Quick question. Just got back from a recent award (the old 90k Asia J) and want to book something else soon. I know all the rules and want to just float an idea to get some feedback. Next two items on my list are Easter Island and an African Safari.
I'm wondering if I can't bang these both out in a 110k Africa J award.
BOS-SCL(stop)-JNB(dest). I'd book the Easter Island SCL-IPC-SCL separately on LAN and pay cash.
BOS-JNB (7,857 miles per GCMAP)
BOS-SCL-JNB (10,946 miles per GCMAP)
There are no directs from BOS, so I would be connecting somewhere (AA via Miami?) and again connect probably in Europe on the return.
Any preliminary thoughts? I'll do all the research for seats and routing(s) over the next couple weeks. But I haven't been following OW award bookings with USDM in the past four months or so... am I out in left field for even thinking this award would be possible w/new rules?