Best Possible Status Run

[beardoc]

How do you find fares like this?

NM, how do you find out about these fares?

 

[NM]

Re: How do you find fares like this?

NM, how do you find out about these fares?

By reading the forums and discussions with other like minded (or warped minded depending on your perspective) people .

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

serfty - the other place you were thinking of is Muscat - which is an extra QFF zone (ie more SCs) than Dubai from London on BA.

clifford - there is a long running thread on FT in the Mileage Run forum about ex-CMB *A tickets to USA. They're not RTWs but darn cheap if CMB is easy to get to. I know some folk who use these as much as possible for there transpacific flights - taking a turnaround in CMB each time to finish one/start the next one.

At one stage Tonga was the cheapest place for *A RTWs in F, but IIRC those prices have jumped a lot. With Singapore restarting service to Pakistan next year there may be a window of opportunity for cheap RTWs starting there?

Hi everyone,

I was wondering the other day what is the best possible status run. Let's say someone was using a OneWorld Explorer F 6 Segment ticket, I was wondering the biggest SC run possible (say from SYD).

Obviously some segments wouldn't have first class seats but it would be an interesting exercise. Any takers?

Conversively what's the biggest SC you ended up out of a trip?

Coyote25

I'm 30% of the way through a DONE4 wich I worked out with the help of Kiwi Flyer, I have earnt 560 SC's from 6 sectors already and have bookings for the other 14 that will earn another 1800. This gives a total of 2,360 SC's! If I had wanted to go to Pakistan rather than Japan and a place (I cant remember) in the Middle East rather than Dubai it would have totalled 2400 SC's. I will also earn about 125,000 ff points directly from flying. More when you include the 25,000 I will get in 'loyalty' bonus's :roll: .

This cost about AUD8050 ex CMB (Sri Lanka); that includes all taxes. It cost me 50,000 pts & $130 to get to CMB to collect the tickets and start the journey.

With positioning sectors this is about $3.50 per SC.

It is a fact that a well constructed DONE4 will generally get one the best "bang for your buck". This is mainly due to the 20 segment limit restricting what can be done in with xONE5/6's.

Edited typo (Ta JohnK); that's it.. too late. I'm off!

I know this thread is primarily about OW and SC's (and please forgive me if this has already been covered elsewhere), but I wondered if some of our *A members might be interested in similar good fares out of BKK/CMB (must admit I haven't looked at fares out of TIP, but there are probably some good *A fares there too).

For what it's worth, I recently purchased a C class ticket (I have it in my hot little hand) from CMB to LAX on *A carriers, for AUD 2,500 incl all taxes, etc. The routing (my choice) is CMB-MLE-DXB-BKK-LAX-JFK-BKK-CMB. All sectors are booked in C, except for LAX-JFK on UA, which is booked in D. However, I have already upgraded that to F class, using a CR1 certificate.

Never been to MLE before, so am looking forward to it (good diving there too, I believe). I could have taken a more direct routing or flown out of BKK for a few hundred dollars less, but it is nice to visit new places, especially when you’re not in a hurry.

This itinerary will give approx 33,000 MP EQM's, so for under AUD 10,000 one can attain 1K status and travel in C class as well. How to get to CMB? I am using 75,000 MP miles for a business class ticket on SQ, but I've noticed that economy tickets are available from time to time for not much more than AUD 1000 (even less to BKK).

 

[Dave Noble]

And I think it fair to expect that if this fare was only valid on EK, you would still be taking it due to its value for money for the comfort provided. Now lets see, travel in WT+ on BA (similar fare cost for LHR-SYD-LHR) or F on EK. Hmm, tough choice :roll: - and SCs don't come much into play.

No brainer. If it was EK only, I'd still have purchased it , no issues there. I am toying with using them one way anyways since their First Class product does look to be the best and I know from experience that their service is excellent

Dave

 

[Dave Noble]

[quote="Dave Noble"
( as well as hopefully diving the mine in St Louis in USA ).

Dave

If you are referring to the Bonne Terre Mine dive, you may be disappointed from reports I have heard. I recently dived with 2 guys who likened it to a Japanese bus shopping tour with many restrictions. Notwithstanding the above the whole concept sounds pretty cool. I believe there is 2 others in the region but these are overhead/cave dives.

Meloz[/quote]

I have been to bonne terre before and had no problems in that respect . Where are the other 2 ?

Dave

 

[meloz]

[quote="Dave Noble"
( as well as hopefully diving the mine in St Louis in USA ).

Dave

If you are referring to the Bonne Terre Mine dive, you may be disappointed from reports I have heard. I recently dived with 2 guys who likened it to a Japanese bus shopping tour with many restrictions. Notwithstanding the above the whole concept sounds pretty cool. I believe there is 2 others in the region but these are overhead/cave dives.

Meloz

Dave

They did not mention the names or I did not retain them in my fading memory, but a check search reveals they may have been refering to these 2.

Lamotte mine, overhaed/cave
Oronogo mine, open pit with some non light locked overheads.

Meloz

I have been to bonne terre before and had no problems in that respect . Where are the other 2 ?

Dave[/quote]

 

[BlacKnox]

- there is a long running thread on FT in the Mileage Run forum about ex-CMB *A tickets to USA. They're not RTWs but darn cheap if CMB is easy to get to.

For those *A FFs interested, IIRC there is also a long running thread on this subject on FT in the *A forum.

 

[tanewi]

It is interesting,all this chatter about "Status runs", you know that you are a real PLAT member, when after only 9 months into your membership period, you received next years PLAT card, even though you have only notched up 650 SC.

JohnK, how about that?

 

[JohnK]

It is interesting,all this chatter about "Status runs", you know that you are a real PLAT member, when after only 9 months into your membership period, you received next years PLAT card, even though you have only notched up 650 SC.

JohnK, how about that?

How would I know I am only plebby silver and sleep at the back of the bus.

I have never been a w@nker platinum.