Dear Alect...and all others...

Even though I have not mastered all the rules. You guys have got me thinking. And you have done me a another great service in getting beloved wife not only interested but excited!! Its so nice to be able to share all your notes and discuss all the in's and out's of all that comes in from Flyertalk.

Our thinking now is that since we have to buy some type of ticket to get to BKK to start the whole game beloved wife suggested that we spend a few more bucks and use a OW carrier (if possiable) and do NRT on the way out. Thus, the thinking is that we gain something for the money spent going to BKK. We are thinking of starting our Plat. Callange just before we leave Fla. for BKK. We would take AA to DFW and then on to LAX. THen from my reserch such as it is we would take AA to BKK. AA metal to NRT and most likly Korean Air to BKK (We have a few miles on KA) We then would get our stop over in NRT.without taking a segement away from our DONE4. Does that make sense??

All the above would be done in Econ......hopefully we can find a code that gives us miles, etc at a decent price......if I could find a J price on a OW carrier that was not out of sight I would jump at that but from what I can see that is not likly.

So now you know how the PEK came on the screen and NRT went off.

I think my problem here is that my homework on flights has stopped short, I have looked at two different threads that give all the cities that OW flys to....so I just pick a pair and say OK this sounds fine without doing the checking for flight numbers. Another problem is that we love HKG, but now every time I try and go some where HKG is sitting there with its hand out saying,"one segement please"!!!

I will work on the Asia section.....anything you might come up with would be appreciated (Was that an echo??)

As for Europe.......I want to check flight numbers so that I am not wasting your time again. We are thinking of something for milage to the mideast from LHR.Out,stopover for a pool, beach or golf and back to LHR. I thought the other two seg's would be used going to HEL say LHR-MAD-HEL.

I know this whole deal grows long....but look what you all have accomplished in less the a mo., you have gotten a wife to give up a 14 day cruise and join in on the planning of what we both think is a great way to travel!!!

As always....thank you,

Tom

PS...will this work?

BKK-DPS-HKG-AKL-BNE-CNS-Alice Springs-SYD-JFK

OVER LAND

MIA-ORD-ANC-ORD-DFW-BOS ( DFW can be cut if I an "charged" a seg. for LAX)

BOS-SEA-LHR-DUBI-LHR-MAD-HEL-BKK

Tom
PSS...I think I may have hit a rock with the Syd-JFK....am I using up a seg at LAX due to the flight # change QF107 & QF3095 ? I had read someplace that it is best to shoot for a city as far across from where you enterned...or...something along those lines......I don't see how that is posiable in NA.....and does that shoot my transcont. seg down (That I was going to use BOS-SEA)????

TT