itinerary suggestion for a JRTW to get to WP

[Robert K]

I'd love to go on one of these trips again. (got enough SC for SG last time)
Someone mentioned i could've got WP. Anyone have a sample itinerary?

 

[gumpy]

I'd love to go on one of these trips again. (got enough SC for SG last time)
Someone mentioned i could've got WP. Anyone have a sample itinerary?

If you do a search you should be able to find these.

High level you need to milk the North America leg where you get F seats where AA provide a domestic 2 class service.

 

[dfcatch]

1/ 6 segments in NA all on 2-class aircraft to get F credits;
2/ use all 16 segments;
3/ go to Asia first, then enter the USA on the east coast, travel around the US ending back on the east coast, use your transcontinental segment to go to the west coast;
4/ Depart the US from the West Coast (eg. LAX to LHR);
5/ Return to OZ via a transit only in Asia.

They are your basics.

A quick search on here and FT will give you quite a few examples.

Have fun.

 

[MelUser]

Does anyone know if an AONE4 can be used to get the new super Platinum status (ie 3600SCs) with Qantas?

 

[serfty]

Does anyone know if an AONE4 can be used to get the new super Platinum status (ie 3600SCs) with Qantas?

Not enough long haul First Class segments to do so.

An AONE5 may have a better chance.

The sweet spot for SC earn cost/benifit can be had with DONE4 due to A class travel on Domestic USA segments.

 

[gumpy]

Does anyone know if an AONE4 can be used to get the new super Platinum status (ie 3600SCs) with Qantas?

There aren't many F flights for you to take advantage of the F sc earn rate. Like very few flights within continental Europe have F.

And also remember F is only 50% more sc's than J not 100% more whilst 3600 is 3 times greater than WP requal. Seeing you can only scrape over WP with a DONE4 it would be very difficult to do a WP1 with an AONE4

 

[Alanslegal]

My current dONE4 ex-LHR which I am currently in the middle of, my current stopover in bold:-

LHR-LAX-LAS-DFW-ANC-ORD-YVR-JFK-SYD-SIN-NRT-DPS-HKG-FRA-AMM-CDG-LHR

With BIS 49,579 miles and 1,750 SC all up.

From start to finish will take 353 days and in 3 separate trips

 

[codash1099]

My current dONE4 ex-LHR which I am currently in the middle of, my current stopover in bold:-

LHR-LAX-LAS-DFW-ANC-ORD-YVR-JFK-SYD-SIN-NRT-DPS-HKG-FRA-AMM-CDG-LHR

With BIS 49,579 miles and 1,750 SC all up.

From start to finish will take 353 days and in 3 separate trips

How have you managed ORD-YVR?

 

[dfcatch]

My current dONE4 ex-LHR which I am currently in the middle of, my current stopover in bold:-

LHR-LAX-LAS-DFW-ANC-ORD-YVR-JFK-SYD-SIN-NRT-DPS-HKG-FRA-AMM-CDG-LHR

With BIS 49,579 miles and 1,750 SC all up.

From start to finish will take 353 days and in 3 separate trips

Wow that's good Alan.

I did 1530 SCs last year with this one:

http://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/showthread.php?p=337343

 

[Alanslegal]

How have you managed ORD-YVR?

I don't think its counted as a transcon segment, I could be wrong though. Also this flight was in the J cabin.

Date: 30 JUL 10 - FRIDAY
Flight : American Airlines 2397 BOEING 737-800
Departure: CHICAGO OHARE 9:10 AM TERMINAL 3 4HR 25MIN
Arrival: VANCOUVER BC 11:35 AM MAIN TERMINAL NON-STOP
Name: xx_/ALAN MR SEAT 3E BUSINESS FF#: QF-5xx_xx_ BREAKFAST

 

[Alanslegal]

Wow that's good Alan.

I did 1530 SCs last year with this one:

http://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/showthread.php?p=337343

Nice

 

[simongr]

You could try:

syd-hkg-tpe-nrt-dfw-jfk-dfw-anc-jfk-bgi-lgw,lhr-lca-lhr-hkg-syd

That would net you 1740 SCs - that's without any real trying as well. I have done that trip as well - just replacing dfw-anc-dfw with dfw-jfk-lax-jfk...

 

[codash1099]

I don't think its counted as a transcon segment, I could be wrong though. Also this flight was in the J cabin.

Date: 30 JUL 10 - FRIDAY
Flight : American Airlines 2397 BOEING 737-800
Departure: CHICAGO OHARE 9:10 AM TERMINAL 3 4HR 25MIN
Arrival: VANCOUVER BC 11:35 AM MAIN TERMINAL NON-STOP
Name: xx_/ALAN MR SEAT 3E BUSINESS FF#: QF-5xx_xx_ BREAKFAST

Not a transcon, but no direct flight shows on the OW planner.

 

[SimonM]

A similar first half to simongr's suggestion, bne-hkg-pek-nrt-jfk-dfw-anc-ord-mia-lax-lhr-mct-lhr-hel-fco-hkg-bne (49769 miles).

Mileage Monkey shows 1660 SC and DONEx 1800, so I guess that means 1800 SC as a RTW?

(See you're in Sydney, so that would be 50325 miles, but the same SC apparently)