Originally Posted by MilesDependent
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1. I am based in Sydney, and want to take several month long stopovers in SYD. Currently, I arrive back from Hong Kong in May, stay a month and do AYQ, then a month later do AKL, and then a month later resume and head up to HKG. I cannot see a rule which prevents me taking multiple stopovers / transits in the same city - but this surprises me?...
The only rule related to this is in regard to the port of origin - with travel ceasing one revisited; so you can't transit CMB!
Originally Posted by MilesDependent
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2. As the first flight is CX, and I am ticketing in CMB, I guess there is no other option but to get CX in CMB to issue the ticket? I don't have to start in CMB (could do CGK or NRT, not MRU). Is there any advantage of ticketing with another airline to avoid fuel fines?...
You might like to try AA as they do not charge as much in fuel fines; I'm not sure how successful you will be. There are some posts here on this.
Originally Posted by MilesDependent
...3. Any other problems or comments with the itinerary? I know I could max a few more miles out of it along the way (e.g. HKG-AKL-SYD) etc. But I am happy with the 2000 odd QF s/cs this will generate. ...
I have travelled an ex CMB DONE4, doing:
- <Asia Oct '05>
- <SWP Oct '05>
- <stop in MEL>
- <SWP Dec '05>
- <stop in MEL>
- <Europe/Middle East Mar '06>-LAX
- <Separate return fare back to stop in MEL>
- LAX-<Noth America Jun '06>
- <Asia>
The actual done4 routing was:
Code:
CMB-HKG-NRT-HKG-AKL-MEL,MEL-PER-CNS-MEL,SYD-LHR-DXB-LHR-LAX,LAX-DFW-SEA-DFW-ANC-DFW-JFK-HKG,HKG-CMB
(This routing is invalid these days - back then MER/PER segments were not on the restricted list and land segments did not count in the 20 segment limit)