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Mwenenzi
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RTW / Round the World ticket - earning AAdvantage Miles
AA RTW desk can book you AA codeshare / other operated flight. But check if best for AA earnings.
QF fly JNB-SYD with an A380. CPT-JNB would need to be a ground segment.
QF fly SYD-(AKL)-JFK with a B787. Counts as 1 segment as 1 flight number.
Ground segments count in the 16 total, but not in the continent counts.
Cannot see the logic of SYD & HND is you are not going to stop. For TYO be carefull with HND & NRT.
thank you.
I would probably stop in one or both places I mentioned, and more. But not a primary destination for this journey. Not that this matters other than for segments
I only put HND in there as I thought Japan would be a good stopover point as I love visiting there plus a Oneworld hub. The new A350 biz cabin is tempting too. Similar with SYD. A place I enjoy and another alliance hub.
I tend to default to Qatar flights based on past experiences. While researching this I had thought QF flights had higher fees, but both QF routes you mention would be unique in my flight map and the JFK flight would certainly qualify in the arbitrary “fun” category in my head.