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This thread is for Questions and General discussion regarding the Best Status Run Options for QFF as per this thread:

Overview of Best Status Run Options [not the discussion thread]

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Re: Best Status Run Options - A quick overview!

Hi,
I'm 500 points short of P1 with 3 months left to anniversary, given due to the simpler and fairer system we now enjoy I doubt next year I will get in the ballpark of P1, I see this as my last chance to at least have it for a year.
can anyone recommend a good way to get these? I have never flown just for points and my attempts to find something suitable are not as great as the results some here are posting. For example I was considering 2 F trips MEL-AKL but that is $10 per point!
 
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Claudius said:
Hi,
I'm 500 points short of P1 with 3 months left to anniversary, given due to the simpler and fairer system we now enjoy I doubt next year I will get in the ballpark of P1, I see this as my last chance to at least have it for a year.
can anyone recommend a good way to get these? I have never flown just for points and my attempts to find something suitable are not as great as the results some here are posting. For example I was considering 2 F trips MEL-AKL but that is $10 per point!
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I certainly don't know the best/cheapest options but if you are only after 500SC have you looked at J flights to destinations such as TSV, CNS, PER, KTA? Maybe go to TSV and then do a TSV-DRW-TSV trip?
 
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Claudius said:
Hi,
I'm 500 points short of P1 with 3 months left to anniversary
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500 SCs might not seem as if it's so much if you are flying enough to be WP but when you consider that you need 600 to retain SG it starts looking like a lot. I think that there are quite a few SGs (including myself) that would like to retain it but that number of SCs would cost too much if just doing status runs.

When the new rules came in to play I found that the most effective runs domestically from MEL were to OOL, CNS and DRW in J. OOL is showing as $671 for 80; MEL-xBNE-CNS $1005 for 120 and MEL-xSYD-DRW for $1020 for 120. You can get better runs out of HBA to similar destinations.
 
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I looked at the domestic options and the best seems to be the mentioned MEL-OOL option, however it is almost the same points per dollar as going to AKL on F which is a better experience.

I was hoping someone could enlighten me as to how DONE5 or such options would work.
 
Re: Best Status Run Options - A quick overview!

Hi Claudius, a DONE4 or DONE5 will certainly get you the required number of points, and a nice holiday!

in short you need to travel through at least 4 continents (continents defined by Oneworld) and you can have a certain number of layovers within each continent. The price is determined by the class of travel and number of continents.

Full details here: oneworld Explorer - oneworld

Happy travels.
 
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Re: Best Status Run Options - A quick overview!

Claudius said:
I looked at the domestic options and the best seems to be the mentioned MEL-OOL option, however it is almost the same points per dollar as going to AKL on F which is a better experience.

I was hoping someone could enlighten me as to how DONE5 or such options would work.
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I think, unless you need to travel anyway, that you should come up with a $ figure that P1 is worth to you, over base WP.

500 SC with no need for travel, even at the better US SC run prices (say $2 an SC) will cost at least 1k.

A DONEX ex JNB will be at least 8k, more ex AU!
 
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I think Claudius is considering this as a once in a lifetime opportunity to reach P1, so I think the 500 SCs will be obtained no matter what we say (unless the costs are truly prohibitive). :) As for the SCs, do they need to be QF specific SCs or can they be from other airlines?
 
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Don't mind what metal I fly to get the SCs and I'm certainly more than willing to pay 1k for them! Just don't seem to find a way to make that happen.

how do you calculate the SCs you would get out of a DONEX intinerary?
 
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Claudius said:
Don't mind what metal I fly to get the SCs and I'm certainly more than willing to pay 1k for them! Just don't seem to find a way to make that happen.

how do you calculate the SCs you would get out of a DONEX intinerary?
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I think the question of which metal (or airline) was more directed for the purposes of P1 qualification, i.e. to obtain that tier, you need 3600 SCs but 2700 of those must come from QF or Jetstar flights. So do you need these 500 SCs to come from Qantas/Jetstar (to make up the 2700 SC requirement) or have you already fulfilled that requirement so just any 2700 SCs?

Whilst I doubt you'd want to splash out for more, note also that the newest P1 large points bonuses are also only based on Qantas/Jetstar SCs.

To calculate the SCs for a DONEx, you simply add up the SCs earned on each sector of the itinerary as you would for any multi-leg trip. For all sectors the booking code you will have to look up is D; for sectors in the USA domestic which are booked into domestic First, the code will be A.
 
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Already have the necessary QF specific points, mostly been flying QF10 this year and local QF flights.
 
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Claudius said:
Already have the necessary QF specific points, mostly been flying QF10 this year and local QF flights.
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If you can position yourself to the USA, I think AA domestic F might be your friend. 6 flights of greater than 750 miles in AA F = 540 SCs.
 
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Mattg said:
If you can position yourself to the USA, I think AA domestic F might be your friend. 6 flights of greater than 750 miles in AA F = 540 SCs.
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There are AA dom F sectors in the US that earn up to 150 SCs each ;).
 
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Captain Halliday said:
Mind if I ask what they are JohnM? I've been looking and can only find sectors at 120SC
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DFW-ANC should be one.

LAX & SFO-JFK are. They were very useful on a DONEx when the 2-class B763s were on those routes (although a mix of 2 & 3 class B767s meant you needed to choose your flight carefully to ensure being upgraded to A ;).) Not sure whether the 3-class A321Ts have now fully replaced the B763s.
 
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Claudius said:
Don't mind what metal I fly to get the SCs and I'm certainly more than willing to pay 1k for them! Just don't seem to find a way to make that happen.

how do you calculate the SCs you would get out of a DONEX intinerary?
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Seriously, P1 just isn't worth spending an extra cent to get. Take a look at the P1 experiences thread.

If it were me I'd spend the extra money elsewhere, you are going to do really well to get 500SC for $1k.
(How is your min QF 2700 SC?)
 
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