jubbing

I've been thinking to use up all my AA miles due to the devaluation, or rather enjoy my AA miles, and that gives me enough to fly Europe to anywhere in Asia in F. Looking at one way only because I haven't considered where to go after.

What's the best F flight using AA between the two continents? The longer the flight the better the chance to explore obviously (flying EY F in the Apartment for 7 hours is not long enough)

The options I've found so far:
- Cathay F, Paris/Zurich/Duesseldorf/Frankfurt to Hong Kong (777-300ER)
- British Airways F, London to Kuala Lumpur (787-9 - newer seats)
or
- British Airways F, London to Tokyo (777)
- Malaysia Airlines F, Paris/London to Kuala Lumpur (A380 - questionable timelines?)
- Qatar F, Paris to Doha to Bangkok (A380)
- Japan Airlines - London/Paris to Tokyo (777)

Anything i've missed on the list? And if so - what do you recommend as the best seat there?

SFO777

QR would be my 1st choice. Then EY, CX and JL.
BA offers First Class in name only. It's really more like J+ and not even close to the quality of the other 3 OW options.
Our MH First experience was excellent but with all the issues surrounding MH these days, I'd probably avoid.
There is also QF on LHR-DXB where you could connect to QR or EY.

Jinxy

Etihad First on the A380 from LHR to AUH and then first with them to Asia or QR

NA-Flyer

I would go with CX F from any point in Europe (preferably LHR) to HKG with an extension to HND. Probably the longest F ride on CX.

I agree with SFO777 that BA F is not that impressive comparing it to CX or JL or QR or EY. So don't waste your miles on that ride. Opt for something more Luxuries in F class.

jubbing

If I could I would def go A380 again LHR to AUH to SYD - available for the flight on 29th Dec - but nothing else. Wouldn't mind trying CX F, as I've done QR F before. Gotta to see as availability in Late Feb/All March is tough.

EDIT: Woudl you guys recommend J to Tokyo (any airline) then F to SYD on JAL, or CX F from Europe to Kong Kong, then to Sydney in J?

nichojo

FRA-SIN on SQ in suites.

SFO777

While an excellent suggestion, OP was asking about options using AA miles.

Unterwegs

My preference would be CX. Nice long flight to get enough sleep, great seats and good service.
MH is fairly good, but nowhere near CX or SQ.
JL also has a good F.
QR was a bit disappointing (at least in my experience).
I would avoid BA. It is (as mentioned here) a glorified business class.

No experience with Etihad.

Wasabi Tofu

I'm not an AA expert.
So, I don't know whether the following routing is valid or not.

LHR-(CX)-HKG-(CX)-HND//NRT-(JL)-CGK

JL provides F for NRT-CGK.

schranerli

I would also suggest CX F. It's a great product with constant service. I prefer to not have a stop in ME on the way to Asia, so that excludes the ME carriers.

NA-Flyer

^ Excellent suggestion if it works out with the 70k miles redemption @:-)

jubbing

How exactly?

LHR - HKG - NRT would be 70k, if you can snag CX all the way (I checked, availability is nil during the early half of next year), but then from NRT - CGK it's another 40k for Asia 1 to Asia 2, so how is it only 70k and not 110k?

EDIT: Found ZRH - HKG - NRT, but same logic applies above.