Originally Posted by
wilsonnyc
orrrr just buy a NYC>SFO (with connection) in F and SDC to a NYC>LAX>SFO, which gets you extra mqms and D1 on the long haul. totally reasonable, although you'd have to position th outbound as JFK as you can't co-terminal to any NYC airport as a non-DM.
"totally reasonable" in the eye of the beholder. I can't fathom transiting either LAX or SFO to get to the other, given how delay prone both airports are. Plus at best you're adding over an hour, and probably more if you want a reasonable connection time.
Originally Posted by
aww3583
Non-airport time is much more valuable to me than upgrade time. A direct, non-stop flight in coach is almost always preferable to multiple legs/layovers up front.
+1. Of course it all depends on context. On a vacation TPAC I might change my routing to get on a 747, say, but if I'm flying TCONs monthly I don't need them to take any longer than they already do.