Advice on routing [SYD to LHR, back with India stopover]

[Zippy7]

A question for all of you who are much wiser than I am at this...

I need some advice on how to try to route this trip.

There is a decent chance that I will get a business trip to London for a week, and then I could have an excuse to stop over in Mumbai on the way back. I am based in Sydney, prefer QFF SC.

I was imagining that I could go Syd to Hkg, then to London. Then returning maybe stop in Mumbai, then Hkg and back to Syd.
Does that work, or is that a rubbish idea?

If I ditch the stopover in Mumbai, what is the preferred route?
I've never been to the UK (never been outside Asia), so would appreciate any tips.

Cheers

 

[docjames]

Route via SIN and do SIN-BOM-SIN on QF (if using OW) or SQ (wider range of destinations in India ex-SIN).

 

[harvyk]

There are a couple of options,

SYD-HKG-LHR (on QF)
LHR-BOM (On BA)
BOM-HKG (On CX)
HKG-SYD (On QF)

This would keep you on OW and thus earning QFF points. Whilst I can't say for sure you may even be able to book the entire trip on one PNR using the QF website.
If you didn't need to visit HKG on the way back you could do BOM-SIN-SYD all on QF.

 

[Zippy7]

Thanks for the replies.

I've been booked on QF31 SYD-SIN-LHR, and then LHR-BOM (on BA Club class?), then QF3950 BOM-SIN and QF32 SIN-SYD.

I've never flown on an A380.
Presuming QF31/32 is A380, is it a lot quieter than the new A330 that CX fly SYD-HKG (and whatever they fly HKG-LHR)?

I've done QF3950 once, and found it quite nice.

Edit: Was booked Sun departure on 388, but when I asked to move to Sat departure, I now find I'm on a 744?
Is it worth being on QF31/32 when it is 744 and not 388?
Should I attempt to shift flights again (They had me at 11E even!)