London to Sydney One Way Fare (October)

[grussellt]

I will be returning from the UK (London but can depart elsewhere) in early October to Sydney and I'm looking for an imaginative/cheap one-way flight. A standard economy trip via Asia is now down to about $A770 for a booking in June and I imagine this will be the price offered for October (booked in June/July?). I will be happy with this price but I am looking for advice on other, more imaginative ways to return to OZ. I prefer One World, and I think China Eastern might be too imaginative, but otherwise the options are open.
Any suggestions welcome.

 

[markis10]

What are you trying to achieve, a quicker trip, more interesting trip with stopovers, better price or shock horror, more points/SC's?

 

[grussellt]

Thanks for your interest. Speed of trip is not a problem - I'm now retired. A lower price is useful but I think current prices are reasonable. An offer with Paypal (20% cashback would be good but that's the luck of the draw). A more interesting trip, with a short stopover, is what I'm after and if it's a bit longer with more points that's OK. As an example, I looked at AKL as a stopover from LHR/LAX and that's only $A150 more than via BKK/SIN. I've also looked at Moscow/Beijing but that could be too imaginative.
Any thoughts or previous experiences will be welcome.

 

[GCC]

How about JAL LHR - SYD, with a stopover in Narita. One world airline, good fares and can be booked one way. There is a thread or 2 on AFF about what to do with your stopover time.

 

[grussellt]

That's on the right track. I came back that way in August, 2008 on points. The stopover between BA/QF is about 12 hours which is easily enough time for some Tokyo sightseeing. However Tokyo can be VERY hot in August!

 

[ronza]

I'm looking at doing it the other way from Kuala Lumpur, a few things you could look into.

Kingfisher Airways/Gulf Air to Bombay then Malaysia/Singapore/Qantas from Bombay to Syd via South East Asia. Biman Bangladesh LHR to KUL via Dhaka. BMI oneway to Damascus + Royal Jordanian to BKK/KUL via AMM.

Iran Air to Kuala Lumpur with a stop over in Tehran. Gulf Air via Bahrain.

 

[docjames]

What about via Colombo (Sri Lanka) - is that still possible?

Aeroflot via Moscow and HKG then pick anyone (CX/QF) HKG-Aus.