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Oct 19, 2009 | 4:28 pm

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Originally Posted by Gardyloo

Or, do the math and see if an AONE3 originating in Asia might not be preferable in cost terms, even if one needs to fly from Oz to some reasonably-priced start point in Asia. From PER, DPS might be easily reached, and although I don't think CX or JL offers F any longer from DPS, the savings (roughly AUD3400 as of today) would probably offset the cost of the access flights and then some.

But this makes it much harder to maximise usage of the QF A380. Using it will be possible but not really maximising the number of miles.

And I can second that starting in Australia might be the better option for the OP.

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