Thank you for the assistance!
Originally Posted by
pandaperth
LA flies daily AKL-SCL, and QF codeshares on it
I tried getting a single L seat for each day in the first week of February 2015
- the tool shows no availability on any of the seven days
- however ExpertFlyer showed availability each day
So it would appear to be a quirk of the tool (but it might in fact be a point-of-sale issue)
I'm not sure I quite understand what "point-of-sale issue" means. Is the best course of action to call the AA desk and get it priced via a representative? Will they do this if I don't have AA flights on my itinerary?
3-continent itineraries are only possible if the three continents are Asia, North America and Europe
(for your itinerary, there is no way to get from Asia to Sth America without touching either Nth America or South West Pacific)
If you don't have status in your FF programme (and so earn status bonus miles) then I think the miles you do earn on a DONE3 would not be enough to cover Asia-SWP return and NthAm-SthAm return
I have a good bit of year-end travel lined up, so the hope is to do a Platinum Challenge on AA and secure status by the time we set off in January. Is a DONE3 Asia-SWP-S America route worth considering, using accrued miles to take us to Europe after wrapping up in Tokyo? Or is it impossible to get from S America back to Japan without touching N American or Europe?
Thanks again, and appreciate your patience with a newbie.