I was just curious to find out what was the maximum amount of miles someone managed to earn on a OWE?

goodo

It would also be interesting to post general strategies for OWE planning. One example is doing Europe/Pacific(Oz & NZ)/Asia, rather than Europe/Asia/Pacific. As you can see, I am definitely not much of an expert, but I'm sure that there are people out there who are.

Some starting points for you:

http://www.flyertalk.com/pasttalk/ft...ML/000731.html

http://www.flyertalk.com/pasttalk/ft...ML/000760.html

http://www.flyertalk.com/pasttalk/ft...ML/000826.html

There have been numerous discussions regarding maximizing miles/points on a OWE. Here are a couple:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum83/HTML/000945.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum83/HTML/001052.html
If you use the search feature on both this forum and on this forum in Archives you will find many more including these:
http://www.flyertalk.com/pasttalk/ft...ML/000313.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/pasttalk/ft...ML/000731.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/pasttalk/ft...ML/000374.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/pasttalk/ft...ML/000329.html

Hi,

I didn't want to start another topic for this question, so I'll ask it here. Travel must be in a continuous forward direction, does that mean that on a 5 or 6 continent OWE, could I do SYD-JNB-HKG-LHR (the general direction, not the exact stops) or would I have to go to HKG first then onto JNB and LHR?

Also would I be right in assuming that the flights flying from one continent to another do not count as a sector within the continent?

thanks
goodo


[This message has been edited by goodo (edited 12-02-2002).]

In general you can only enter each of the the three IATA zones once. They are:

1: Americas
2: EMEA
3: Asia & SWP

so you cannot do what you suggest because HKG is in the same zone as SYD. SYD-HKG-JNB-LHR-JFK-SCL-SYD is fine, as is SYD-JNB-LHR-SCL(transit NA)-JFK-HKG-SYD.

Correct.

Are child-fare discounts available for these?(usually pay 75% for international roundtrips)

Yes, children 2-11 pay 75%

This might be close to the max. for a three continents OWE; I just did SIN-LHR-IST-LHR-DXB-LHR-LAX-MIA-BGI-MIA-DFW-ACA-DFW-NRT-HKG-KUL-HKG-SIN for around US$2650. Total elapsed time 18 days, with 4 nights London, 1 IST, 2 DXB, 1 MIA, 2 BGI, 2 DFW, 2 ACA, 1 HKG and 1 KUL; 3 days of excellent sunny beaches: DXB, BGI and ACA Total miles, without bonuses, 42,078.

I'm in the process of ditching *A and stating up with OW, and have decided to kick off a serious mileage run and have this route confirmed:

osl-lhr-dxb-lhr-dub-lax-mia-sxm-sju-dfw-pdx-
dfw-lax-hkg-cgk-hkg-per-syd-bne-syd-nrt-lhr-
osl

All in C/D/F(us) class and done in a month travel

Does anyone know how this will pan out with BA ExecClub and tier points?

It does depend a bit on which BA scheme you join as far as the miles go, but the tier points will be the same. For mileage accrual I would recommend joining the UK scheme initially for this trip since the mileage accrual will be the best ( 2x for business and 3x for 1st ), whereas to attain Gold status you will need to join the mainland EU scheme

You can download the handbooks at https://www.britishairways.com/execclub/handbook/ and study

Tier credits will be around

Any scheme other than Continental Europe

60 , 100, 100, 30, 160, 150, 30, 30, 100 getting to DFW which will get you silver status ( OW sapphire )

45, 45, 45, 120, 100, 100, 100, 100, 30, 30, 100, 160, 60 giving a total of 1045. This will be enough to renew your Silver status for the following year but not enough to attain gold.

If you join the Continental Europe scheme
60 , 100, 100, 30, 160 will give you Silver
150, 30, 30, 100,45, 45, 45, 120, 100, 100, 100 will give you Gold status

Dave

Thanks for the quick reply. Im joined as a Norwegian resident, and that should be the same scheme as the continental one I believe... i.e. I'm getting gold status from this trip

The only problem with that one, the rules in the book state 4 segments on BA metal for change of tier, and since there are only 4 segments on BA for the whole trip (OSL-LHR-DXB-LHR and NRT-LHR), does that mean I need to do another trip with 4 segments to get the gold card?

If you are signed up as a Norwegian member then , yes you are fine as far as the tier statuses go.

You will need to do 4 BA sectors to get the Silver status plus 4 for the Gold after attaining silver which could actually mean that you wouldnt get your silver status until you get to LHR. Perhaps you could change your route a bit and do OSL-MAN-LHR-DXB-LHR to guarantee meeting the sector requirements.

Codeshares do count towards the 4 BA sectors required and BA do codeshare on SYD-BNE , so perhaps you could use BA on SYD-BNE, BNE-SYD as well as NRT-LHR and LHR-OSL to ensure Gold status which will save you doing another trip to get it.

Dave

[This message has been edited by Dave Noble (edited 12-07-2002).]

I'm time constrained on this trip, so I do not have much room for this; I'm doing the morning flight from OSL til LHR and following on with LHR-DXB at lunchtime and back on the same aircraft I'm flying out to DXB on before heading off to DUB with EI.

However, if I booked the EI flight LHR-DUB on the BA codeshare, then I'd have my 4 segments on my way out of Europe, and then I'd only need 4 segments some other time to attain the gold card? I am flying BA on NRT-LHR-OSL too, so putting myself on the BA codeshare on SYD-BNE-SYD would solve the 4-segment problem ont he way home?