I chose efficiency and comfort over price this year and did a trip-inside-a trip. Paid F/J on BA (250% EQMS, that's the key): LCA-LHR-HNL-DFW-LHR-LCA (all BA flight numbers even on the AA segments to/from Hawaii). Then DEN-LAX-LHR-LCA-LHR-JFK-CLT-DEN on AA (AA flight numbers on the BA Cyprus segments). These earned 75% EQMs, the sweet spot between price and earning. These were upgraded using my AA systemwide certiticates. Not really a true mileage run since I had one night in LCA, one night in LHR, one night in HNL, one day in DFW, two more nights in LCA and one night in JFK. Ten days, 64K-ish EQMs. A lot of fun.
BTW, I completely gorged on lounges:
- Centurion DEN
- Admirals Club DEN
- Qantas F (private dining) LAX
- BA Galleries F LHR
- Aspire Aphrodite LCA
- Concorde Room (private dining) LHR
- Sakura Lounge HNL
- AA Flagship First (private dining) DFW
- CX F (private dining) LHR
- Qantas F LHR
- AA Flagship JFK
- Admirals Club CLT
Then I did an Anchorage run this past weekend. I needed two more AS segments so grabbed four instead. Also fun.
Now I'm done and looking at 2024 already!