DONE3 Europe help
Mar 4, 2011 | 1:27 am
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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.
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.
Mar 4, 2011 | 8:38 am
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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.)
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.)
Mar 4, 2011 | 10:20 pm
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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.)
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.
Mar 5, 2011 | 8:22 am
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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.
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.