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Old Mar 6, 2006 | 12:35 pm
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number_6
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Presuming you are buying an AONE3 (based on your comments about maximizing the F experience), you only have 3 nice F sectors (CX JFK-HKG, BA/QF SIN-LHR and BA LHR-YVR). The BA LHR-DXB-LHR is often marginal as an F experience (short flight and shoddy food, poor lounge at DXB; quite a change from the old days when BA used to have a lavish F service on this route). You could consider a DONE4 which would let you get back to HNL at the end, by routing HNL-SYD-HKG-SIN-LHR-DXB-LHR-DUB-LHR-YVR-DFW-SJU-LAX-HNL, for example. You can add 7 more sectors, such as SYD-PER-ADL-AKL-HKG and DFW-ANC-DFW if you are flying during the summer (ANC service is seasonal on AA, basically june-september). I don't recommend doing this as an AONE4 as you miss the great CX trans-pacific service. After JL joins Oneworld you would have a lot more choices out of HNL. Too bad AA doesn't have an exception to the HNL travel restrictions for those originating in HNL, it isn't a very fair rule.
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