What are your dates? BA should be about half that price if you are somewhat flexible with dates.
We are very flexible. Leaving anywhere from 25th Dec to around 8th of Jan, returning around 1st / 2nd week in March (for the return leg)
I'm assuming this is with a KUL stopover rather than SIN. MH is non-earning for the AA challenge.
Thanks, based on the previous post I just just realised this.
QF flies LHR-DXB-SYD/MEL. So not really an option unless you get an QF codeshare on Emirates metal for part of the journey, which will be non-qualifying.
Right, I was looking at that but its not possible to do a stop over other than Dubai with QF to be qualifying.
You really need to decide on your requirements, as at the moment all of them are impossible.
Your current requirements are:
Code:
Ticket 1: EDI-SIN, stopover, SIN-MEL.
Ticket 2: EDI-SIN, stopover, SIN-MEL, stopover, MEL-EDI.
10,000 qualifying miles on AA challenge for EDI-SIN-MEL.
Economy ticket under £1500.
The only way to do this is with a 100% earning fare on BA which will be over £1500.
If you relax the qualifying miles part, I still think BA is going to be the cheapest option with some flexibility on dates.
If you relax the Singapore stopover option, this will open up some extra options but still unlikely to meet the qualifying miles requirement.
The AA qualifying part is more secondary to the main requirement of the one way plus return tickets on OW (to get the extra baggage allowance, seat selection, lounge etc). So for example if its £1,500 OW but non qualifying but £2,500 OW with Qualifying, we will go for the non qualifying and look to get on the CX Amex cards.
What I was looking at yesterday was basic return EDI -> MEL and can get 6th Jan - 8th March for about £1,200 BUT there MUST be a stop over on the way over (don't ask, its too long a story) and as soon as I add a stop over the price seems to go up to £2,500....Can you book a non stop over then add one after booking? Is the only way to book a stop over is to go through the multi - leg part of the booking?
Also, with the oneway leg, if booking a return is cheaper, then great, happy to do that.
I don't believe Singapore is mandatory so HK / KL / Bangkok etc could all be quite possible.
Any thoughts appreciated.