Hey chaps, apologies for coming back to this so often.

I have ascertained I can not start in JNB and fly back to it and then out of SA.

What happens thou if I start in PLZ and do this,

PLZ-JNB-CPT-JNB-LHR-NYC-ETC ETC ETC.

Asked and answered. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showp...40&postcount=6

Yes. See, e.g., this earlier post in this thread.

LHR-JFK in J on BA or AA, on AA I get miles.
 

I am going to fly LHR-JFK in the coming months in J. I have flown BA J a number of times but I have never had a ride on the new product.

Do I fly on BA across the pond in J and miss out on the miles or go AA and get the miles. Is there much difference between the two products in J, especially to warrant the loss of miles?

I haven't experienced the new BA J product, but I prefer NGBC over the older BA J product. However, as for the miles, only you can decide how important ~15-20K miles are to you (depending on bonuses and promotions).

This is FT. Go for the flight where you will get the miles.

The updated BA product is nice, but not much different to the old one which already was quite good anyway.

How does it compare to AA in J?

IMHO, JFK-LHR is a short enough flight that the difference between AA & BA isn't significant enough to warrant losing the EQM.

BA J is nice because of the flat seats, but I actually found that I sleep just as well on AA. Their "wedgie" seats don't seem to bother me as much as those from SQ, AF and others...

I would suggest just taking the AA daytime flight. The AA seat is pretty decent for a daytime flight and can earn miles. The BA seat is better for night flights

Dave

Agree with Dave Noble - if you were flying overnight JFK-LHR, pick BA because it's a fully flat bed and on the Sleeper Service you eat dinner in the lounge before and then get about 7 hours sleep. As you're flying the other way, you'll probably stay awake the whole flight so a fully flat bed is less critical - and the miles are!

BA is clearly the better product. The lie flat seat and the service IMHO are better. However, if you don't have to be super fit in London and go straight to the most important meeting of your life, I personally would take the miles over a better seat.

Overnight flights from JFK to LHR are too short to make the best use of the BA beds. I would strongly endorse the morning AA flight, which not only is fine in comfort terms, but also allows sleeping in beds on both sides of the pond. I find the day flights really reduce jetlag too.

On a flight that short you should take AA and get the miles.

The AA J seat is fine, just not as good as the BA seat.

change of plan, a NEW DONE4 routing?
 

Hey chaps, can I instead fly this routing.

JNB-LHR-LAX-JFK-MCO-LAS-LAX-SYD-MEL-SYD-JNB?

Have you put it through mileage monkey?