What would you do?
Jul 31, 2002 | 5:28 pm
#1
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What would you do?
I would like to travel to Australlia sometime between this Dec-Feb. I plan on redeeming miles and hope to travel in the front cabin. The question is do I take Cathay or Quantas and if Quantas can I stop in Hawaii on the way?
Thanks,
Moe
Thanks,
Moe
Jul 31, 2002 | 5:44 pm
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Going via Hawaii significantly increases your chance to get a seat and reduces the cost. Catch is that the QF flights out of Hawaii do not have an F cabin. However if you want to see Hawaii it is a great way to go, and the flight HNL-Australia is much more pleasant than LAX-SYD due to the shorter duration. Anyone with an interest in visiting Hawaii would be foolish not to route this way.
Jul 31, 2002 | 8:13 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by benoit:
I think the hawaii stopover adds 20,000 miles to the cost of the qantas award when using aadvantage.</font>
I think the hawaii stopover adds 20,000 miles to the cost of the qantas award when using aadvantage.</font>
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Jul 31, 2002 | 8:18 pm
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[quote]<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by number_6:
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Nope, 10K miles more than business class from the mainland (and 20K less than F). Pretty good deal given the usual (high) cost of US-Hawaii awards. See
AAdvantage Qantas Awards
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Originally posted by benoit:
I think the hawaii stopover adds 20,000 miles to the cost of the qantas award when using aadvantage.</font>
I think the hawaii stopover adds 20,000 miles to the cost of the qantas award when using aadvantage.</font>
AAdvantage Qantas Awards
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Jul 31, 2002 | 9:19 pm
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SInce CX doesn't fly NAmerica to HNL, travel on that carrier alone is not possible. You'd have to get a oneworld multi-carrier award and CX will have to start flying HNL-HKG. In that case, you could take AA to HNL, do a stopover, then continue on to HKG and onward to SYD or wherever in Australia CX still flies. But since CX is not flying to/from HNL, none of this really matters.
Aug 1, 2002 | 12:19 am
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Travel on CX would route you through HKG, where you can get a free stopover if you are so inclined. It looks like one the most attractive awards to me.
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