Originally Posted by
Mwenenzi
SYD is not the only international airport in Australia, so consider BNE or MEL as well.
4 awards on the same flight makes it harder. Cash for 1 or more may open up more opportunities.
Thinking about this some more, I might just pony up the $ and do YWG-BNE (AC) and SYD-YWG (UA) on an open jaw. It will cost me $2100 as opposed to $880 by using UA both ways for the TPAC segments, but it will be far more convenient (only 1 stop on AC) and allows me to eliminate the $750 or so it would cost to do a one way BNE-SYD trip on an Aussie carrier for a family of four + a night in a SYD airport hotel.
Of course, that pill is made a little more bitter by the fact that I could right now go and book 4 YWG-HKG Y seats on DL for about $2200 cash, but what are you gonna do... we have our hearts set on Australia.