I am looking for some assistance/suggestions re the following itinerary.
My parents are flying over to the US to do a cruise from Vancouver to Anchorage.
I was thinking that a DCIC22 and Plat challenge would be perfect for them. Then, to top things off, and given that the travel o/s once a year, I thought that it would be cheaper to ticket ex-NRT (even though this would delay Plat qualification).
Firstly, I know that many people have previously posted on purchasing Oneworld products ex-NRT, but could not find the post I was looking for (I think it was one of QF009's) - could someone please reply with a link for a good post for ex-NRT bookings through AA.
Secondly, the initerary.
My parents want to stop in LAX for a while, so I intially tried the following itinerary:
NRT - LAX - YVR - [ship to ANC] - SFO - MEL - NRT
However, on my calculations, the land (or in this case, sea) segment would need to also be included, meaning that for fare rules purposes, the intinerary would look like this:
NRT - LAX - YVR - ANC - SFO - MEL - NRT - unfortunately, 22,800 miles.
So, I decided to change it to:
NRT - LAX - YVR - SFO - MEL - NRT
It only has 4 stops, but 3 are North America (they'll be stopping in each of LAX, YVR and SFO) - I assume that this will require an additional payment ?
They can then purchase a one way ticket from ANC - SFO, which is only aroun $US700, still making the trip DCIR22 worthwhile, even though it becomes a bit more marginal once you take into account MEL - NRT at the start (although they'll do that on points). However, I think that Plat Challenge makes it worthwhile overall.
Plat challenge
In notice that Q points accrue @ 1.5 per mile for Y and B. What about D ? I assume it's still 1.5 - is this correct ? This is relevant, as it would enable them to hit 10,000 Q points before the SFO - MEL leg.
Questions:
1. do people disagree with anything above ?
2. is there a way of fitting ANC into this itinerary, that I have missed ?
3. any other suggestions/comments ?
Appreciate the help.
cheers
My parents are flying over to the US to do a cruise from Vancouver to Anchorage.
I was thinking that a DCIC22 and Plat challenge would be perfect for them. Then, to top things off, and given that the travel o/s once a year, I thought that it would be cheaper to ticket ex-NRT (even though this would delay Plat qualification).
Firstly, I know that many people have previously posted on purchasing Oneworld products ex-NRT, but could not find the post I was looking for (I think it was one of QF009's) - could someone please reply with a link for a good post for ex-NRT bookings through AA.
Secondly, the initerary.
My parents want to stop in LAX for a while, so I intially tried the following itinerary:
NRT - LAX - YVR - [ship to ANC] - SFO - MEL - NRT
However, on my calculations, the land (or in this case, sea) segment would need to also be included, meaning that for fare rules purposes, the intinerary would look like this:
NRT - LAX - YVR - ANC - SFO - MEL - NRT - unfortunately, 22,800 miles.
So, I decided to change it to:
NRT - LAX - YVR - SFO - MEL - NRT
It only has 4 stops, but 3 are North America (they'll be stopping in each of LAX, YVR and SFO) - I assume that this will require an additional payment ?
They can then purchase a one way ticket from ANC - SFO, which is only aroun $US700, still making the trip DCIR22 worthwhile, even though it becomes a bit more marginal once you take into account MEL - NRT at the start (although they'll do that on points). However, I think that Plat Challenge makes it worthwhile overall.
Plat challenge
In notice that Q points accrue @ 1.5 per mile for Y and B. What about D ? I assume it's still 1.5 - is this correct ? This is relevant, as it would enable them to hit 10,000 Q points before the SFO - MEL leg.
Questions:
1. do people disagree with anything above ?
2. is there a way of fitting ANC into this itinerary, that I have missed ?
3. any other suggestions/comments ?
Appreciate the help.
cheers
