Originally Posted by
chris78cpr
Unfortunatly $$$ and my slightly unknown schedule for next year has meant that i will be booking in Sep/Oct this year thus limiting to 16 segs!
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It's good to know that LHR-YVR on BA is easy to get.
How easy is availability on YVR-JFK on CX?
YVR-JFK is usually easy enough. The other direction can be a little tight sometimes due to through pax to HKG.
Note that 2-class AA domestic flights book into A on DONEx fares, so earn a 50% class-of-service bonus compared to the 25% in D that you'd earn on YVR-JFK.
One other thing to remember if you're starting in Sept/Oct - if you're using the DONEx to try to hit EXP via qualifying points (which is quite doable) don't forget that the 100K Q-pts have to be earned in the same calendar year. So if your plan was to have the RTW span over 2008-2009 your points would reset to nada on 1/1.