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Old May 21, 2008 | 11:47 pm
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zan5hin
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Thanks again serfty.

After getting three to switch on International calls and trying to dial until 2:30am I gave up and went to bed. Got up at 7:30am and went to work, only to find I could dial AA from work fine, but not from my mobile for some reason. The whole process only took about 10 minutes because only the first 5 flights could be dated, the rest are open.

At least the boss is letting me go home early today because I feel like crap after not enough sleep. ^

My final itinerary is:
  1. JNB-HKG on CX
  2. HKG-DEL on CX
  3. DEL-NRT on JL
  4. NRT-PEK on JL
  5. SURFACE
  6. PVG-HKG on CX
  7. HKG-JFK on CX (AA codeshare and PLT Challenge flight)
  8. JFK-UVF on AA
  9. UVF-MIA on AA
  10. MIA-LAX on AA (in First!)
  11. LAX-DFW on AA (in First!)
  12. DFW-YVR on AA
  13. YVR-MEX on JL (Sneaky)
  14. MEX-MAD on IB (AA Cape Town had no probs with this)
  15. SURFACE
  16. CAI-MAD on IB
  17. MAD-HEL on AY (Finnair)
  18. HEL-BUD on AY
  19. BUD-xLHR on BA
  20. LHR-DAR on BA
50,191 Miles + 25% Business Bonus + PLT Status from HKG-JFK onwards gives me a total of 90,130 miles at the end of my trip.

If I spend the next six months before I leave playing Live Search Club everyday at work then maybe I'll get another 90,000!

Dollar went up again against everything, the DONE4 without taxes is now only AU$5388, awesome. Hopefully taxes won't be too much. And to think, with +++ it's probably only going to be $1500 more than a LONE4 with Qantas.

Just waiting on taxes to book it!

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