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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 4:27 pm
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An AONE6 originating in the UK is just about as expensive as it gets. Again, it's your business or money, but consider the following tweaks -

Code:
From	To	Top class/notes
GIB/IST	LHR	J
LHR	LAX	F
LAX	LAS	Not OWE; AA or car
LAS	YVR	Not OWE; AS Y/F or PR J
YVR	JFK	F
JFK	DFW	F
DFW	YYZ	J
YYZ	MIA	J
MIA	JFK	F
JFK	GIG	F
GIG	SCL	J
SCL	AKL	F
AKL	SYD	J (F if LA)
SYD	DRW	J
DRW	PER	J
PER	NRT	J
NRT	HKG	F
HKG	BKK	F
BKK	HKG	F
HKG	JNB	J
JNB	LHR	F
LHR	GIB/IST	J
If you went to Gibraltar to start the trip, you'd save something like £1,700 before taxes; if you started in Istanbul you'd save £2,400.

The above uses non-OWE flights for the open segments. LAS-YVR on AS (Alaska Airlines - BA miles but no tier points) is US$135 in Y; or for something unusual you can fly to Vancouver on Philippine Airlines (PR) in J for US$350 or so. Between LA and Vegas there are umpteen cheap flights, or you can skip airport hassle and rent a car - 5 hours and around $100.

I think it hits all your key stops. It cuts out a couple of plane changes (mainly ORD and DFW) but that's not a terrible thing IMO. You could also go NYC-YYZ and save the DFW flight; just go LGA-YYZ instead of JFK-YYZ; that way you can ride up front on an MD-80 rather than an Eaglet. Maybe you could use that coupon to add back SIN to your itinerary, e.g. AKL-MEL-PER-DRW-SYD-SIN-BKK-HKG etc.

You could also save an additional segment by going MIA-GIG in a 767 with quite good service. If it were me I'd cut out MIA-JFK and go MIA-GIG, then use that coupon for JNB-CPT-LHR at the end.

You can use your two European stopovers in London going and coming, to help with your timing if that's a concern.

Just some thoughts.
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