Originally Posted by PhilH
For those who are interested, my itinerary will look something like:
GIB-LON
LHR-DXB-LHR (mileage run with maybe a day or two there - done DXB before)
LHR-SYD-PER-MEL-CHC-SYD-HKG-BKK-HKG-JFK (part one)
YYZ-ORD-ANC-ORD-HNL (HNL-SFO award ticket or something) SFO-JFK-LHR (part two)
LON-GIB
Many thanks for any info you can offer.
I'm in the middle of planning something fairly similar except in the reverse direction. You'll need some work on the NA portion of this.
First, HNL-SFO won't fly...can only do HNL on the way to someplace else, and besides, its now sadly on an uncomfy 757 (I took one of the last 767 rides earlier this year - yummy Hawaiian bread rollls, mmm!) so you're better off elsewhere.
Second, post-October 2nd no AA flights ORD-ANC (not that going to ANC past mid-October is particularly fun anyway), so you'll have to do the second half either next spring or very quickly.
Third, you may run into problems if you're planning on doing JFK-YVR on this ticket (couldn't tell) as you're limited to one transcon. One mileage solution I'd offer is that if you're using BA for the overwater flight they have a slug of direct west coast flights unlike AA, so you're probably better off planning to end your NA segments in SFO, LAX, SEA, PHX, or YVR and get the extra 3k miles rather than departing from the east coast, saving your transcon to get back out west rather than east.
Cheers.
Incidentally, does anyone know if the availability tool is still working? Can't seem to connect...