Originally Posted by
Dr. HFH
There has been some discussion about how many BIS miles can one get in an xONE3, xONE4, etc. (Obviously earned miles/points will depend on which airlines one flies and the program to which one credits.) Just planning my next ticket, a DONE3 which will start in November, assuming that prices haven't gone up too much since my last ticket. Here's the itinerary as currently planned: NRT-DFW-BOS-DFW-SJU-DFW-JFK-LAX-DOH-DUB-DOH-MAD-DOH-ICN-CMB-BKK-NRT. 52,093 BIS miles according to Milecalc. Would have been a bit longer, but apparently there's no DFW/ANC service in the winter.
Intentional stops/destinations are BKK, BOS, DOH. The rest are MRs. Happy to receive suggestions for increasing mileage! I'm going to try to credit AA marketed flights to QRPC and non-AA flights to AAdvantage.
Looks pretty optimized from first glance. I can't think of any real optimizations that will gain much extra BIS distance considering your needed stopover points.
But a few ideas to consider:
Swapping out SJU with STT or AUA gains a few extra miles and both may (or may not be, depending on your preferences) be more interesting than Puerto Rico.
I believe ORD-ANC does operate in winter, and would be a couple hundred miles more than DFW-Caribbean
Could swap out either MAD or DUB to CMN for a few extra miles, but not many. I've never been to Morocco myself, but have been to Spain and Ireland several times so that would be appealing to me.
I'd also change NRT to HND for the DFW flight and take the JL operated A351 whether on the JL or AA code. Similarly returning to Tokyo at the end, HND gets better business seats, pretty sure BKK-NRT is still all angle flat on the 788 with 2-2-2 configuration.