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Old Mar 14, 2013 | 4:01 pm
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Orright! Continuing thanks to P n, kZp and mountaingirl, (who has been giving me a bit of coaching elsewhere) ^ ^

I think I've figured out this 'published routing' issue. Before, I was taking 'published' routing by several different airlines and stringing them together. Now, I appreciate (I hope!) that one uses EF (I do have a subscription) and choose ONE airline, but the routings it gives may involve airlines other than itself.

So, gunna change tack.

Essential trip is SYD-LAX/SFO (stop)-London (turn-around)-IST (stop)-SYD.

MPM5 via EF is 15,726 "AP", Atlantic or Pacific, so I think my milage for the trip is 31,452.

SYDLON-** 14MAR13 TICKETED POINT SURCHARGES APPLY.
GI M 5M
MPM AP 14978 15726
MPM EH 13237 13898
MPM TS 13299 13963
(Is it relevant that there is an 'EH' (Eastern Hemisphere) figure as well as an AP?

NZ has a published route on EF SYD to LHR via the US, all on their own metal (I'm including the other bumpf in case its relevent and excluding other routes because I don't want them):

V FARE BASIS BK FARE TRAVEL-TICKET AP MINMAX RTG
1 TGBOW T O 1872.00 ---- -/‡ 4/12M AP01
PASSENGER TYPE-ADT AUTO PRICE-YES
FROM-SYD TO-LON CXR-NZ TVL-15APR13 RULE-5900 IPRAP/307
FARE BASIS-TGBOW SPECIAL FARE DIS-E VENDOR-ATP
FARE TYPE-XOX OW-ECONOMY CLASS ONE WAY EXCURSION FARE
AUD 1821.00 0029 E15FEB13 D-INFINITY FC-TGBOW FN-84
SYSTEM DATES - CREATED 14FEB13/2222 EXPIRES INFINITY

PUBLISHED RTG SYD-LON/NZ29 /TAR-EURG EF-15FEB13 DIS-INDEF

/VIA THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC/
BETWEEN SFO AND LAX SURFACE SECTOR REQUIRED
BETWEEN YVR AND LAX SURFACE SECTOR REQUIRED
DOM ROUTE VALIDATION APPLIES WITHIN US ONLY
1. SYD-ZQN/WLG/CHC-AKL-LAX-LON
Great Circle miles for that route is 13,645

And TK has a published route on EF London to SYD via IST:

V FARE BASIS BK FARE TRAVEL-TICKET AP MINMAX RTG
1 QH2PBOW Q X 515.00 T22DE -/7 -/12M EH01
PASSENGER TYPE-ADT AUTO PRICE-YES
FROM-LON TO-SYD CXR-TK TVL-15APR13 RULE-C3XX IPREUAS/4
FARE BASIS-QH2PBOW SPECIAL FARE DIS-E VENDOR-ATP
FARE TYPE-XPX OW-INSTANT PURCHASE FARE
GBP 345.00 3501 E22DEC12 D-INFINITY FC-QH2PBOW FN-
SYSTEM DATES - CREATED 21DEC12/1029 EXPIRES INFINITY

PUBLISHED RTG LON-SYD/TK3501/TAR-EURG EF-22DEC12 DIS-INDEF

/WITHIN THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE/
DOM ROUTE VALIDATION APPLIES WITHIN ORIG/DEST COUNTRIES
1. LON-IST-BKK-TG/TK-SYD
Great Circle miles for that route is 10,895.

So the outbound+inbound miles add to 24,540, within the 2 x MPM5.

How am I doing, people? Well within MPM5 and on straightforward, single airline published routes?

IF the above is OK, I guess if I wanted to, I could take other routes in the same one airline list and go a little more round-about, as long as I kept within the MPM5 limits?

Crossing fingers, here.
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