Originally Posted by Mwenenzi
You have 2 stopovers and 4 segments in Oz and 12 months to complete the trip. Can be open jaw. Start in SYD and finish in BNE for example. With a little planning you can get a trip /stopover to somewhere in Oz effectively for next to nothing
That is an interesting thought and I will look into it. Thanks.
And for more SC’s
SYD-JFK-BOS-SFO-DFW-ANC-ORD-LAX-LHR-FRA-LHR-SIN-MEL-BNE-DRW-BNE
BOS-SFO = 2704 miles (above the 2700 !!)
Au to US east coast and US west coast to LHR maximises miles and SC’s
Yes, that might be more SC's but it won't get me into SFO in time for my meetings. I have to be in SFO the same day as I depart Australia, so no time to go SYD-JFK unfortunately.
Also AA has serval flights to FRA, like DFW-FRA at 5143 miles
But that means flying AA in J
. And there is little on offer ex FRA that is >1000 miles to collect more SC's in Europe over the weekend. So I would end up with DFW-FRA-LHR-HEL-LHR-FRA and have to use QF5 FRA-SIN (no skybed) or DFW-FRA-LHR-HEL-FRA-LHR, which drops my discount due to proportion of miles on QF flights numbers.
Maximising SC's and QF flights
SYD-JFK-BOS-SFO-DFW-ANC-ORD-LAX-LHR-FRA-LHR-SIN-HKG-NRT-MEL-BNE-DRW-BNE = 17 segments (NRT-MEL = 5060 miles:- above the 5000 miles.
As mentioned, I can't fir SYD-JFK-BOS-SFO into the schedule, and NRT-MEL is a 763 so no skybed like taking QF10 through. So the combination of time constraint at the start of the trip, avoiding the extra day to do SIN-HKG-NRT, more non-QF flights numbers, and the lack of skybed from Asia to Australia means I can reallly take the this recommendation this time. But next time, who knows
. Thanks for the suggestions anyway.