Originally Posted by
andreiz
Okay, can anyone point out disadvantages of originating a DONE4 in Asia (such as ex-NRT) and having the first leg be Asia-US? I originally planned on ex-JNB/CPT, but those went up in price. I understand that I can only have 2 stopovers in the continent of origin, but am I missing anything else?
you miss a lot of mileage because you cant transit in country of origin again, and japan is the furthest west of asia. and you cant go back to japan and bump around asia.
if you want to maximize miles, you can do NRT CMB HKG USA in the beginning. and end in asia CMB NRT. in this way, you get 4 intra asia sectors and 13k intra asia mileage or 20k eqm.