Routing to Perth, Australia
I am hoping this is the right place to post this. I am going to be traveling from Chicago (ORD) to Perth, Australia soon, and am looking at how to route myself so I maximize my miles at the best fare. Currently the best fare is to fly to ORD -> LAX -> SYD -> Perth, but Perth is Quantas, so I don't get the miles for that ($1800). I am hoping someone who is more talented then I am can suggest a different routing to maximize my miles.
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ORD-NRT-SIN-PER on UA /NH / SQ would work. Also could fly via BKK. Qantas, not Quantas by the way ;) |
ORD-LAX/SFO/YVR-AKL-PER on UA/NZ would work.
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ORD-IAD-JNB-PER could work, too. But my guess is that none of them will price anywhere close to the SYD/QF option. |
Come on Seth - show him your 'shortcut' to Perth! :)
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thewan...in-three-days/ Are any of the revenue legs collecting *A/UA miles? |
i am trying to do the same get to PER on UA, however there are seldom upgrades from sfo/lax in Oct to syd..... so i thought i would go via ord -SIN-per however that does not price out competitively.
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Originally Posted by LarkSFO
Come on Seth - show him your 'shortcut' to Perth! :)
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thewan...in-three-days/ Are any of the revenue legs collecting *A/UA miles? RGN-SIN-PER-JNB-IST-JFK is all revenue. Biz until JNB and the TK segments in coach. But that's out of JFK and there are no ORD-JFK flights so I didn't think it would work for the OP. That's also why I chose the IAD flight on SAA rather than the JFK one. ;) |
Pricing at $2,800 on UA.com...
Outbound May 6/7 UA ORD-IAD #692 11:11 AM - 2:02 PM 1 hr, 51 minutes 3 hour layover SA IAD-JNB (via DKR) #208 5:40 PM - 4:55 PM 17 hrs, 15 minutes 5 hour layover (plus one hour in DKR) SA JNB-PER #280 10:05 PM - 1:25 PM 9 hrs, 20 minutes Return May 14 - 16 SA PER-JNB #281 11:50 PM - 5:10 AM 11 hours, 20 minutes 13 hour layover... (Get a day room!) SA JNB-IAD (via DKR) #207 5:50 PM - 6:25 AM 18 hours, 35 minutes 90 minute layover UA IAD-ORD #388 8:09 AM - 9:04 AM 1 hour, 55 minutes ~28,000 PQM's without any booking class bonuses... |
23,600 miles however the price is crazy!
Chicago (ORD) to Perth (PER) - Tue, Oct 22 United Airlines, Inc. Chicago (ORD) to Hong Kong (HKG) - Tue, Oct 22 United Airlines, Inc. 895 Dep: 12:30PM Arr: 5:20PM 15h 50m Boeing 777 Economy (Y) Stop in HKG Wed, Oct 23 2h 55m United Airlines, Inc. Hong Kong (HKG) to Singapore (SIN) - Wed, Oct 23 United Airlines, Inc. 895 Dep: 8:15PM Arr: 12:05AM 3h 50m Boeing 777 Economy (Y) Layover in SIN Thu, Oct 24 9h 25m Deutsche Lufthansa AG Singapore (SIN) to Perth (PER) - Thu, Oct 24 Deutsche Lufthansa AG 9786 Dep: 9:30AM Arr: 2:40PM 5h 10m Boeing 777 Economy (Y) OPERATED BY SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED Perth (PER) to Chicago (ORD) - Sun, Nov 10 Deutsche Lufthansa AG Perth (PER) to Singapore (SIN) - Sun, Nov 10 Deutsche Lufthansa AG 9789 Dep: 7:35AM Arr: 12:50PM 5h 15m Boeing 777 Economy (Y) OPERATED BY SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED Layover in SIN 17h 40m United Airlines, Inc. Singapore (SIN) to Hong Kong (HKG) - Mon, Nov 11 United Airlines, Inc. 896 Dep: 6:30AM Arr: 10:10AM 3h 40m Boeing 777 Economy (Y) Stop in HKG 1h 45m United Airlines, Inc. Hong Kong (HKG) to Chicago (ORD) - Mon, Nov 11 United Airlines, Inc. 896 Dep: 11:55AM Arr: 12:05PM 14h 10m Boeing 777 Economy (Y) Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees) $9,704.70 Total cost for 1 passenger $9,704.70
Originally Posted by LarkSFO
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Pricing at $2,800 on UA.com...
Outbound May 6/7 UA ORD-IAD #692 11:11 AM - 2:02 PM 1 hr, 51 minutes 3 hour layover SA IAD-JNB (via DKR) #208 5:40 PM - 4:55 PM 17 hrs, 15 minutes 5 hour layover (plus one hour in DKR) SA JNB-PER #280 10:05 PM - 1:25 PM 9 hrs, 20 minutes Return May 14 - 16 SA PER-JNB #281 11:50 PM - 5:10 AM 11 hours, 20 minutes 13 hour layover... (Get a day room!) SA JNB-IAD (via DKR) #207 5:50 PM - 6:25 AM 18 hours, 35 minutes 90 minute layover UA IAD-ORD #388 8:09 AM - 9:04 AM 1 hour, 55 minutes ~28,000 PQM's without any booking class bonuses... |
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