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...

Originally Posted by onobond

Welcome to FT!

Seeing your preferences all but morning flights AND maximising F flights, I wonder if you at all value the number of miles accrued? Also - are ARN and TLV must destinations?

Presently planning another AONE4, I would, if starting from JFK, consider the following:
1. JFK-XHKG CX F
2. HKG-HND CX F
3. HND-HKG CX F
4. HKG-BKK CX F
5. BKK-XHKG CX F
6. HKG-AKL CX F
7. AKL-SYD QF J
"8". (SYD-MEL QF J) Personally I would do a side trip SYD-MEL-SYD, not waisting OWE segments.
8. SYD-CNS QF J
9. CNS-XSYD QF J
10. SYD-XLHR (MEL-XLHR) QF or BA F
11. LHR-MCT (or TLV if that's a must) BA F
12. MCT (TLV?)- LHR BA F
13. LHR-IST (if ARN's not a must) BA J
14. IST (ARN?) - LHR BA J
15. LHR-LAX BA or AA F
16. LAX-JFK AA F

Instead of 38.2K base miles, above itenerary would generate 49.7K miles, and since a larger proportion in F, more RDM

Happy flying!