Originally Posted by
pbd456
DONE4 ex JNB is much cheaper than DONE3 from Japan....
i am thinking if i do one DONE4 per year, then there will be little positioning cost. but of course,the price from JNB will change over time.
for AONE3 from Japan. how many F segments do u really get? you need at least 5 segments in north america amd there is only 1 real F segment...
You don't need five sectors in North America, but you can have up to six if you want.
I would guess:
- Asia to North America,
- (intra-USA on SFO/LAX-JFK),
- North America to Europe,
- Two between either Europe and Middle East and/or Europe and Russia-west*,
- Russia-west/ME/Europe to Asia
So about 5 longhaul/midhaul F flights, 6 if you include the transcon F service (meh).
Then you can get some regional Fs inside Japan and on KA/CX.
Plus regional F around Middle East and domestic F in USA. These are two-class F so you can obtain them on a DONE ticket as well.
* BA operates LHR-DME with a four class 747 now only a few times per week. The flight is only about four hours but it is a full "F" service. However, the impact of economic sanctions is making this route particularly variable and many of the rotations have been downgraded to A321s.