dagSD

Hello -

I'm planning on taking a LONE5 trip next month, with travel (not miles) being the most important factor. After perusing the boards here and talking to a couple TA's, I think this will work, but I'd appreciate it if some more experienced eyes could take a look at it before I try to book it.

- The stops I have in SE Asia are musts, but the order is not important.
- NYC is needed for NAmerica. The ??? is for a spot in the Caribbean, preferrably one with good diving. Suggestions?
- Does flying from LHR to Canada give me more miles and/or q-points than flying to NYC will (with AAdvantage)?
- PER and AKL are for mileage accrual, but I'd be open to using those segments in NA if I can get more out of them; I would like to stop in Chicago if possible. I'm a bit confused about accrual rules for AAdvantage when I fly other carriers; are the PER and AKL flights pointless if I'm flying economy?

SYD-PER(transit)-AKL(transit)-
HKG(transit)-TPE-HKG-BKK-SIN-
LHR-MIL-CAS-LHR-
HRE-CPT-JNB-LOS-LHR-
JFK-???-LAX-
SYD

Thanks for the help, and the multitude of informative posts already here.

Cheers,
David

GibSpmuh

Firstly, it's only worth the Australian segments if you're able to book them on the AA codeshares - on the QF flight numbers you'll get nothing for them in L class. Secondly, there's no direct flight from PER-AKL, so you'd need to look at your options on that too.

ExMo

Your itinerary needs work.

As for mileage credit, you get no AA credit on CX or QF flight numbers for L class, and only 25% on BA.

I do not see any direct fights on the following routes: MIL-CAS, HRE-CPT (although you could do HRE-JNB-CPT), JNB or CPT-LOS.

alect

For caribbean diving spots I can recommend STT, BZE.

I have also heard GCM and BON are good - although I believe BON is considered part of South America for xONEx - thus you would need an extra continent.

dagSD

A bit more time waiting for pages to reload seems to show that not all QF/CX/BA/etc flights have AA
codeshares. If this is correct, how do I know which flights have one and which do not?

Sorry, that was supposed to be MAD-CMN. As for how I'm going to get to LOS from Zim or SAfrica, I'm working on it - booking a separate flight, perhaps.

Also, the Qantas info page here
(http://www.aa.com/apps/AAdvantage/ViewMileageProgramsDetail.jhtml?anchorEvent=false& partnerType=Air) seems to indicate that I'd get 50%, not 0% credit on QF flights. Is there is there info posted elsewhere that indicates otherwise?


David

[This message has been edited by dagSD (edited Mar 23, 2004).]

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ExMo

I'm not sure what you see on that AA page but I do not see L class listed. Economy RTW used to book in M and you would have gotten credit but now that they book in L you get none.

dagSD

So how does this one look?

MEL-
HKG(transit)-TPE-HKG-BKK-SIN-
LHR-MIL // BRU-CMN-LHR-
HRE-JNB-CPT // LOS-LHR(transit)-
JFK-DFW-BZE-MIA-ORD-LAX-
SYD

with the Milan-Brussels and Cape Town-Lagos segments taken via other means.

Thanks,
David

christep

No OW airline flies BRU-CMN that I am aware of, so you would need to go via LON which then busts the 20 segment limit.

dagSD

Looks like it's going to be

MEL-HKG-TPE-HKG // SIN-HKG-NRT-
LHR-MIL // CMN-LHR-CPT-JNB-HRE //
LOS-LHR-JFK-DFW-BZE-DFW-ORD-YVR-LAX-SYD

The TA I'm booking through OK'd this, so I think it should work. All the help here has been much appreciated.

Cheers,
David

number_6

YVR-LAX is codeshare operated by AS (so not eligible to use on a OWE, unless the rules have changed recently). ORD-YVR service is seasonal (during cruise ship season, so roughly june to september) but DFW-YVR operates year-round. Otherwise looks fine. I'd replace DFW-ORD-YVR-LAX with DFW-ANC-ORD-LAX as Anchorage is quite an experience (be sure to rent a car if you do go there) and over the magic 2700 miles for QFF credit.