DONE4 RTW Flight Advice, please
 

Just about to pull the trigger on this DONE4 RTW. I'm new to OW.

Do any of you more experience hands have any suggestions on better flight options or something I should consider.

Planning on collecting AA miles for all this and launching a Plat or better bid for 2016 after years with UA.

JAPAN AIRLINES 749 NRT Tokyo Apr 21, 2016
11:30 AM DEL Delhi Apr 21, 2016
05:35 PM D N/A

CATHAY PACIFIC 698 DEL Delhi May 18, 2016
10:45 PM HKG Hong Kong May 19, 2016
06:55 AM D N/A

CATHAY PACIFIC 601 HKG Hong Kong May 19, 2016
05:30 PM MLE Male May 19, 2016
08:45 PM D N/A

CATHAY PACIFIC 602 MLE Male May 29, 2016
10:05 PM HKG Hong Kong May 30, 2016
07:45 AM D N/A

CATHAY PACIFIC 101 HKG Hong Kong May 30, 2016
11:55 PM SYD Sydney May 31, 2016
10:55 AM D N/A

QATAR AIRWAYS 909 SYD Sydney Jun 26, 2016
09:45 PM DOH Doha Jun 27, 2016
05:20 AM D N/A

QATAR AIRWAYS 245 DOH Doha Jun 28, 2016
01:45 PM IST Istanbul Jun 28, 2016
06:30 PM D N/A

BRITISH AIRWAYS 679 IST Istanbul Jul 19, 2016
01:50 PM LHR London Jul 19, 2016
04:15 PM D N/A

AMERICAN AIRLINES 135 LHR London Aug 02, 2016
02:00 PM LAX Los Angeles Aug 02, 2016
05:15 PM D Lunch
Snack

AMERICAN AIRLINES 172 LAX Los Angeles Oct 09, 2016
10:00 AM JFK New York Oct 09, 2016
06:30 PM D Lunch

AMERICAN AIRLINES 2382 JFK New York Oct 13, 2016
01:30 PM MIA Miami Oct 13, 2016
04:39 PM A Lunch

AMERICAN AIRLINES 1647 MIA Miami Oct 14, 2016
11:10 AM MEX Mexico City Oct 14, 2016
01:40 PM D Lunch

AMERICAN AIRLINES 2546 MEX Mexico City Oct 16, 2016
04:30 PM LAX Los Angeles Oct 16, 2016
06:43 PM D Dinner

AMERICAN AIRLINES 169 LAX Los Angeles Dec 01, 2016
11:15 AM NRT Tokyo Dec 02, 2016
04:25 PM D Lunch
Dinner

Looks OK. Only 14 of the 16 allowable. Want to use the other 2 for somewhere else in Asia or USA?
Mileage monkey NRT-DEL-HKG-MLE-HKG-SYD-DOH-IST-LHR-LAX-JFK-MIA-MEX-LAX-NRT Ignore errors as MM routes are not up to date.

May get a little more miles if SYD-LHR-IST-LHR, subject to D class being available.

For max AA earning use AA codeshares if available. You can change to AA codeshares from the prime airline flight number after ticketing. This should be at no cost. Is now hard to find AA codeshares. Are not in the OW downloadable timetable. Were in the AA pdf timetable, but that is now not published. Was old style/technology but was simple to look for an AA codeshare on a particular route.

If you change the dates a little you can attend http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/commu...l#post25177718
Date changes are free provided D class available. Can be done after ticketing.

Expertflyer.

Already has the maximum 4 flights in Asia. There is scope to add flights in Europe, Southwest Pacific and USA.

I was debating whether to add additional segment or two in Australia, but the flights are cheap and I thought it may be useful to save those segments for a rainy day if we want to change our routing while underway.

As for more miles, that's a good point, I'm traveling with wife and kids and they aren't so keen on the extra flight time. We're already clocking a ton of miles, especially if you include the pre-positioning flight.

Good catch! I hadn't realized how much difference it makes to fly under an AA flight number. For others' reference, here's the comparison.

Fare Base Class Bonus EQM multiplier
American A, P, D, I 100% 50% 2.00
Cathay C, D, I, J 100% 25% 1.50
Qatar C, D, I, J 100% 25% 1.50
British C, D, I, J 100% 25% 1.50
Japan C, D, J, X 100% 25% 1.50

Not seeing code shares for the following flights on Expert Flyer - please let me know if someone knows differently:

JL - NRT-DEL
CX - HKG-MLE
CX - MLE-HKG
CX - HKG-SYD
QR - SYD-DOH
QR - DOH-IST
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Thanks for the tip. Hard to track down all the possible events we can attend and good to have this on the radar! Would be fun if I can work it out.

Just spoke with the AA RTW desk. Representative told me that I could not switch to AA code share for flights that were not connecting out of or into U.S.. So in this case, an AA code share from DEL to HKG can't be used, I need to book on the operating airline.

Does that sound accurate?

Yes.

Yes. See the recent discussion here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...t-query-8.html