Please confim this DONE3 routing is fine.
Jul 14, 2008 | 7:59 am
#1
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Please confim this DONE3 routing is fine.
I am thinking of the following routing for a DONE 3 for my wife and I next summer, but booking soon.
ICN-HKG-JFK-SFO-DFW-ANC-DFW-YVR-LHR-DXB-LHR-HEL-LHR-SIN-NRT-HKG-ICN
This is 16 sectors, but I was wondering about the return into Asia- can i stop in SIN, and then in each of the other cities, if the outbound ICN-HKG-JFK is only a transit through HKG?
Also, this routing comes out at 48311miles- any thoughts on how to increase that?
Thanks in advance.
ICN-HKG-JFK-SFO-DFW-ANC-DFW-YVR-LHR-DXB-LHR-HEL-LHR-SIN-NRT-HKG-ICN
This is 16 sectors, but I was wondering about the return into Asia- can i stop in SIN, and then in each of the other cities, if the outbound ICN-HKG-JFK is only a transit through HKG?
Also, this routing comes out at 48311miles- any thoughts on how to increase that?
Thanks in advance.
Jul 14, 2008 | 8:25 am
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You have 4 segments in Asia (ICN-HKG at the beginning and SIN-NRT-HKG-ICN at the end). So your problem is to decide which 2 of HKG, SIN, NRT and the second visit to HKG will be stopovers and which 2 will be transits.
If you want stopovers instead of transits, then you can have one more segment in NthAm (thus having the maximum 6 allowed there) and drop 1 in Asia.
Jul 14, 2008 | 9:05 am
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Is your aim in increasing miles in order to earn more EQP or EQM on AA or some other FF program? If so, then you might tinker with the TATL portion in order to use an AA codeshare on BA to DXB or MCT (farther) in order to obtain more bonus miles than if on BA flight nos. only.
Otherwise, you could substitute MCT for DXB or IST for HEL for maybe another thousand BIS miles.
If AA is selling the ticket and you're EXP, don't overlook the chance to use an eVIP and bump up to FC for a longhaul flight, e.g. LAX-LHR.
Otherwise, you could substitute MCT for DXB or IST for HEL for maybe another thousand BIS miles.
If AA is selling the ticket and you're EXP, don't overlook the chance to use an eVIP and bump up to FC for a longhaul flight, e.g. LAX-LHR.
Jul 14, 2008 | 8:35 pm
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Thanks for the thoughts. The aim is gain the most miles (EQM) with AA. We will both loose our Explat status in Feb, so there won't be any eVIP's to use to upgrade to first sadly. AA will issue the tickets.
I didn't think of using the AA codeshare on BA to DXB or MCT. Do we need to fly with AA transatlantic to book that, or can the AARTW desk book those even if we fly with BA from YVR? We went to IST last summer, so HEL (using AY for the extra bonus miles) was the next best option.
Since a DONE4 is only $1000 more, we might even think of doing that- never been to South America before...
I didn't think of using the AA codeshare on BA to DXB or MCT. Do we need to fly with AA transatlantic to book that, or can the AARTW desk book those even if we fly with BA from YVR? We went to IST last summer, so HEL (using AY for the extra bonus miles) was the next best option.
Since a DONE4 is only $1000 more, we might even think of doing that- never been to South America before...
Jul 14, 2008 | 11:54 pm
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The NRT-GRU flight will give you plenty of miles; or alternatively SCL-xLAX-LHR. Both are allowed, in addition to your visit to Nth Am, under the "transit without stopover" rule