Originally Posted by
Moomba
Are you planning on stopping in AUH twice? If you fly through to MCT ex LHR or back to LHR from MCT it won't count as two sectors on BA FF programme as it is the same flight number. Unless you stop (i.e. overnight) each way in AUH the two sector flight would only net 180 TPs.
You could always just fly to AUH and stump up the extra for a r/t AUH-MCT in J or F on a separate ticket. This way you would get the extra 360 TPs for doing this short r/t hop.
You could then do another western europe hop if you desired with the two sectors you save.
Alternatively, for a bit more miles and requiring only one stopover in Abu Dhabi (which technically could be done as a transit < 24 hours), lhr-mct-AUH-mct-lhr. By my limited understanding of BAEC rules you then get the longhaul tier points for 4 flights, take as long elapsed time as lhr-mct-lhr-ist-lhr but with almost a day in Abu Dhabi (although same tier points it earns less miles).