Originally Posted by
Kiwi Flyer
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).
You can actually fly the two sectors on the same plane with the different tickets by OLCIing and getting LHR to print both BPs. When doing this on a BAH-DOH run the FA went down the ramp and ran our BPs through the machine. I am pretty sure people have done the same on the AUH-MCT run