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Originally Posted by
Kiwi Flyer
[b]Absolutely no question. LHR-MCT and MCT-AUH are different flight numbers to each other, as are AUH-MCT and MCT-LHR, and the same flight number route pairings LHR-MCT and AUH-MCT (and MCT-AUH and MCT-LHR) are flown on different days.
Further, Moomba advises even done on the same day works.
In fact LHR-AUH-MCT-AUH-LHR on the same ticket should be easier than described above (which is when the tag leg is booked on different ticket) since can get the LHR-AUH and AUH-MCT boarding passes in London and the MCT-AUH and AUH-LHR boarding passes in Muscat. This then saves a day over my suggestion, earns the same number of tier points, but slightly less miles.
Thank you for confirming that. I was going to spend a few days in AUH and MCT anyway, might aswel seeing as I am going to be in the area.
Originally Posted by
serfty
DTW makes it a bit tough to maximize but the following may be OK:
LHR-LAX-MIA-DTW-DFW-ANC-DFW-JFK-SYD for 720 TP's in N/A.
It's quite inexpensive to visit LAS from LAX; I'd do it as a separate trip.
OK, so changing the route as you suggested to the folowing:
MRU-LHR-MCT-AUH-MCT-LHR-LAX-MIA-DTW-DFW-ANC-DFW-JFK-SYD//CBR-PER-MEL-AKL-SYD-JNB-MRU
The routing looks good. Nets me 2220 Tier points in First and 56,493 miles.
I could leave out DTW and have ORD instead (flights are cheap between ORD and DTW, so can book seperately) but looking at the earning potential, this routing seems to net me the most points and miles.