After grounded for years I am again get back to hobby flying again, the routing is based on my pass knowledge and recent searches, any comments will be great!

Home Town: HKG
Tkt Origin: UK (LHR)
Fare: Lone3
FF: AAdv as primary, Asiamile as secondary
Goal: trip to UK, HKG to work, Asia Trip, HKG to work, US Trip, Back to HKG

HKG-LHR (Award Oneway or cheap ticket)
LHR-aaa-HEL-IST-HEL--BKK-HKG-CTS-HKG-NRT--DFW-ANC-ORD-SJU-JFK-LAX--LHR

I didn't recall nor recent search discovered any rules stating the max no. of stops in a city not in origin...so I guess the whole thing could be ticketed as open and all with stopovers?

Thank you!

btw: any suggestion or worries to ticket a ex-Sudan Done3?

Thank you!

You would only be allowed two stopovers out of aaa,HEL,IST,HEL (continent of origin limit).

Since you are only allowed two stopovers in your continent of origin, suggest you drop say 'aaa' and add another segment to Nth Am where you are allowed six segments.

AA re-starts flying ORD-ANC in May 2010 - see this thread on the AA forum.

Would also suggest flying HEL-HKG (i.e. finish of Europe trip)
then you can have either one or two Asian trips (for instance two trips HKG-BOM-HKG and HKG-PEK-HKG, or one trip such as HKG-BKK-BOM-SIN-HKG)
then fly HKG-JFK/LAX/SFO/YVR/YYZ to start your US trip.

Thanks both!

Now the question will be can I get the CX regional and transcon flt in AA codeshare in "L" inventory, any experience?

revised itn:

LHR-HEL-ATH-x/HEL-HKG-CTS/KIX/BOM-HKG=NRT=HKG=JFK-DFW-ANC-ORD-SJU-BOS-LAX-LHR

"=" being AA codeshare CX Flt.

Also, what is the longest flt ex-HEL on AY, or simply how to max miles in Europe? I guess LHR is must go and others quite optional.

For NA, only ORD and LAX is a must (actually LAX/LAS/SFO but I think I will do it by ground transport or another set of tkt). And I want to visit also MIA but cannot think of a way to mix the miles.

Thanks again!

KVS is showing plenty of L inventory available on the AA codeshare HKG-JFK flight for random dates this month - so no problem there it would seem

Unfortunately you cannot fly the AA codeshare HKG-NRT or NRT-HKG unless connecting from/to an AA flight - see the AA Timetable

I've had no problems getting CX "L" inventory (my current itinerary is PEK-HKG-SIN-BKK-BOM all on CX, have changed the dates a number of times without problem).

But be aware that "L" on CX gets you zero frequent flyer miles on the AAdvantage program. (And FYI - "L" gets you 0% on RJ, 25% on BA, 30% on IB, 70% on JL and 100% on AY, MA and of course AA - I think that covers all the airlines you're likely to fly on your itinerary.)

Assuming you want to stick to AY (to maximise AAdvantage miles) - the longest flight is HEL-LIS at 2,092 miles. (BTW I don't see your HEL-ATH flight on the oneworld planner.)

AY flights like HEL-ATH (or HEL-MIA) in the past have been tourist specials on (I think chartered) 757s with, like, 29" seat pitch. IIRC they do NOT accrue FF miles on any program, including AY's. HEL-LIS may be one such - Frozen Finns Frolicking in Faro.

Thanks! Seems not much miles can earn based on ex-UK fare but for the sving I think that is OK... used to ticket from DUB and CAI but they are not cheap now.