Optimizing the North American DONE4 section
Jul 30, 2015, 4:32 pm
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Optimizing the North American DONE4 section
I am arriving into Lax on a DONE4 where getting to Alaska is not really a viable option (middle of winter). Supposing you wanted to maximize your mileage and hence status credits to QF. What six legs would you choose in the USA?
Jul 30, 2015, 6:50 pm
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Remember that flights to/from the Caribbean and Canada book into D, not A on RTW tickets; AA doesn't call the front of the bus first class on those routes.
Also look at PIT as a possible mid-haul point, AA has service from both LAX and PHX; 1814 mi. from PHX and 2130-something from LAX, but PIT isn't on the transcon list.
Jul 30, 2015, 8:04 pm
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Mmmm - so how many QFF SCs would this give the OP, flying in F of course
Jul 30, 2015, 8:39 pm
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The other question to maximise your total route mileage is which other continents you are going to. Obviously, if your next stop is Asia then you want to be finishing on the east coast not the west in order to get most miles for the next intercontinental section. If the next is South America then you want to be finishing as far north as possible, and so on. Since you're arriving in LAX I assume you're coming from Europe?
Jul 30, 2015, 9:26 pm
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But for those people crediting to AA, remember that JFK/LAX and SFO nonstops produce the higher level 2015 mileage bonus even though they're under 3,000 miles. For PLTs and EXPs, that's an extra 12K miles for Business and First cabins (spendable, but not EQP or EQM).
Jul 30, 2015, 9:55 pm
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Mmmm - so how many QFF SCs would this give the OP, flying in F of course
Jul 30, 2015, 10:05 pm
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Mmmm - so how many QFF SCs would this give the OP, flying in F of course
Jul 30, 2015, 10:25 pm
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East Coast:
Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Cleveland, Ft Lauderdale, Hartford, Miami, Newark, New York, Orlando, Phildelphia, Pittsburgh, Raleigh-Durham, San Juan, Tampa, Toronto, Washington, West Palm Beach
West Coast:
Las Vegas, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Ana, Seattle, Vancouver
Try looking at places like Columbus or Atlanta.
Jul 30, 2015, 10:38 pm
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Jul 31, 2015, 9:19 am
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PIT is on the list.
East Coast:
Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Cleveland, Ft Lauderdale, Hartford, Miami, Newark, New York, Orlando, Phildelphia, Pittsburgh, Raleigh-Durham, San Juan, Tampa, Toronto, Washington, West Palm Beach
West Coast:
Las Vegas, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Ana, Seattle, Vancouver
Try looking at places like Columbus or Atlanta.
East Coast:
Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Cleveland, Ft Lauderdale, Hartford, Miami, Newark, New York, Orlando, Phildelphia, Pittsburgh, Raleigh-Durham, San Juan, Tampa, Toronto, Washington, West Palm Beach
West Coast:
Las Vegas, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Ana, Seattle, Vancouver
Try looking at places like Columbus or Atlanta.
This is the table I used - right one? https://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer/dyn...status-credits
Jul 31, 2015, 8:08 pm
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Cripes, sorry, I was going from memory. Right, LAX-ATL-PHX-ANC-PHX-ATL-LAX would give the same yield.
This is the table I used - right one? https://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer/dyn...status-credits
This is the table I used - right one? https://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer/dyn...status-credits
Firstly thanks for all the help and advice. I am stuck though. The calculator does not seem to recognize ATL as a possible airport (when flying out of LAX). Or is it just me?
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Jul 31, 2015, 10:11 pm
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