Originally Posted by
vincewy
Wow, never thought of that, so you mean the multiple trips to SA/UK would be like
1. MIA-JNB (first LA ticket - not that I'm dying to fly with them)
JNB-INV (second ticket outbound)
INV-USA (third ticket outbound)
2. USA-INV (third ticket return)
INV-JNB (second ticket return)
JNB-MIA (first ticket return)
MIA-JNB-MAD-LHR-INV-LHR-MIA-LHR-INV-LHR-MAD-JNB-MIA possible within that... That's quite some points running.
On BA crediting you'd get 140+140+40+40+40+140+140+40+40+40+140+140 = 1080TPs. Or skip the MAD leg and run 80TPs fewer for greater comfort LHR-JNB (on A380/787/747) at 1000TP neat.
On AA I don't know the EQ system well enough to know, but I suspect it'd be good even on I/C fare tickets (the short-hauls are likely to be I/J I'd guess). Worth the $3500?