Shano
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Well, my first dilemna was if I should put "dilemma" or "dilemna" in the thread title......
I was starting to make arrangements to travel to Hannover (HAJ) for a trade show in May. It is also my first OS trip to be booked in anything other than Y so I am a little bit excited about that.
This looked relatively straightforward as I could do MEL-SIN-MUC/FRA-HAJ return on SQ (with one LH codeshare) in J and this would have given me VA WP status.
It now looks like I need to go to Denver on the way to participate in a biogas pyrolysis trial. So my trip is now morphing into a RTW.
My dilemna is with which airline / alliance to book the trip.
I am surrently QF PS with 175 SC and a review date of 31 May and SG with VA with a current SC balance of 670.
The trip will be completed by the middle of May.
I don't believe that I will have the time to "optimise" a OW RTW fare to get me to WP, considering I need another 1,225 SC to get there, but would easily reach SG. I can probably get this down to around 1,150 prior to my departure with other planned travel.
The issue I see with a *A RTW fare is being able to credit all flights to VA.
I am thinking that it might be easier to book a OW DONE4.
There doesn't seem to be much info about RTW fares that maximise VA earning. I'm not sure if the VA-SQ RTW fare allows codeshares (such as DL, LH). If so then this would work reasonably well.
What advice do members have regarding potential fares?
My only other experience with RTW fares was a LONE4 about 5 years ago.
Cheers
I was starting to make arrangements to travel to Hannover (HAJ) for a trade show in May. It is also my first OS trip to be booked in anything other than Y so I am a little bit excited about that.
This looked relatively straightforward as I could do MEL-SIN-MUC/FRA-HAJ return on SQ (with one LH codeshare) in J and this would have given me VA WP status.
It now looks like I need to go to Denver on the way to participate in a biogas pyrolysis trial. So my trip is now morphing into a RTW.
My dilemna is with which airline / alliance to book the trip.
I am surrently QF PS with 175 SC and a review date of 31 May and SG with VA with a current SC balance of 670.
The trip will be completed by the middle of May.
I don't believe that I will have the time to "optimise" a OW RTW fare to get me to WP, considering I need another 1,225 SC to get there, but would easily reach SG. I can probably get this down to around 1,150 prior to my departure with other planned travel.
The issue I see with a *A RTW fare is being able to credit all flights to VA.
I am thinking that it might be easier to book a OW DONE4.
There doesn't seem to be much info about RTW fares that maximise VA earning. I'm not sure if the VA-SQ RTW fare allows codeshares (such as DL, LH). If so then this would work reasonably well.
What advice do members have regarding potential fares?
My only other experience with RTW fares was a LONE4 about 5 years ago.
Cheers
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