20 Segment DONE4 from JNB - Aussie Backpacker needs advice
#33
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Thanks again serfty.
After getting three to switch on International calls and trying to dial until 2:30am I gave up and went to bed. Got up at 7:30am and went to work, only to find I could dial AA from work fine, but not from my mobile for some reason. The whole process only took about 10 minutes because only the first 5 flights could be dated, the rest are open.
At least the boss is letting me go home early today because I feel like crap after not enough sleep. ^
My final itinerary is:
If I spend the next six months before I leave playing Live Search Club everyday at work then maybe I'll get another 90,000!
Dollar went up again against everything, the DONE4 without taxes is now only AU$5388, awesome. Hopefully taxes won't be too much. And to think, with +++ it's probably only going to be $1500 more than a LONE4 with Qantas.
Just waiting on taxes to book it!
After getting three to switch on International calls and trying to dial until 2:30am I gave up and went to bed. Got up at 7:30am and went to work, only to find I could dial AA from work fine, but not from my mobile for some reason. The whole process only took about 10 minutes because only the first 5 flights could be dated, the rest are open.
At least the boss is letting me go home early today because I feel like crap after not enough sleep. ^
My final itinerary is:
- JNB-HKG on CX
- HKG-DEL on CX
- DEL-NRT on JL
- NRT-PEK on JL
- SURFACE
- PVG-HKG on CX
- HKG-JFK on CX (AA codeshare and PLT Challenge flight)
- JFK-UVF on AA
- UVF-MIA on AA
- MIA-LAX on AA (in First!)
- LAX-DFW on AA (in First!)
- DFW-YVR on AA
- YVR-MEX on JL (Sneaky)
- MEX-MAD on IB (AA Cape Town had no probs with this)
- SURFACE
- CAI-MAD on IB
- MAD-HEL on AY (Finnair)
- HEL-BUD on AY
- BUD-xLHR on BA
- LHR-DAR on BA
If I spend the next six months before I leave playing Live Search Club everyday at work then maybe I'll get another 90,000!
Dollar went up again against everything, the DONE4 without taxes is now only AU$5388, awesome. Hopefully taxes won't be too much. And to think, with +++ it's probably only going to be $1500 more than a LONE4 with Qantas.
Just waiting on taxes to book it!
Last edited by zan5hin; May 21, 2008 at 11:56 pm
#34
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Programs: AAdvantage, Krisflyer, Velocity
Posts: 125
I found out the taxes:
The base fare was actually calculated as ZAR40020 and taxes are ZAR3542 plus ZAR233 for a total of ZAR43795. This equals just a smidgen under AU$6000 which is very nice indeed!
So by avoiding LHR and going through AA, taxes were only 9% of the base fare.
I scanned and emailed my authorisation and identification instead of faxing and it was fine.
The base fare was actually calculated as ZAR40020 and taxes are ZAR3542 plus ZAR233 for a total of ZAR43795. This equals just a smidgen under AU$6000 which is very nice indeed!
So by avoiding LHR and going through AA, taxes were only 9% of the base fare.
I scanned and emailed my authorisation and identification instead of faxing and it was fine.
#35
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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I was just reading another thread and someone mentioned they flew LHR-CPT on BA metal with a Finnair codeshare. So I'm thinking, can I do a switcheroo on my last four sectors and fly MAD-BUD-HEL-xLHR-DAR and have the HEL-xLHR-DAR on a finnair codeshare and earn a status bonus?
#36
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: SEA
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I was just reading another thread and someone mentioned they flew LHR-CPT on BA metal with a Finnair codeshare. So I'm thinking, can I do a switcheroo on my last four sectors and fly MAD-BUD-HEL-xLHR-DAR and have the HEL-xLHR-DAR on a finnair codeshare and earn a status bonus?