Thanks a lot!
This is the routing: hel-lhr-
lax-
jfk-
dfw-
hnl-hnd-
syd-
mel-
per-
hkg-
nrt-
pvg-hkg-
dps-
doh-hel
I have bolded all stopovers (more than 24 hours).
Price is around EUR 8,200 incl. carrier surcharges. With a GCM distance of 42,281 miles, that around 19 cents per mile.
Only the JFK-DFW segment would be without a large business class bed, since that route is only served by a domestic First Class narrowbody plane.
Actually, I am trying to get rid of SYD in the routing, because I know this city and I am not interested in visiting the city. I am still hoping that QF will still operate HND-MEL in 2021, preferably aboard the Boeing 787-9, not the A330.
What I don't like about oneworld Explorer -> Surface segments count towards the 16-segment threshold. Without it, I would eliminated the PVG-HKG segment.
Availability in D seems to be only an issue for HNL-HND. Business has availability, but one has to search through multiple days before finding it.
Yes. AA has a round the world desk that is imo quite easy to work with.
How much is the AA service fee for changing days (not cities)?
One more question -> to which Oneworld FFP should I credit the flights? You get this question quite often. BA Avios seems to require 4 segments on BA. Currently, they are 0 segments on BA (I do not want to fly BA in Business). AA seems to require a spending of at least USD 12k to achieve status.