Originally Posted by
TKMAXX
Yes, to get the 7k USD DONE5 fare on the online chatbot tool, I did:
OSL-xHEL-DOH AY
DOH-BNE QR
BNE-CNS QF
CNS-SYD QF
SYD-xLAX-JFK AA
JFK-xDOH-NBE QR
NBE-xDOH-LHR QR
LHR-OSL BA
Seems like I can't add another holiday inside Europe and Middle East because there are already 4 segments (OSL to HEL to DOH, DOH to LHR, LHR to OSL), and 2 sets of intercontinental departures from Europe and Middle East (out to BNE and NBE, and back from JFK and NBE).
The routing seems to minimise YQ fees, but anyone have advise for better routing? And the ability to add on more trips and keeping within the routing rules?
The annoying thing is it's a 5 continent fare even though we wouldn't visit Asia. I guess there's noway around that, but maybe we could add in a flight via Asia from Australia?
There's no reason to do that transit in HEL on your outbound, just don't book through the tool and fly it on QR. That's a wasted segment that you can use for something else.
Do you have any interest in Hong Kong or Tokyo, as you mentioned, you have to pay for Asia anyway, so why not use them? You can fly HKG-JFK on CX or HND-JFK on JL (or AA but wouldn't unless it's the absolutely only option). No need for the xLAX segment what way either. That actually gives you one more segment that you can use for another Asian city. Could be somewhere that QF fly to (since CX and / or JL fly to all of those), or anywhere that another OW airline flies to from Australia that also has flights to HKG or TYO (KUL, CMB come to mind), that gives you quite a lot of options for 2x Asia stopovers. JL shouldn't add too much in YQ, I don't think UL does either, but MH or CX might, just have to investigate.
I suspect you have an error in your codes as well, NBE is a relatively unknown airport in Tunisia that's mostly served by LCCs, I think in Tunisia QR only flies to TUN, but that's also Europe for OW Explorer purposes, so probably you want NBO since that's Africa?