parsonstrish said:
JohnK, many thanks for your suggestions. I looked at the QF site under awards and I'm just a little confused. If I book Bne-Sin-LHR (stop)-NYork (stop)-DFW (stop)-LAX (unsure of stop)-Bne, this all include the 5 stops I'm allowed, doesn't it?
I'm sure that this is definitely under the allowed mileage.
Flying (BA) from LHR to LGA and then (AA) LGA to DFW counts as the 2 one world, doesn't it? I guess the AA can't be on QF code share then.
Sorry about this, but if I book online, I put in the dates and does that then show flights available on that particular date?
Once again thank you very much for your information and patience. I have found I get more accurate information from aff than calling an airline or ta.
trish
Your route sounds fine. When booking Brisbane-LHR, you don't have to put in Bne-Sin and then Sin-LHR unless you absolutely want to stop in singapore, and this will be regarded as one of your five allowed stops.
If you just search for flights from Brisbane to London for a particular date, it should give you a range of routings with Qantas, BA (via Sydney), and possible Cathay Pacific, via Sydney, Bangkok, Singapore or Hong Kong (off the top of my head). You can search as far as 330 days (I think) for Qantas, and 300 (I think) for other OneWorld airlines. You can pick whichever route you want, but bear in mind that each route will attract different surcharges and taxes. Once you select all your flights, the system will tell you how much you have to pay in taxes. I've tried numerous routes when booking my ticket two weeks ago to find the best connections to minimize taxes and surcharges. I've especially found that a for a transatlantic flight (NYC - London in my case) the taxes can vary greatly between flights . The difference was about $150 more if I flew with American Airlines rather than with British Airways. Same departure and destination airport, same dates, the flights were 30 minutes apart. So do you research and find a few different routes to minimize taxes. I also found that going through Hong Kong is more expensive in taxes than going through Bangkok. I ended up paying about $580 in taxes for the following route:
Sydney-Shanghai
Shanghai-Chicago-Miami
Miami-New York La Guardia
New York JFK - Heathrow
Heathrow-Warsaw
Warsaw-Heathrow-Bangkok-Sydney
BTW, I don't think you can fly from LHR to LGA. I've ever only been able to find connections to JFK and vice versa. When you fly LHR - JFK and then LGA-DFW, the stop in new york is counted as one.
Hope this helps.
Lukasz