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Guys

Please forgive me but I am trying to tap into the wealth of knowledge here to check an itinerary. I am looking at a Business class RTW as follows:

EDI - LHR BA
LHR - JFK BA
JFK - YVR CX
YVR - NRT JL
NRT - SYD QF
SYD - SIN QF
SIN - BKK CX
BKK - HKG CX
HKG - DXB CX
DXB - LHR BA
LHR - EDI BA

This will net me 960 TPs and 46538 miles according to BA website. Is there any tweaking I could do to gain maximum TPs on BAEC frequent flyer programme? If you have any suggestions to make this itinerary better I would love to hear them! This trip would cost me £5722 plus £689.40 in taxes for a total of £6411.40

Thanks in advance
AKS120

Not knowing more about your timing constraints or your level of flexibility etc. it's tough to make sweeping changes, but herewith a couple of questions...

1. Has this itinerary been approved by BA or whoever would be issuing the ticket, or are you using the online tool? Your YVR-NRT-SYD-SIN is questionable even assuming the NRT stop is just for a connection. Most airlines have interpreted the "second Asia entry" rule as being limited only to transits between Europe and Australia/NZ, not N. America and the SWP. It seems like the online tool doesn't recognize this glitch, but I would still be nervous about it myself. If the NRT stop is actually a stopover, then the route is invalid.

(As a personal note, I found JL's NRT YVR service to be less than stellar, YMMV.)

2. Have you considered starting the trip somewhere else and using LHR only as a connection point? With current currency rates, the price will be very close; it might even be a few quid cheaper to start in, say, AMS or CDG (or possibly quite a bit cheaper to start in one of the current "cheap" European countries like BUD, WAW or ARN.) Plus, by connecting through LHR on the way to N. America you'd avoid UK APD on the departure, which is not inconsequential. Obviously you'd have to pay to get to and from the origin point, but this often can result in net savings anyway.

3. Obviously you're leaving several N. America segments on the table; the TP harvest from which could be quite high. You could solve the problem in my first point by reversing your route, e.g. LHR-YVR-JFK-SYD, or even LHR-YVR-JFK-ORD-LAX-SYD for more tier points and a chance to ride the QF A380 over the Pacific.

There are many other route modifications that could yield many more miles and tier points, but that would depend on your flexibility.

Gardyloo

Thanks for your reply. I was using the Oneworld online booking thing but I will look into the validity of the routing just in case!

I will also look at starting somewhere else - that is a good tip thanks!
Thanks for taking the time to look at the route though

Regards AKS120

It is interesting that the online tool suggests that routing is valid.

If you are looking to score a few more TPs you might also want to see if you can re-jig your SE Asia sectors to include NRT-SIN. This sector is above the magic 2000 miles whereas the other sectors you have are not.

As you have sectors to spare you could also look into a weekend in Europe to one of the 60 TP destinations or an out and back. Of course this depends on how much time you have to spare.

Hope there is a mistake in the thread title, but if you include SYD in your routing, then it is a 4 continent, not 3 continent fare.