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Yes the problem is getting back into Aust. Availability is showing pretty much everywhere mid point, ie middle East, all the major Asian hubs, even some of the less obvious Asian hubs. Also nothing back via the USA, although I'm not sure I'd exceed the distance allowed via Atlantic & Pacific...

I have found a DOH -HKG on CX, but no further, cannot get into any of MEL,SYD,BNE,ADL

yes the A320 with them was another reason for the change.

O thanks, no APD makes me feel I made right choice. I checked QR DOH-PER and there is nothing at all I will still have the agent check this though. There seems to be plenty of EK everywhere but that of no use to me.

Attempting to finalize my first USDM award booking 4 people late this year for MEL to CDG. After 7 agents over the last 2 weeks and dozens of hours searching this is where I'm at. MEL - DOH all in J. DOH - LHR 2 IN J, 2 IN Y. LHR-CDG all in J. I was hoping to avoid LHR because of the taxes(can...

Thanks Ozbeachbabe, Yes getting back from the US when we needed to, on the OW 140K award proved to be impossible, and besides was not keen on using my points AND pay hefty fees AND not earn points on this trip. I ran out of time waiting for a bonus on USDM. I ended up getting a RTW fare for...

yes, I bought 5000 as bait earlier, lets see if that works anytime soon. I'm wondering if I should buy some on each of the family memberships as bait to increase our chances, and see if any of us receive a bonus offer and the other not. interesting.

OK thanks for clearing that up me.

Yes SWMBO would have to be considered, however it's all a moot point anyway now, as without a bonus on USDM the cost of buying miles will just add up to not much below what I'd pay retail. I bought 5000 USDM to see if that may trigger a targeted bonus, none so far and it might in the future, but...

4 of you together in F, now that is definitely something to smile about! In our case we're definitely ok about splitting up in different cabins on the same plane, However splitting up on different flights will only work if the flights land in the same place and within hours of each other...

Thanks Ozbeachbabe, I will not be able to go with this schedule, mainly SWMBO issues, particularly with the convoluted trip back and she is very nervous pass, flatly will not go on some of the less obvious airlines, however you have a done a lot of legwork for this, so you will be receiving an...

Thanks, yes considering I'm not yet in a position to buy US DM , (8 days to go), and Starwood (13 days to go), I spent a fair amount of time in Awardtravelr looking to see what was available for OW flights and I cast the net fairly wide through the less obvious connections in Asia in trying to...

I signed up everyone to US DM and are currently waiting for the 12 days to expire, also signed everyone up to Starwood. You mention check routes & timing then call US and place routing on hold, am I able to do this before the 12 days are up, or do I have to wait, then buy miles, then phone US...

Yes I have 0 US DM points , signed 4 of us up , however waiting for the 12 days to expire before being in a position to buy up miles, and hope there is a bonus around the same time!, also signed 4 of us up for Starwood. As you can see from my post above, I phoned Qantas and no Business...

Ok, I did that and made note of all legs, flight # options, then called Qantas and spent 90 mins on the phone, she was incredibly helpful, looking every which way for the 2 Business fares, and came up nil, save for 1 leg 1 passenger so no good. So then she explored the economy options for 4 of...

Thanks for your help and for putting that in perspective. Yes I can see that without bonus, US DM benefit is marginal and sounds like at this late stage it could be difficult to get awards flight anyway even if I was to buy up US DM. Using my 660k points on one world zone 10 is an option for...

OK, thanks for the tip. I had a quick search on Awardtravlr, before work commitments took me away, and saw that there were no One World awards available from Mel to LHR or CDG. I'll have a more thorough look over the weekend.

Don't mind if we have to go Mel -FRA or ZRH, from there can I use US DM to get to LHR then later to CDG? or would it definitely have to be a side trip? thanks for the steps on the points situation. Seems the bonus offer carries some weight, given you have advised not worth pursuing if no bonus...

Ok, learning here, On the other site the advice was to get myself an ANA membership and as part of Star A, could use the points when making the booking, didn't factor having to buy the points from US DM.

I went in there and in the drop down under "buy miles" it asks for mileage number which I don't have.