Originally Posted by
babs
Well I thought as follows
Europe - BA so bonus on all flights
lhr-sin-bom on QF so bonus
bom-hkg-no bonus unless AA codeshare
hkg-dps-hkg i thought aa codeshared on this flight ? maybe if I link it with JFK flight
hkg-jfk- aa codeshare
jfk-yvr CX maybe has an AA codeshare
yvr-mex JL so no bonus
yvr-ord AA bonus
ord-sfo AA bonus
sfo-lhr-waw - BA bonus
so I was hoping the only flights without bonus would be the two JAL flights
bom-hkg and possible jfk-yvr so 4 out of 16 is not bad
Now re QF51 I noticed this flight starts in BNE so who knows what qantas will do with it by the time I travel as they are always fiddling with Indian flights syd direct via melbourne now via bne
QF51 BNE-BOM via SIN is the longest flight between SWP and ASIA and would get 160 status credits on QFF. Seems to be the only one in this Zone
I guess if I wanted to Add SWP as a continent that would be a good flight for earning points and status credits
Are there any longer that I missed I know akl-hkg is 5688 but not quite zone 7
I was considering adding SWP for a trip home but I dont see it as great value when I could just use points to get there from Asia if I wanted
You have lots of BA/AA/QF flights, I just wanted to point out that this is a potential disadvantage.
And I think you have discovered the longest flight between SWP and Asia. The only disadvantage this flight has is that from BOM you do not have access to the Asian flights >3600 miles which all originate from NRT.
Adding SWP to your trip will cost about AU$1000 more (plus fees) so not too bad considering that QF will charge you a $300 in fees for an award booking on some routes.