Originally Posted by
dvs7310
I was just playing around with a great circle mapper earlier for the heck of it and easily found an DONE3 ex-HND that would get about 23-24k tier points in the new system. It was 19k TPs (50% on D fare) on JL and QR codes alone, so very easily doable in a single RTW.
Yes, it is doable to earn BA Gold if you avoid the AA/BA/IB JV. I was looking at my current AONE3 and saw that it was possible, but a tad more difficult. And A earns 40% while D earns 50% of milage. What !!! But how can one get AA to do the ticketing, considering they want an over the ocean segment? Book with JAL? That is the $64 question.
DONE4 ex-OSL at same price as DONE3 ex-TYO yielding 29K TP's
OSL-DOH-SYD-HND-SIN-HND-BKK-HND-JFK-ANC-LAX-NAS-LAX-DOH-DUB-DOH-OSL All QR and JL except the NA segments which are on AS (25% mileage) One earns 17K TP's thru the HND-JFK segment, so can adjust as necessary for one's own comfort.