Max Tier Points on RTW
Feb 27, 2008 | 4:14 am
#31
Moderator: Asiana & Qantas Frequent Flyer
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: STR/SYD/SMF
Programs: QF LTG / P1 , LH LT SEN / HON, OZ LT Diamond +, Marriott LT PT, HH Diamond,
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4: ORD-EWR: 1st of 6 (North America)
5: EWR-LAX: 1st of 1 (North America Transcon)
*5: EWR-LAX: 2nd of 6 (North America)
6: LAX-LAS: 3rd of 6 (North America)
7: LAS-DFW: 4th of 6 (North America)
8: DFW-YYZ: 5th of 6 (North America)
9: YYZ-JFK: 6th of 6 (North America)
5: EWR-LAX: 1st of 1 (North America Transcon)
*5: EWR-LAX: 2nd of 6 (North America)
6: LAX-LAS: 3rd of 6 (North America)
7: LAS-DFW: 4th of 6 (North America)
8: DFW-YYZ: 5th of 6 (North America)
9: YYZ-JFK: 6th of 6 (North America)
4. ORD-EWR 60TP
5. EAR-LAX 180TP (beware of JFK-LAX flights as they offer Business Class)
6. LAX-DFW 60TP
7. DFW-ANC 180TP
8. ANC-DFW 180TP
9. DFW-HNL 180TP
This will give you a total of 840TP within North America alone. Maybe this can still be improved by having some obscure transcon flights which are not on the transcon list.
From HNL you continue onward to NRT where you do your CGK and HKG trips.
Feb 27, 2008 | 5:51 am
#32
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Roses, Costa Brava, Spain
Programs: Seniors Bus Pass, lots of old plastic claiming to be precious metal
Posts: 512
This is what I would do within North America to maximize Tier points. This assumes you are flying to ORD, which you may or may not want.
4. ORD-EWR 60TP
5. EAR-LAX 180TP (beware of JFK-LAX flights as they offer Business Class)
6. LAX-DFW 60TP
7. DFW-ANC 180TP
8. ANC-DFW 180TP
9. DFW-HNL 180TP
This will give you a total of 840TP within North America alone. Maybe this can still be improved by having some obscure transcon flights which are not on the transcon list.
From HNL you continue onward to NRT where you do your CGK and HKG trips.
4. ORD-EWR 60TP
5. EAR-LAX 180TP (beware of JFK-LAX flights as they offer Business Class)
6. LAX-DFW 60TP
7. DFW-ANC 180TP
8. ANC-DFW 180TP
9. DFW-HNL 180TP
This will give you a total of 840TP within North America alone. Maybe this can still be improved by having some obscure transcon flights which are not on the transcon list.
From HNL you continue onward to NRT where you do your CGK and HKG trips.
Feb 27, 2008 | 6:36 am
#33
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Godalming, Surrey, UK.
Programs: Nowt of note.
Posts: 1,651
This route starts in Europe, validates at 50862 miles and earns 1720 TPs on a DONE4:
GIB-LGW,LHR-HKG-DEL-NRT-SIN-PER-SYD-AKL-SYD-AKL-SCL-IPC-SCL-LIM-EZE-LHR-AMM-MAD-GIB
no North America, though
Edited to add: actually SYD-AKL-SYD-AKL would earn 360 TPs if you get on the BA codeshares (easily done at the airports IME), not 120, so the total goes up to 1960
Edited further to add: obviously it doesn't satisfy the "must visit these places" requirement of the OP
but I thought it was relevant to the topic title... plus it's a trip I'm going to try and actually book!
GIB-LGW,LHR-HKG-DEL-NRT-SIN-PER-SYD-AKL-SYD-AKL-SCL-IPC-SCL-LIM-EZE-LHR-AMM-MAD-GIB
no North America, though
Edited to add: actually SYD-AKL-SYD-AKL would earn 360 TPs if you get on the BA codeshares (easily done at the airports IME), not 120, so the total goes up to 1960
Edited further to add: obviously it doesn't satisfy the "must visit these places" requirement of the OP
but I thought it was relevant to the topic title... plus it's a trip I'm going to try and actually book!
Last edited by dsf; Feb 27, 2008 at 6:44 am Reason: added last paragraph
Feb 27, 2008 | 3:31 pm
#34
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: STR/SYD/SMF
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If the OP is flying before May 1st I would chose something like DFW/ORD to SJU as an alternative. More than 2000 miles but unfortunately only in business.
I would still go via HNL for the extra status credits. And it is a nice day to spend there.