Suggestions on maximising mileage between LAX and BOS
Jun 16, 2002 | 5:16 am
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Suggestions on maximising mileage between LAX and BOS
Need to maximise mileage between LAX and BOS for my oneworld explorer without using my one transcon segment. The most I can up with is 2,790 miles via DFW. Any better alternatives? Thanks!!
Jun 17, 2002 | 3:03 am
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Thanks for the suggestions. Want to try to keep it to two segments though. The primary purpose of my RTW is to visit the places I want to go to whilst achieving optimal mileage visiting those places. May try to visit Alaska. Where does AA fly to Anchorage from? DFW? ORD?
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Jun 17, 2002 | 10:40 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by The Lone Arranger:
otherwise there is always LAX/MIA/BOS.</font>
otherwise there is always LAX/MIA/BOS.</font>
Jun 17, 2002 | 11:35 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by The Lone Arranger:
There used to be a through flight (single flight number) LAX to SJU to connect to SJU to BOS, otherwise there is always LAX/MIA/BOS.[/B]</font>
There used to be a through flight (single flight number) LAX to SJU to connect to SJU to BOS, otherwise there is always LAX/MIA/BOS.[/B]</font>
On the other hand LAX-SXM is not and stops in SJU. So if you didn't have any luggage in the hold and had your ticket issued LAX-SXM//SJU-BOS you could get over 5000 miles in 2 segments without using your 1 transcontinental flight just by forgetting to hop back on the plane in SJU.
Jun 18, 2002 | 12:19 am
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dfw/phx are probably it for 2 segment.
but we could be more creative if you let us know your whole plane in north america.
e.g. the must be places and the orders for the 6 segments
but we could be more creative if you let us know your whole plane in north america.
e.g. the must be places and the orders for the 6 segments
Jun 18, 2002 | 3:27 am
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Thanks all.
The plan is to come in from Australia to Boston. Using the two intercontinental dep / arr from North America if one is in transit without a stopover from South America to another continent rule, I would stop in Boston for less than 24 hours and continue on to South America.
My current best routing looks like:
Australia - LAX - DFW - BOS - LAX - SCL - LAX - DFW - BOS - DFW - London
The initial North America routing would not involve a stopover of more than 24 hrs. I will be in South America over the New Year holiday period and am more concerned with maximising my mileage in North America after the 1st of the year to work on my status for 2004.
Thanks for all your help.
The plan is to come in from Australia to Boston. Using the two intercontinental dep / arr from North America if one is in transit without a stopover from South America to another continent rule, I would stop in Boston for less than 24 hours and continue on to South America.
My current best routing looks like:
Australia - LAX - DFW - BOS - LAX - SCL - LAX - DFW - BOS - DFW - London
The initial North America routing would not involve a stopover of more than 24 hrs. I will be in South America over the New Year holiday period and am more concerned with maximising my mileage in North America after the 1st of the year to work on my status for 2004.
Thanks for all your help.
Jun 18, 2002 | 7:17 am
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Flying economy or business class I hope!
I wouldn't want to be giving too much assitance to someone who could be competing with me for difficult to get A class seats to South America over the New Year period
My plans are similar but I will take SYD-JFK If you want to maximize mileage you could do SYD-JFK//EWR-PHX-BOS-LAX
I wouldn't want to be giving too much assitance to someone who could be competing with me for difficult to get A class seats to South America over the New Year period
My plans are similar but I will take SYD-JFK If you want to maximize mileage you could do SYD-JFK//EWR-PHX-BOS-LAX
Jun 18, 2002 | 9:05 am
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Yes AA do codeshare all the way to JFK on QF107 although sometimes availability is not as good as on the QF code. Doesn't really matter as you get all the same elite bonuses/upgrade credits whichever code you use. Although in M class do you still only get 70% mileage credit on QF coded flights?
AA1052 PHX-BOS 1 stop 11.46am-8.28pm at least at the time of year we are talking about it is in the system but may not be operating for the glorious Phoenix summer
[This message has been edited by 3544quebec (edited 06-18-2002).]
AA1052 PHX-BOS 1 stop 11.46am-8.28pm at least at the time of year we are talking about it is in the system but may not be operating for the glorious Phoenix summer
[This message has been edited by 3544quebec (edited 06-18-2002).]
Jun 19, 2002 | 8:27 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by leroy11:
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My current best routing looks like:
Australia - LAX - DFW - BOS - LAX - SCL - LAX - DFW - BOS - DFW - London
[B]</font>
[B]
My current best routing looks like:
Australia - LAX - DFW - BOS - LAX - SCL - LAX - DFW - BOS - DFW - London
[B]</font>
Oz-BOS-LAX-SCL-n_america_LHR?
i also assume you could transit at more than one point in N.A. before going down to S.A. (i don't know the answer to this, some agent/airline might insist you cannot have split the 6 N.A. segments between the SCL trip)
then it could be
Oz-JFK-DFW-BOS-LAX-DFW-SCL-MIA-ORD-LAX-LHR for max miles,
or if in summer,
Oz-JFK-DFW-ANC-DFW-BOS-LAX-SCL-DFW-LAX-LHR
or some variations