mileageking

TK8091 is a333 departs 9:35 arrives 14:40.
OZ6931 is a343 departs 23:55 arrives 05:00+1

youtube video on TK airbus 333.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7LB40EcUkM

d00little

Man, this is hard. Sorry for all the questions, but one more. I might change my stop in AMS to just a layover and add a stop in BKK. Could someone please tell me the MPM for YYC-BKK, both over Pacific and Atlantic.

mountaingrl

Did you use up your free trial of EF already?

YYC-BKK MPM +5

AT 13558, PA 9779

erik19283

Isn't it possible to make a sticky with all those MPM5s?

That way, people without the tools to check by themselves (me included!) could go through the list at their convenience before having to post asking for them.
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mudd_stuffin

Hi, sorry to resurrect a couple of old posts - AP tells me I must route through FRA which seems to be incorrect.

Is there a hint you may pass on to me where I can just tell the AP agent to look? "MPM5" does not make sense to her...

Thanks a lot.

Pseudo Nim

First of all, try another agent. Aeroplan is not as wildly inconsistent as US Dividend Miles, but there is some variation with agents. As I earlier posted, I had one agent try to "blackmail" me into routing on AC + LH on the outbound to be "allowed" a return that was bordering on MPM5. You need to try again, and supervisors don't always help 'cause they are often just as clueless.

You need to ask them to check the maximum permitted mileage (they do not understand MPM, or MPM5), and maybe (now, this is conjecture on my part based on previous calls I had) they need not to calculate it using a specific airline, but *just* MPM (because I believe they can display MPM as published by an airline, which, I suspect, uses a published routing - OR they can just show it as a "global" one of sorts, which should return the 21,000 mile figure you are looking for).

mudd_stuffin

Thank you - I am onto my 5th agent! Maybe I am getting somewhere. She just punched in something which seems to work which is not through FRA.

You are right - the supervisor I talked to was just as clueless last night. Not only was the routing through FRA (or LHR) pretty much blackmail, the FRA-SIN shows no availability in J or F for a good part of 2014.

Pseudo Nim

Yup, FRA-SIN will almost never show availability, since you have SQ, which NEVER releases space, and LH, which releases F space 2 weeks prior if you're lucky, and will probably not release J space on such a profitable route.

I'd be curious to know what the agent punched in. I wish we could shed some light on this ridiculous voodoo.

tng11

Hang up and call again until you get a co-operative agent.

Basically, anything goes as long as it's MPM5 in my experience. I've had agents complain about my "backtracking" itineraries, but it seems that as long as it's under MPM, it will fly with an agent eventually.

If you want to go Europe-SIN, try looking for CPH/IST-SIN on SQ. No YQ and they are now updated with the lie-flat J product.

capebretonboy

I don't know the first thing about booking a RTW AE itinerary, but I hope to do the following routing in early 2015:

YYC-EWR (or LGA)
LGA-GIG *stop*
GRU-EZE *stop*
EZE-CPT *stop*
CPT-DXB *stop*
DXB-NRT *stop*
NRT-YYC

Is this doable? Also, is there a way to spend some time (just one night) in NYC? I think I am allowed 5 stops, right? Any particular routes or airlines you would recommend to make this a reality?

I am actually tempted to book this all in Y (I know, crazy), so I'm curious too how many points this would require in Y vs. J?

Thanks!

1Newflyer

Read a bit the posts in this thread and the newbie thread, log on the Aeroplan and read it too.

Allowed 3 stops, overnight as much as your like for less than 24 hrs.

crimsona

He's asking about full round the worlds

1Newflyer

Stand corrected on stops but reading a bit would be OK since this thread is Mini RTW ??s.

weebz

Has anyone flown over the Pacific twice with a mini-RTW to Europe and Asia? Is that even possible? I'm looking at something like the following (All in J):

YEG-SFO (UA)
SFO-ICN (OZ) transpacific
stop
ICN-TPE (BR)
TPE-LHR (BR)
stop
LHR-CPH (SK)
CPH-SIN (SQ)
SIN-HKG (SQ)
stop
HKG-TPE (BR)
TPE-SFO (BR) transpacific
SFO-YEG (UA)

I tried calling aeroplan to book it and was told I was over MPM. I realize that I could just keep trying until I get a more lenient agent, but is it really that ridiculous? Should I try to route over the Atlantic? Or just keep calling AP?

echino

This is not going to work. HKG is your destination, because it is the furthest stop from YEG. The routing needs to be within MPM5 for YEG-HKG. Going YEG-SFO-ICN-TPE-LHR-CPH-SIN-HKG is certainly way way over.