Ex-PER alternative to NAN run?

[arraitch]

Greetings QFFAFFers!

Me? Long-term occasional QF flyer; short-term QFF Gold about-to-become Platinum (for one year anyway); shorter-term AFF reader; first-time poster.

Firstly, many thanks to all contributors to this forum who, in the last couple of months, have provided me with much insight into this dark art.

To share my first post-AFF dabbling with you ... I've recently booked some J fares for PER-MEL-BNE-NOU and return NOU-SYD-ADL-PER at ~$2383, yielding 420 SCs = ~$5.67 per SC. I gather that rate doesn't match other offerings in North America, but seemed like a respectable bit of bang for buck, especially given that we wanted to holiday in New Caledonia anyway. Maybe a trip to NOU wouldn't stack up as well from the eastern seaboard, but it looks OK from this side. Well, apart from the red-eye out of PER, that is.

Any comments, observations, criticisms, pointers to better deals, howls of outrageous laughter most welcome!

 

[serfty]

Welcome to AFF arraitch

That's not a bad run from the west coast, thanks for the information.

 

[Oneworldplus2]

Looks pretty good, considering travel to the East Coast vv can easily set you back $450 for only 40SC.

 

[jpk]

I haven't priced it since April, but the SIN-BKK-HKG return in J on CX yields good value, and would be in easy striking distance from PER.

 

[arraitch]

Thanks, serfty, Oneworldplus2 and jpk, for your welcome, comments and suggestion. SIN-BKK-HKG on CX looks like an interesting idea. I'd previously noted some references from JohnK regarding this option; a quick look reveals return fares of ~$2900, but with some difficulty in selecting other than direct routing. I'll do some more reading and searching real soon!