Originally Posted by
Wasabi Tofu
AKL-HKG-AKL-SCL
Which rule permits 2nd intercontinental departure/arrival of SWP continent ?
Good catch--none, that I know of. Would have to go HKG-JFK (transit)-SCL. If legal and actually bookable increases miles to 61360.
Clearly, pandaperth's suggestion below, which never crossed my mind, is far superior. One could make EXP, and probably top tier in any Oneworld airline with just this trip if booked in D or A. Not a true mileage runner's cup of tea at $8665 plus tax for 112,033.5 EQP. Or, pre-tax, just under $0.08 per EQP. But, wow, what a vacation. Just trying to avoid khi I switched to syd-nrt-del-hkg for 75058 miles. I would love to see Pakistan, but right now might be pushing past the comfort zone a bit too far for me unless maybe part of a volunteer relief effort.
Originally Posted by
pandaperth
IF you’re thinking of a xONE
6
AND your prime driver is to maximize miles
THEN you need to ensure you make use of the rule exceptions that allow you to visit a continent a second time (see
rule 4(e))
Using the exceptions, you can have a total of 9 inter-continental flights.
And you can use just 8 of your allowed 16 segments doing it.
(Used to possible to use only 7 segments – but IRRC the NRT-GRU flight on JL is no more)
Here’s an 8-segment itinerary that consists solely of inter-continental flights
CPT-LHR-SYD-HKG-JFK-EZE-JFK-LHR-DAR
According to MM this is 48,007 miles
The LHR-SYD segment has two inter-continental flights in it
Under the rules – one of the visits to JFK has to be a transit, and the second visit to LHR also has to be a transit
Then look at the best intra-continental flights to gain maximum miles from the 8 remaining segments. There’s a thread on this in this forum.
Edited to add:
A bit of playing around gives this 16-segment itinerary:
cpt-lhr-mct-lhr-syd-hkg-khi-hkg-cmb-hkg-jfk-eze-ccs-scl-lax-lhr-dar
for 74K+ miles