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Old Dec 11, 2017 | 4:15 am
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Whodunit68
 
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: GNV
Programs: AA EP (life Gold), Global Entry, TSA Pre-Check, Marriott Plat, IHG Plat
Posts: 392
I snagged one of these (before I saw this thread - took me quite a bit to find it!) as I'm trying to requal for EXP. I paid slightly more (I pulled the trigger 2 days ago on 2 - wife and me) but it's for Dec 18. I was able to snag 3 Biz segments.
I did some calculations:
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I am not coming up with quite the same returns but even at the higher price, I'm pretty happy about it. It actually brings the wife to within 10k EQMs of Exp (this is someone who 3 years ago had never been on a plane)..
GCM for the distance(s), AA.com for the CX earnings chart, and Google Sheets for the math.

I saw some folks had some trouble booking this. It was challenging. I spent a lot of hours trying to find it. I could get 1, not 2, though EF, ITA, and GF all showed >=3 available on various segments/days. EWR-HKG-MLE-HKG-EWR and JFK-HKG-MLE-EWR were both available with and without the YVR stop (another $7 for me as wife needs a Canadian transit eta).
Finally, the trick was to book them 1 at a time. This doesn't make me too happy as the wife gets TSA Precheck when she flies on the same PNR. Otherwise, no go. There are other issues with it but it was worth saving $3K.
I finally was able to book it via Hipmunk ->Priceline. the CX site was showing fares of >$6K USD per trip.
3 legs in Biz (though of course not the long hauls). I'll live for this kind of bump plus a few days there.

Now I've got to go figure out what to do/how to navigate when we get to the Maldives. Another 2 days of my life gone ...
There were available shorter trips but we figured we're going all that way we'll stay and play a bit. I still see some for the end of the year.
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