I have just booked my DONE4 ex CAI (thanks to all those who helped this newbie get across the line on this one!). My original itinerary (CAI-XDOH-NRT-SYD-AKL-SYD-NOU-SYD-JFK-PHX-ANC-PHX-MEX-ORD-OMAD-OLHR-DXB) was fine – I left the ANC-PHX sector out as these flights are seasonal and I will add those closer to the date when they become available to book. After making the booking however, some hours later I received a call from AA to advise that the SYD-NOU-SYD sector was unavailable as Air Caledonia is not a Oneworld Partner Airline. When I searched the flights, they were accepted by both the planner and Oneworld flight search as a Qantas flight with no indication that it was a code-share operated by Qantas? Has anyone had any experience with this?

This leaves me with two flights to spare in my itinerary – does anyone have any thoughts as to how I can best utilise those flights to boost my miles? I’m hoping to complete a Platinum Challenge on my SYD-LHR flights prior to beginning the DONE4 and was hoping to maximise miles earned on my trip. And I just hate the thought of wasting sectors…..