I have also found myself digesting the information in this thread over the past few days based on the changes to the BAEC program - I can certainly see some RTW trips in my future - and would like to thank all the previous posters, and especially
pandaperth for this great source of information.
Originally Posted by
pandaperth
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Firstly, my very basic understanding is that for earning tier points - BA and AA bad; other Oneworld airlines OK; and QR is double-plus good?
Close - under the new BA system QR, JL, and AY-marketed flights give 50% mileage earning - all others (except BA, AA and IB) give 25% earning (based on a "D" booking class). BA, AA and IB will earn based on proportional (by distance) spend (so of little use in this context).
Originally Posted by
pandaperth
So, you have used 13 segments, leaving three of the allowed 16 - up to two in Asia, and up to two in Nth America.
Instead of JFK-TYO, how about or JFK-HKG-CMB-TYO
TKMAXX 's JFK-ANC-JFK looks good to me, presuming it's on AS not AA
Instead of HKG-DOH, how about HKG-MNL-DOH or HKG-DPS-DOH
As such JFK-HKG-TYO is slightly worse (if we are talking just about BA new tier points), as the long HKG-JFK flight only gives 25% earning (as opposed to 50% earning on the shorter HND-JFK flight).
JFK-HKG-CMB-TYO is a good idea though - even with the 25% earning on CX for the JFK/HKG flight this gives around 4880 BA new tier points, compared to 3400 for the HND-JFK routing.
I was also curious about the JFK-ANC-JFK routing - in that it doesn't seem to count as a transcontinental flight. If that is the case then something like JFK-ANC-JFK-SEA (all on AS) is indeed a good base to start from for the US sectors (if booked during the summer season when there is a direct flight between JFK and ANC).