Originally Posted by
moa999
welcome to ft
looks like a good itin and a great use of an aone4.
who are you accruing with?
appears to fully utilise f segments.
only one suggestion maybe a flight on jal (but not in f) and maybe a visit to nrt, but you either lose f or a segment
on syd-mel, qf has a few flights on an a330 which is much nicer. i would say the flights is a waste though and you could do akl-mel instead and still get the double syd/mel f lounge
check the ba forum for percentages of new first but i thought some locations eg dxb were better than tlv...
very jealous...
Thanks for your note! I am accruing with AA given that I live in the States. As for JAL, I agree it's a loss not to get a chance with them, but they are very restrictive. The best flight they have on offer is a Jakarta->HND flight, but there is no availability in First for a RTW ticket (no A class).
On the SYD-MEL, I didn't find an a330 on the dates I'm looking at, but I will re-check.
On the note you made about getting access to both the SYD and MEL QF First Lounge... I'd love to do that, but I don't know if that's possible. When I travel to AKL, there is no First service -- only J. If I'm flying in J, but on a F RTW ticket, will Qantas let me into the QF F lounge in SYD? If so, I'll happily fly later in the day and take advantage of the lounge!
As for TLV vs. DXB, I've done DXB (and didn't enjoy it). So TLV it is, even in the old BA F if need be!