Booked my first 280k J Award only 3.5 months out from commencement (Beginning late July and finishing in Feb 2018). To complicate matters more I had to coordinate seats with my partner who is using Avios to mirror my itinerary and is located in the states.
MEL>SYD>SIN QF J
SIN>DOH>JNB QR J
JNB>DOH>SOF QR J
CAI>DOH>KUL QR F/J (Revenue fare)
BKK>DOH>CAI QR J/F (Revenue fare)
TLV>AMM>IST RJ J
IST>LHR>ORD BA J
ORD>LAX>MEL AA/QF Y/J
$1130 taxes 34951 miles total
Opportunity to fly QR A350 and A380 as well as the QF787 in feb next year! Weeks of work looking at BA, QF and making multiple phone calls. WP came in handy requesting a J seat in Feb from LAX>MEL although unfortunately no availability in AA J class for any flights and I didn't have the miles left to consider JAL or CX home. This would have been possible if I was able to find two J seats on the SYD>JNB flight in July but I could only request one for myself. Not many options getting to across the atlantic to ORD besides BA, RJ and IB especially just before xmas. Three visits to the Al Mourjan Business lounge and one visit to the Al Safwa first will beat the sad excuse of a OWE lounge I have visited in the past. Very excited for my partner to experience J class for the first time also, she's been incredible in supporting my addiction
The end will also mark her moving to Melbourne to be with me after over a year of long distance. I fought the battle and won but let's face it we do live on a special patch of Earth
MEL>SYD>SIN QF J
SIN>DOH>JNB QR J
JNB>DOH>SOF QR J
CAI>DOH>KUL QR F/J (Revenue fare)
BKK>DOH>CAI QR J/F (Revenue fare)
TLV>AMM>IST RJ J
IST>LHR>ORD BA J
ORD>LAX>MEL AA/QF Y/J
$1130 taxes 34951 miles total
Opportunity to fly QR A350 and A380 as well as the QF787 in feb next year! Weeks of work looking at BA, QF and making multiple phone calls. WP came in handy requesting a J seat in Feb from LAX>MEL although unfortunately no availability in AA J class for any flights and I didn't have the miles left to consider JAL or CX home. This would have been possible if I was able to find two J seats on the SYD>JNB flight in July but I could only request one for myself. Not many options getting to across the atlantic to ORD besides BA, RJ and IB especially just before xmas. Three visits to the Al Mourjan Business lounge and one visit to the Al Safwa first will beat the sad excuse of a OWE lounge I have visited in the past. Very excited for my partner to experience J class for the first time also, she's been incredible in supporting my addiction
The end will also mark her moving to Melbourne to be with me after over a year of long distance. I fought the battle and won but let's face it we do live on a special patch of Earth