LHR-SYD
Jan 30, 2001 | 11:19 am
#16
Join Date: May 1999
Posts: 540
Originally posted by Spider:
For a mere 37k miles you'll get an economy award ticket from Canada to Australia!! Now, that's virtually a free giveaway!! Theoretically, you can claim a further award of 25k and upgrade to biz and another 40k to 1st but that's just my theory
For a mere 37k miles you'll get an economy award ticket from Canada to Australia!! Now, that's virtually a free giveaway!! Theoretically, you can claim a further award of 25k and upgrade to biz and another 40k to 1st but that's just my theory
2. 25K and 40K upgrade applies to full fare Y and C tickets, I don't believe award tickets counts as full fare anything.
Last edited by hsi.chang; Sep 13, 2011 at 7:58 pm
Jan 30, 2001 | 4:28 pm
#17
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: LONDON, UK
Posts: 132
Thanks very much for all your comments. A couple of things. One, it looks like you can fly Cathay NYC-HKG-SYD in economy for 55,000 AA miles (award code CX55F00), although I would need to rely on my AA platinum status to be upgraded to J (by no means guaranteed). Also I don't want to stopover in HKG so that is a lot of travelling. It doesn't look like Qantas have any similar specials right now (does anybody know of any?) The alternative is to buy a QF or CX ticket for 700-800GBP and go through Asia, and do that for the Platinum Challenge. But again, upgrades and exit rows are far from assured and if you're 6'2" like me 20+ hours in Y is my personal vision of hell! I agree it would be cost-effective to earn challenge miles on the SYD trip, but wouldn't Platinum status, if gained in Feb or March 2001 expire in Feb 2002 anyway?
Thanks again for the comments.
Thanks again for the comments.
Jan 30, 2001 | 11:55 pm
#18
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Sunny SYDNEY!
Programs: UA Million Miler. (1.9M) Virgin Platinum. HH Diamond + SPG Gold
Posts: 32,351
Programs will vary, but I think if you qualify early year for high tier on UA for instance, they ordinarily allow that to hold good until end Feb 2003 as pointed out in first post above.
Jan 31, 2001 | 6:24 am
#19
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: AUH
Posts: 8,637
Okay, how about this...?
LHR-BKK/SIN-SYD on BA: 120000 miles for J
LHR-HKG-SYD on CX: 120000 miles for J
LHR-BKK-SYD on QF: 140000 miles for J
(All awards on AAdvantage)
Flying BA or CX seems to be definately the best option. It's only 15000 miles more than LAX-SYD on QF and it's a whole load less hassle (and saves you having to be on coach for many hours.
And many people will agree IMO that CX is on par, if not better, than QF!
Not to mention their "The Wing" lounge in HKG, which is (supposed to be, haven't been myself) simply amazing!
BTW, Compton Sid: It's just not worth even thinking about getting an upgrade on CX. They actually care about their premium products!
LHR-BKK/SIN-SYD on BA: 120000 miles for J
LHR-HKG-SYD on CX: 120000 miles for J
LHR-BKK-SYD on QF: 140000 miles for J
(All awards on AAdvantage)
Flying BA or CX seems to be definately the best option. It's only 15000 miles more than LAX-SYD on QF and it's a whole load less hassle (and saves you having to be on coach for many hours.
And many people will agree IMO that CX is on par, if not better, than QF!
Not to mention their "The Wing" lounge in HKG, which is (supposed to be, haven't been myself) simply amazing!BTW, Compton Sid: It's just not worth even thinking about getting an upgrade on CX. They actually care about their premium products!
Feb 1, 2001 | 6:10 am
#20
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: EU rotating
Posts: 2,926
Originally posted by stargold:
And many people will agree IMO that CX is on par, if not better, than QF!
And many people will agree IMO that CX is on par, if not better, than QF!
