Best TP to get to New Zealand? In either Club or First
Nov 27, 2019, 10:02 am
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Best TP to get to New Zealand? In either Club or First
HI I need to fly to Auckland next year and thought it’s an ideal way to max out TP ...I don’t mind multiple connections (within reason!).
What routing would anyone suggest to do this?
I am happy to start from any EU point or from TLV which gives 140 in Club straight away!
Any ideas from people who have done this would be great!
Thank you in advance
What routing would anyone suggest to do this?
I am happy to start from any EU point or from TLV which gives 140 in Club straight away!
Any ideas from people who have done this would be great!
Thank you in advance
Nov 27, 2019, 10:34 am
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Welcome to Flyertalk and welcome to the BA forum Chantal16, it's good to see you here and I hope we will see more of you in the future.
What you are trying to do here is to have as many 2,000 mile hops as possible, since that's what triggers the 140 TP. TLV-LHR is an example of an exception to that. You also need to bear in mind that fares from Norway and Sweden are often very competitive, sometimes Italy and Greece too. gcmap.com will help you work out if you are over 2000 miles on a route.
In practical terms it could be something like TLV-LHR-DEL-KUL-SYD-AKL, which keeps you not too far off a well beaten track but you may struggle to get a ticket for that. The obvious way around that is some of the oneworld RTW tickets, for which the oneworld forum is a better guide.
More finicky would be using Sri Lankan or S7 into the mix.
What you are trying to do here is to have as many 2,000 mile hops as possible, since that's what triggers the 140 TP. TLV-LHR is an example of an exception to that. You also need to bear in mind that fares from Norway and Sweden are often very competitive, sometimes Italy and Greece too. gcmap.com will help you work out if you are over 2000 miles on a route.
In practical terms it could be something like TLV-LHR-DEL-KUL-SYD-AKL, which keeps you not too far off a well beaten track but you may struggle to get a ticket for that. The obvious way around that is some of the oneworld RTW tickets, for which the oneworld forum is a better guide.
More finicky would be using Sri Lankan or S7 into the mix.
Nov 27, 2019, 10:58 am
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HI I need to fly to Auckland next year and thought it’s an ideal way to max out TP ...I don’t mind multiple connections (within reason!).
What routing would anyone suggest to do this?
I am happy to start from any EU point or from TLV which gives 140 in Club straight away!
Any ideas from people who have done this would be great!
What routing would anyone suggest to do this?
I am happy to start from any EU point or from TLV which gives 140 in Club straight away!
Any ideas from people who have done this would be great!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland_Airport
Great Circle Mapper
A few more OW airlines into Australia:- BA, UL & JP
BA fly LHR-SIN-SYD. If you change planes/flight numbers at SIN you will get more TP's
All on 1 ticket/PNR will limit options that can be ticketed.
If separate tickets many more options will open up, with the risk of missing the onwards flights (not connections).
Will be a balance of cost vs time.
Other airlines will be cheaper than OW. Asian based airline will likely have the best pricing
Last edited by Mwenenzi; Nov 27, 2019 at 11:52 am
Nov 27, 2019, 12:02 pm
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If you can find the flights in your window its possible to book Emirates/Qantas with 2 stops to Sydney - Dubai and Singapore from Stockholm . Im flying to Sydney in May - LHR-ARN-DXB-SIN-SYD. If your desperate for tp to Auckland you could route via Nadi in Fiji or just hop over on Qantas direct.
Nov 27, 2019, 1:04 pm
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At a glance
Executive Club Members can collect Avios on:
- Included: Qantas, QantasLink and Jetconnect (QF).
- Minimum Avios: no minimum.
- Avios tier bonus? No.
- Collect Tier Points? Yes (discount economy flights may earn fewer Tier Points depending on the fare purchased).
Executive Club Members can collect Avios on:
- Flights marketed and operated by Qantas or Qantas Airlines affiliates under the QF designated code.
- Flights marketed by Qantas but operated by Jetstar booked as oneworld fare in L class only.
- Flights marketed by Qantas or Qantas Airlines affiliates and operated by Qantas, a Qantas affiliate, BA, another oneworld carrier, or another third party under a codeshare agreement.
Qantas/Emirates, Avios - Tier points
Nov 27, 2019, 3:34 pm
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Nov 28, 2019, 2:18 am
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It's not the best, but when I did this route I did a CE flight to Helisnki for positioning. I wasn't doing a full tier point journey, but I had a good fare from Helsinki which was the primary driver. This was a few years ago, but it was a pretty good journey without too much downtime hanging around in lounges.
LHR - HEL
HEL - DOH - SYD - AUK on a Qatar ticket
LHR - HEL
HEL - DOH - SYD - AUK on a Qatar ticket
Nov 28, 2019, 2:36 am
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The OP won't get TPs on Fiji unless booked under a BA code. They aren't full One World. They are One World connect.
Nov 28, 2019, 2:38 am
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The easiest to find is usually going to be X-HEL-LHR-HKG-PER-SYD-AKL for 1080TP return (I think... didn't double check). Keep your eyes peeled for a good CX ex-EU fare, usually around 2000 GBP 
Last edited by thebigben; Nov 28, 2019 at 3:55 am
Nov 28, 2019, 3:36 am
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It's not the best, but when I did this route I did a CE flight to Helisnki for positioning. I wasn't doing a full tier point journey, but I had a good fare from Helsinki which was the primary driver. This was a few years ago, but it was a pretty good journey without too much downtime hanging around in lounges.
LHR - HEL
HEL - DOH - SYD - AUK on a Qatar ticket
LHR - HEL
HEL - DOH - SYD - AUK on a Qatar ticket
Route--> Great Circle Mapper