Professional help needed - 1W 100K
 

I am stymied, and sorely in need of professional help! Am trying to use the 5 1W carriers in a return trip SIN/KUL to NRT/OSA. Can get four:AY SIN/BKK, CP BKK/HKG and CX HKG/NRT. On return can fly OSA/HKG or NRT/HKG then on QF HKG/SIN. Does AA have a code share that could be used NRT/HKG? Or is there any other way of knocking up a fifth 1W partner?
Thanks for the collective wisdom. Koala

ps to "knock up", when you "stalk strine" [i.e.speak Australian], means either to construct, or to go and visit friends. Just remembered that yanks use the term differently!

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AA has code shares with JL but these flights won't be eligible for the bonus as JL is not a oneworld carrier.

Have you thought about doing a BA leg on one of their intra asian hops? (HKG - MNL is one, CGK - DPS is another I think).

BA flies HKG-TPE in addition to HKG-MNL. I think they also fly Jakarta-KUL.
QF flies DPS to Jakarta and SIN (think it is QF 139.140 or 141, and QF67/68 to SIN), i dont think BA does.

how are you ticketing this, C class?

tg

Thanks for the comments. Have not gone into the ticketing yet, and will probably have to work within an economy fare. Sounds as if the best is to get the four airlines: AY,CP,CX & QF for the SIN/NRT return trip, then add a side trip on BA[KUL/CGK/KUL]or[HKG/MNL/HKG]. Was dreaming that if only I could get AA or BA, all five would fit into this one trip. Any advice on whether there yet is one-world substitutability on a return trip such as SIN/NRT? I may be trapped into one airline if I am pushed to get a discounted SIN/NRT/SIN fare.

Koala, the term is used differently in England too. About twenty years ago, we got the BTA's pocket guide to Britain (aimed at Americans primarily). The first one we got was a year old, and was written _very_ tongue-in-cheek. The new one came out before our trip (which was in June 1980, on Laker) and was much more restrained. Perhaps the audience didn't appreciate or understand the humour, or some exec decided it wasn't appropriate.

The one part I still remember from the earlier book is the bit about "knocking up". To paraphrase, "knock up means something different in Britain, so don't be concerned if your landlady asks what time you'd like to be knocked up in the morning." I'll have to see if I still have that. The book was hilarious (to a Canadian with parents born in England).

andrew

BA cancels KUL-CGK from 1Nov. Just thought you should know. With clever construction, you could fit 4 1w airlines on one ticket in J class for under US$800. The last one can be had for less than US$190. All in all. US$1000 for 5 1w carriers.

[This message has been edited by Celestar340 (edited 09-01-1999).]