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Old Mar 28, 2019 | 2:24 pm
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Originally Posted by SDandi
Hi all. Can you take a look at this DONE4 ex-Oslo and let me know if you see any issues?
Looks a perfectly valid xONE4 to me:
  • 16 segments (the maximum allowed)
  • valid number of flight segments within continents
  • second entry to Europe/Middle East is OK (MLE-DOH-NBO)
  • maximum of two stopovers in the continent of origin (DOH and LHR)

Also, can I still call the AA RTW line? From what I've read, it looks like I would have to call the airline of the originating flight.
AA will ticket, provided one of the "over water" flights is AA-marketed. So for you that means either HEL-LAX (AA codeshares on the AY flight) or LAX-HKG
OSL- xHEL-LAX-JFK-(DFW-LAX surface sector)-PVR-LAX-HKG-(DPS-SIN surface sector)-CMB-MLE-DOH-NBO-LHR-OSL

For the JFK-DFW piece, I'd like to get a little closer to Southern California. The JFK to DFW was the only direct I could find that falls within the rules. Tucson is closer but there are no direct flights from JFK.
Do you particularly want to do a surface segment (DFW-LAX)?
If not, then it's OK to take two flights to get across the country, e.g. JFK-ORD-LAX.
For the Asia piece, we plan on flying home and back on miles before the CMB-MLE and onward. I'm assuming there are still no issues with doing this.
Correct. There are no issues with doing this
I'd appreciate any help I can get!
Some of my thoughts (feel free to ignore them)
  • I am a big fan of QR's long-haul business class
  • I am not a fan of AY's business class (though I've only done short-haul)
  • I am not a fan of BA's business class (especially in its old 747s which it has on the NBO-LHR route)
  • I loathe BA's fuel fines (USD215 for NBO-LHR in business class)
  • I am not a fan of Nairobi (I'm currently in Mombasa, been hanging out here since last November, loving it and will likely head to ZNZ next where I lived for 5 months back in 2016)
  • I like to maximise mileage earning, and BIS miles in good business classes
So, perhaps consider(QR flies to lots of places in Africa; JRO is close to a number of game parks and of course to Kilimanjaro itself)
Happy travels.
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