Originally Posted by spotwelder
What we are going to need to help you is a quick listing of the 1W programmes that you are a member of and whether you want miles or status points.
It's all going to my AAdvantage account. This trip will make me EXP (along with all my other to-and-fro's
Originally Posted by spotwelder
You are not maximising the South America coupons very well at this point. You could punt down to Santiago de Chile as well and return via Sao Paulo for example, just a single shot to Buenos Aires seems to be a waste when you have more coupons available. Depends on time etc.
I know. But no time left. I actually threw this in as insurance in case my Q4 travel is less than anticipated. Note actual routing is LAX-DFW-MIA-EZE (no J-class 763 for me thank you!). I am in EZE essentially for lunch.
Originally Posted by spotwelder
The BA flight to B.A. stops somewhere so you could coupon split it if you insist on coming straight back to the UK and not via the US.
Stops in GRU but it is the same flight # so not sure that helps?
Originally Posted by spotwelder
The LHR or LGW to CDG is a real waste of coupons as you can get the fare cheaply on the web. If you want the points then we can work something out, depending on what you want to do.
Unfortunately a time issue again. To squeeze in visiting friends in MEL, I have to sacrifice the Europe portion. Am actually OK with running to DXB for miles and not bouncing around any more.
Originally Posted by spotwelder
Never do LHR to MEL without getting off the aircraft and back on to the same one if you have the coupons to do it. You get more status points by splitting the flight up by about 10-15%, take the first one as BA and second as QF but you might want mileage bonus, depending on your programme. I am a bit worried by the LHR to MEL and then reversing up to Asia, the only way that you could do this would be LHR-MEL without stopping over and then come out of Oz back up to Asia. The best status way of doing this one would be LHR-BAH-HKG-MEL, depending upon your programme. Can someone check the Area 1,2,3 on this for me as I cannot remember the numbering system?
A bit lost here. The routing is LHR-(SIN)-MEL -- it's a BA flight with a stop in SIN. I could switch to QF but I only see a 10 mile differential (LHR-MEL = 10.500 and LHR-SIN-MEL = 10.510).
Also - the routing should be ok as I am transitting Asia (no stopover) for Australia, stopping in Asia after Australia. Right? grrr - it is so hard for me to understand the rules!
I was (and am) willing to forego a couple of days on the beach in Thailand to pad some more miles. I looked at MEL-SYD-NAN but it is a QF codeshare and that isn't allowed (right?). Haven't really looked at Asia yet -- maybe trade days in Thailand for some form of mileage run.
Thanks for your input!