Originally Posted by AussieBattler
Alect thanks for your suggestion, definately up for several beverages!
I am assuming the lax-jfk bit of QF107 is not treated as a NA transcon. Realy the starfile it seems the only transcon is jfk-lax.
I knew that ATH is "special", and was actually considering doing the lhr-dxb and nrt-mel runs to maximise status. Was in Athens last year to see the family, so it should be ok.
Maybe this
syd-jfk-lax-mia-ord-lax-lhr-hel-lhr-dxb-lhr-nrt-hkg-nrt-mel-syd
might work???
SYD-JFK QF107 counts as one segment between continents (although it stops in LAX)
AS epr star file:-
69N . TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT IS DEFINED AS TRAVEL
70N . BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING CITIES:
71N .
72N . BWI/BOS/FLL/BDL/MIA/EWR/NYC/ORL/PHL/SJU/YYZ/WAS
73N . AND
74N . LAS/LGB/LAX/OAK/SNA/PDX/SAN/SFO/SEA/SJC/YVR
So you can't do JFK-LAX-MIA but can do JFK-LAX-DFW-MIA
Other than that looks good. But you are at 1470 SCs - no need for that many. The following would net you 1410 SCs:
syd-jfk-dfw-mia-ord-lax-lhr-hel-lhr-dxb-lhr-nrt-hkg-nrt-mel-syd
I have another post in this forum with my itinerary - see if any of our dates co-incide.