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.