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Jul 16, 2018, 7:10 pm

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Originally Posted by mosfet

Hi all,

I have a question - I need to get from JFK to Auckland NZ and was wondering what's the most amount of EQD and EQM I can get for a $2500 spend?

I was thinking an AA vacation with an L* fare that gives me a throw away hotel. Does any one know if you can call and request just a one night stay but a 7 night flight itn?

Open to other options! Don't mind long lay overs etc.

Its a little over your budget at $2600, but this CX JFK-HKG-AKL itinerary would give just over 41k EQM and almost $5500 EQD. If you play around with that, you can add in connections (there was an extra through YVR that I saw).