Originally Posted by jrobin
I think LONEx fares are great value: I helped my daughter buy two in the past two years starting in CAI. For the flying I have been doing myself, a BA/QANTAS RTW is several hundred dollars less expensive than an LONEx fare. Paying extra for an LONE4, maximizing miles on it, and using AA segments would be an option to assist in retaining AA Platinum.
Anyone know what is the maximum number of AA EQP one can get on an LONE4 between LHR, MEL and YYZ?
If buying a LONE4, then do as many segments using AA flight numbers as possible. For best return on miles flown, pay for the upgrade to WT+ ( USD600) for LHR-SYD; not only do you earn a lot of points but you have a much more comfortable flight. How many miles you will earn really depends on what you do as part of the journey.
What ticket have you been buying? If it is the World Discovery Plus fare, you can pay about GBP100 over the cheap fare and book in H class and so get 100% miles/qpoints on BA and QF so will do you extremely well. You easily will make back the GBP100 extra paid on tickets with the reduction you will pay on fuel fines on award tickets
Dave