Originally Posted by
findark
The rule is
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/VIA THE PACIFIC/ MPM 12078
MILEAGE SYSTEM APPLIES BETWEEN ORIGIN AND DESTINATION
MILEAGE SYSTEM APPLIES ORIGIN TO DESTINATION
TICKETED POINT DEDUCTION OF 800 MILES APPLIES
WHEN TRAVEL IS VIA HNL
TICKETED POINT DEDUCTION OF 2000 MILES APPLIES
WHEN TRAVEL IS VIA DFW OR LAX
and NYC-DFW-LAX-TYO-SYD-CGK still incurs the 20% penalty.
Meanwhile...
*A is actually better, thanks to the common Pacific template having an extra SFO after the HNL agglomeration.
I could probably do slightly better but ITA is starting to smoke a bit
20,503 miles one-way on *A - you should be able to do a mirror return. Note I am pricing with inventory validation off, so you probably can't fly these literal dates.
The *A fare also allows a stopover in Japan for ~200 USD, which is nice.