dogcanyon

It depends on what you're interested in. In my view, those who are big into scuba diving or those who can sit on a beach and read a book for days on end may want to stay that long, but most people are going to be bored stiff after 2 days. All of the resort islands are tiny, tiny, leading to a bad case of "cabin fever" (or perhaps in this case, "tiny island fever") in a day or two. The one we were on, Rannalhi, you could walk the entire perimeter in maybe 4 - 5 minutes and aside from scuba diving and swimming, there was literally nothing else to do. My understanding is that tourists are not allowed to visit the inhabited islands or mix with any locals (other than the resort staff), so the only way you may possibly see or interact with locals is if you go into Male while you are at the airport. Also, tourists are a "captive audience" for the resort restaurant - it's the only game in town. The water is beautiful and I'm glad I went, but to me the place is grossly over-rated and grossly over-priced and there are dozens of other "tropical paradises" that I'd rather spend time in.

westerndh

Thank you, this was so helpful!

SpammersAreScum

That's somewhat incorrect. What matters is not who you buy the ticket from. What matters is who "markets" the flight -- that is, which airline's flight number is on your ticket.

When you buy from AA you may find that some of your flights are be "CX" (or "BA", or ...) in which case the "CX" (or ...) table mentioned above is what matters.

I don't know how likely the converse is (buy from CX, get an "AA" flight).

jix

Where do you see JL? I can't find any flights from NYC to MEL on JL.

zoqfotpik

I can see it between BOS and SYD. https://goo.gl/flights/NYvC

Duke787

https://goo.gl/flights/fDko gets you to SYD.

Also FWIW, you can do JFK - HKG - HND - HKG - JFK for $1789 in PE. Not as good a deal (about 4k miles shorter) but also a tad cheaper and easier for positioning if east coast based.

jix

Thanks, is that second on JL or CX?

Duke787

Second one is CX 77W the whole way

jix

Hrmm I'm specifically looking for JL flights that earns 100% or more, the CX E class is good for AA but only 70% on JL.

jelanizarathustra

Really amazing deal for some AS status next year. I hope this sticks around another few months,

Duke787

I assume you are looking ex-JFK?

My link above is all JL PE to SYD.

Also super inefficient to KUL https://goo.gl/flights/HePK

Though honestly if you push to far you might as well just do this and be in J the whole way https://goo.gl/flights/mEyR

jix

Yeah I need preferably NYC origin, with 40k miles on JL flights so that's about 2x NYC-SYD. JL's fare to SIN is near same as SYD so I might as well go further.

The AY flight books into I class which is only 70% on JL unfortunately.

aztimm

I'm finding this available from LAX to SYD, MEL, PER, and BNE.

Anyone doing this in May? Due to work, I'm looking at mid-late May. Despite that it will be winter, I'm still thinking of MEL...although BNE is tempting.

I won't do a true MR, but stay at least 3-4 nights.

PaulInTheSky

If I were CX I would have been happy to sell PE fares instead of upgrading Y passengers on these routes. It is a fair price with two stopovers.

mczlaw

This may be so as to MLE, but I think the posters referred to were talking about MEL...in which case 3-5 days is just scratching the surface. MEL is just a delightful city...and I'm not just saying that because I hope to spend a few months a year there once I retire.

--mcz