Originally Posted by
Dr. HFH
If you're not looking for a stop at TYO, why not SYD-JFK on QF 3/AA 7284 and save the segment for use elsewhere, to grab some extra miles, if nothing else. I just did some random checks, and EF reports D space available on most days.
I had considered the SYD-JFK flight on QF, however, the points earnings to AA are a fair amount less, and I'd like to try JL Biz class. If flying JL via HND doesn't work out the QF flight is my next best option.
So SYD-JFK on QF3 only counts as one segment even though it stops at AKL? As an alternative I could just skip SYD altogether, take QF3 from AKL-JFK, and add another destination in South America later in the year.