2 class flights from West Coast to New York in the afternoon?

 
Old Jan 28, 2015, 9:48 am
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2 class flights from West Coast to New York in the afternoon?

Hi all,

I'm about to book a DONE3 and I'm trying to maximise the Qantas status credit earning potential in the US, despite only being able to use 4/6 US sectors (due to hitting the overall 16 sector limit).

We don't have a lot of time to kill, so we can't do DFW-ANC or anything like that (though I did it before, and enjoyed ANC ), but we are happy to spend a whole day/night getting from SFO to New York.

The current plan is:
SFO-DFW 05:25 - 10:57
DFW-LAX 12:11 - 13:34
LAX-JFK 15:03 - 23:41
(which should earn 90 + 90 + 80 = 260 Qantas SCs)

Not bad, but the LAX-JFK leg only earns J status credits as it's a 3 class service. It would be great if I could find a 2 class service to JFK that would work. I've tried SEA and SAN, but the timing just doesn't work (i.e. there's nothing direct from SEA or SAN leaving after ~2pm), and I can't take a connecting flight as that will push me over the 16 sector limit.

Any thoughts on ways to maximise the SC earn (on 2 class flights) that will still let us get from SFO to JFK on the same day (realistically we'd be happy to arrive in JFK around 1-2am the following day at the latest).

Thanks in advance!

Cheers,
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Old Jan 28, 2015, 9:53 am
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Would PHX-JFK on US work?
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Old Jan 28, 2015, 10:21 am
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Originally Posted by guv1976
Would PHX-JFK on US work?
Not on US, but on AA. Genius, thank you!

Gives us:
SFO-DFW 05:25 - 10:57
DFW-LAX 12:40 - 13:10
LAX-JFK 15:35 - 23:19
(which should earn 90 + 90 + 120 = 300 Qantas SCs)



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Old Jan 28, 2015, 11:01 am
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Also consider LAX-BOS, which is a 2-class 737, or LAX-MIA. They'll get you similar mileage and they run afternoon flights on those routes. Of course if JFK/NYC is your final destination, these might not help
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Sfo-mia-jfk/lga?
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