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re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread
I'll be flying RJ J from DOH - AMM - TLV in a few weeks time and will report back. Might be worth just accepting RJ as its not exactly long flights. DOH - AMM is a couple of hours and suspect similar from AMM to IST?
I would appreciate some of the wisdom of the AFFers.
We finally have the points for the two 280J flights to Europe next year (for a cruise) and want to fly into Istanbul late June and out of Lisbon late July. We have about a week free for stopovers if needs be. I'm not so worried about the return from LIS but getting into IST is perplexing. The main problem seems to be the final leg into IST which I am just getting myself into a muddle trying to work out. And because I am going round & round in circles I'll try and spell it clearly for you guys at least
The main problem that I see is the final leg into Istanbul because
a) Trying to get from DXB to IST direct business class involves Emirates (mucks up the 280J) or RJ which I gather is a bit of an iffy quality service (QR does not seem to have a business class leg from Doha to Istanbul)
b) or we may need to go via LHR - adds a heap to the travelling time
The options as I see it are:
1. Try and book a 'direct' HBA - IST at the 353 days. The problems here are that there are always only a couple of seats and I might not be lucky or fast enough. Also that goes through LHR which is a lot more time travelling
2. Book a HBA - BKK when the CX bookings open up 360 days prior (there seem to be more seats) and worry about BKK - IST a bit later - but that also seems to drag us through LHR
Reading back through that I suppose my question is that is there another option but LHR or DXB that will get us to Istanbul?? Or should I book what I can (avoiding Emirates) and try to tweak it during the year?
many thanks!
I'll be flying RJ J from DOH - AMM - TLV in a few weeks time and will report back. Might be worth just accepting RJ as its not exactly long flights. DOH - AMM is a couple of hours and suspect similar from AMM to IST?