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DONE3 Europe help
Plotting out a DONE3 (Asia-North America-Europe-Asia).
I have North America and Asia sorted out, but Europe is proving to be a headache. At the moment, I’ve got: JFK-AMM RJ0262 2230-1645+1 OCT 16 AMM-DME RJ0177 1045-1545 OCT 18 DME-MAD IB3811 1805-2115 OCT 19 MAD-HEL AY3184 1010-1530 OCT 20 HEL-LHR BA0795 0755-0905 OCT 21 LHR-SIN QF0032 1205-0805+1 OCT 21 I had been hoping to stop in Amman and Moscow, but the flight schedules aren’t lining up as well as I would have liked (DME-MAD-HEL-LHR would have been a mileage run aimed to arrive into LHR T3 in time to get QF32). I’d like to stop in one or two places that I haven’t been to before (I’ve been to London, Rome, Madrid, Frankfurt, Berlin, and Amsterdam. Have been to Paris and Helsinki, but spent most of my time there in hotel room with a migraine) while maximizing mileage/status credits. I would prefer to leave Europe on QF32 due to its arrival time in Singapore. Any ideas/suggestions? Help please. |
What about someplace else in the Middle East?
You could do JFK-oAMM-xMAD-xLHR-oMCT-xLHR-SIN or substitute DXB for MCT. If you wanted just to do the LHR-MCT turnaround (really not a bad experience) you could add a day in AMM, since LHR-MCT departs in the morning, and MCT-LHR leaves at midnight. That would give you 5 hours in the T5 arrivals lounge to shower and nap before heading to T3 for the Qantas flight. (AMM-xMAD-LHR on 19 October, LHR-xMCT-LHR on 20 Oct. returning 0645 on the 21st, then LHR-SIN.) |
Originally Posted by Gardyloo
(Post 15974126)
What about someplace else in the Middle East?
You could do JFK-oAMM-xMAD-xLHR-oMCT-xLHR-SIN or substitute DXB for MCT. If you wanted just to do the LHR-MCT turnaround (really not a bad experience) you could add a day in AMM, since LHR-MCT departs in the morning, and MCT-LHR leaves at midnight. That would give you 5 hours in the T5 arrivals lounge to shower and nap before heading to T3 for the Qantas flight. (AMM-xMAD-LHR on 19 October, LHR-xMCT-LHR on 20 Oct. returning 0645 on the 21st, then LHR-SIN.) I did a turn through DXB last year (HEL-LHR-DXB-LHR-HKG with bags in storage at LHR T3 instead of checking them LHR-xDXB-LHR). Is the MCT turn the same sort of thing? I had been trying to avoid a terminal change at LHR, but I guess it's unavoidable with the flight schedules through the cities I've been looking at. |
Originally Posted by Himeno
(Post 15978152)
So stop in Amman and maybe stop in Muscat (or Dubai or Abu Dhabi)?
I did a turn through DXB last year (HEL-LHR-DXB-LHR-HKG with bags in storage at LHR T3 instead of checking them LHR-xDXB-LHR). Is the MCT turn the same sort of thing? I had been trying to avoid a terminal change at LHR, but I guess it's unavoidable with the flight schedules through the cities I've been looking at. |
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