Originally Posted by Gardyloo
Maybe this is OT and I should put it in a new thread, but I'll ask anyway. We will be doing DONE4s, and I'm trying to decide on transpacific itinerary. Current choices are (USA)-NRT (AA) or (USA)-HKG (CX). We want to go to Japan on this trip, and we'll have enough segments to "backtrack" from HKG to NRT (or NGO or KIX) if we want, but on the other hand we could probably use those segments elsewhere too. We'll be going HKG-JNB on CX as it is, so we'll see what the CX 744 J product is like; we'll previously have gone YVR-JFK on CX (744 or 343) too. I'm under the impression that CX is preferred by many, but I don't think I've seen it weighed against the AA experience in business. Thanks for any guidance and apologies for the diversion from ijgordon's question.
Which of the options are you thinking about from your post, the include SWP or not. In the quote you are NA-Asia-Africa and then it must be Europe-NA which would put you into the DONE5 category. For DONE4 out of Africa you only have 3 ways in/out, Asia, SWP and Europe and you must use Europe as one of them. Your options are NA-SWP-Africa-Europe-NA or NA-Asia-Africa-Europe-NA or the vice versas.
If you start another thread with all your requirements then there is the possibility that a circle fare or a GLOBEX might suit what you want to do better for either/neither of the two tickets.