Why?
I enjoy flying, airports and first class

Aims

1. BA Tier points, split over two membership years
2. BA Miles for future trips
3. First Class travel, nice lounges
4. The odd city stop, but mainly it's the flying/airport thing. That's what I enjoy - and I have been already to all of the places on the list and have stopped, except JNB.

Route
MRU-LHR
//Home to MAN//
LHR-DXB//AUH-MCT-AUH//DXB-LHR (Unashamed tier point run!)
LHR-LAX-JFK-BGI-JFK (Will stop in LAX. BGI turnaround for the points/miles)
//Back to UK//
JFK-DFW-LAS-LAX (Only need to get to LAS, but have sectors to burn for points)
//Back to UK//
LAX-NRT (Will issue after 1 April. Want to try JAL)
NRT-BKK-NRT-SIN (BA Tier points & city visits, all >2K miles and have F) (JAL)
SIN-HKG-JNB-MRU (CX J/F to end)

Any comments, or better places to visit (briefly) appreciated. Remember, it's all about the flying/airport experience, other than the places I need to be: LAX, LAS. SIN.

Remember that F on the HKG-JNB route is seasonal (northern hemisphere winter only).

LAS-LAX is currently down to one flight a day with a front cabin; all others are RJs, Y only.

Why not add in DFW-ANC-DFW for a quick 360 TP? Been to Alaska? May - Sept. most years.

To avoid having to get between DXB & AUH, why not substitute LHR-BAH-DOH-BAH-LHR. Exact same number of miles and tier points.

Thanks for all the input so far....

Didn't know that.... It looks like my only way to close off the trip. I'll take another route, if there are any suggestions to get me an F seat in winter.

Another thing that's changed since my last AONE3 from CAI. I'll maybe skip this and do something else in America and buy a one-way LAS-LAX.

I've thought about it, and nearly included it on my last RTW. The last time DFW-ANC-ORD was an option. I'll have a look, but another 5 hours in an AA first seat will be a little tough with a 3 hour turnaround. Not sure I'll have the time to stop in ANC.


Problem is getting off the plane in BAH and re-boarding for DOH. With the DXB option, I can arrive in DXB the am, travel to AUH, do a AUH-MCT-AUH on a turnaround and then travel back to DXB for the return to LHR the next night... A shameless points run.

DOH-BAH departs at 23.55, then the same flight number continues BAH-LHR at 2.10am the NEXT DAY. I wonder if the BA computer will allow one to book this as two separate flights as they depart on DIFFERENT days. Then you would only need to spend one night in BAH.

I have the same problem. CX remove F seats between JNB-HKG Apr-Oct. I haven't been able to find any other F OW flights to/from the Far East. You can do F to Sydney, but that means changing to an AONE5.

Or you subsitute SWP for Asia and keep it an AONE4. Within Aus if fly BA codeshares thanks to some wierd anomaly they earn l/h TP's even for short hops like SYD/MEL - i.e. 120 TP's in D rather than 40. So you can get quite a haul of TP's going down under.

Are you absolutely sure about this? Entering SYD-MEL on the BA Collecting Miles and Tier Points page gives an error regardless of whether I choose BA or QF.

Are tier points really accruable on BA code shares?

Isn't the idea to do it on 2 PNR's to avoid a stopover? You pay the extra for the second ticket but it's still good value for TP's and you keep the other 2 European sectors on your AONE for something more fun.

Mmm... it does give an error. But try SYD-ADL and you'll see what I mean. Also I can absolutely vouch for the fact that it worked for me in June last year on the QF flights booked on the BA codeshare.

Edited to add: But if you type in "melbourne" and not "mel" it duly shows the 120 TP's for SYD-MEL no problem!

I understood MAN Pax to mean that it is all on one AONE4 and that he was going by train/car/separate ticket between DXB and AUH. If so, the choice is between one night in DXB versus 160 miles by land in the UAE. I would choose the former using some hotel bonus points.

It's the same anomaly that gives you the 180TPs for a juant in the Middle East. Not been to OZ, but it is tempting to miss out Asia and go further south. I would miss JAL, though.

2 PNRs would make sense, but an AONE is a multi-sector ticket anyway. The 360TPs are more avluable to me that an CW trip in Europe.


That was my plan.... Overnight to DXB, bus to AUH, run to MCT, bus back to DXB and home.

Having seen the time on the ground in DOH was so long.... I could do a tiring one day turnaround LHR-DOH-BAH-DOH-LHR. The trip DXB-AUH on the bus could be fun, with a chance to experience a little local colour!