Originally Posted by
aaupgrade
No, as previously stated you are only allowed 4 flight segments in each continent (6 in North America). The following would work. Routing via KUL from MEL to DEL is also more convenient IMO, but I'm guessing your routing via NRT because you are wanting a mileage run. Add a trip to Alaska in North America if you're going for a mileage run. The following is 13 segments (11 flight segments and 2 open jaws), so you have 3 segments remaining. So if you are looking for a mileage run, then AS flies ANC to/from LAX four days a week; you could do JFK-LAX-ANC, ANC-LAX-SFO instead of JFK-SFO, or SEA instead of LAX as AS flies ANC to/from SEA daily.
OSL-DOH-MEL
MEL-NRT-DEL
DEL-KUL
KUL-SGN
Book separate SGN-CGK
CGK-NRT
HND-JFK
JFK-SFO
SFO-DOH-OSL
I'm optimising for destinations I want to visit. Tier points are then secondary, to maximise those within destinations I want to visit, hence why I'm happy to transit via NRT each time. I don't necessarily want to max out the 16 segments if it'll add more days. I want proper visits to Melbourne, Delhi, KL, NYC, SF, Tokyo and Jakarta (i.e. 3 days minimum each) so once you add the travel time, it's really starting to stretch the tri.
I can visit SGN some other time.
Does the burnt sector to switch from NRT to HND for the JFK flight count as a segment rather than a burnt sector out of the 16? If not, why does this not count as 4 Asian segments?
Melbourne:
OSL-MEL (transit in Doha)
Delhi:
MEL-DEL (transit in Narita)
KL:
DEL-KUL (transit in Narita)
Jakarta:
KUL-CGK (transit in Narita)
Tokyo:
CGK-NRT
New York:
HND-JFK
SF:
JFK-SFO
Oslo:
SFO-OSL (transit in Doha)