, 2016, 9:25 pm
#50
Join Date: Aug 2007
Programs: AA EXP, HH Gold, SPG Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,017
I gave a cursory glance to this thread but wanted to ask directly to anyone else doing CGK runs: with 21 hrs in Jakarta (midnight to 2100 local), staying at the SPG Keraton, what are some good spots to visit before heading the airport? Also, with the understanding that traffic is a nightmare, how early should I head back to the airport?
Feb 15, 2016, 10:29 am
#51
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 643
I gave a cursory glance to this thread but wanted to ask directly to anyone else doing CGK runs: with 21 hrs in Jakarta (midnight to 2100 local), staying at the SPG Keraton, what are some good spots to visit before heading the airport? Also, with the understanding that traffic is a nightmare, how early should I head back to the airport?
Last edited by danielm; Feb 15, 2016 at 10:44 am
Feb 17, 2016, 9:45 pm
#52
Join Date: Aug 2007
Programs: AA EXP, HH Gold, SPG Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,017
I will just say, and I'm sure everyone will shoot me down, that I've now taken the 9:25pm JL flight from Jakarta twice, and both times, out of fear for the traffic, I've left at five and arrived way too early - so early that the JL counters weren't even manned. So while traffic IS bad, and perhaps unpredictable, from Northern/Western Jakarta it really doesn't seem to take more than 30-45 minutes.