Woops typo! Yes I mean ANC, not ACH. I also meant LGW not GAT or whatever I typed.
There were some time constraints - I wanted to ensure maximum weekday time in the cities I need to work in. On the current plan I get into LAX at 4pmish Sunday, giving me flight recovery time to be fresh for meetings Monday morning.
I deliberately booked a non direct flight to LGA as all avail direct flights (at time of booking) only had seats in 3 class planes. 2 class of course allows the booking into F.
Yes - only 19 flights. I could have gone home via ADL or CNS but bugger that - after this much flying in a short space of time I'm just gonna want to get home I think.
The exercise was to get 1965 SC's with as few flights as possible whilst maximising work time in main cities and minimising flights/transfer times. Annoyingly I've just booked a flight to Perth next week and no longer need that many SC's but oh well. Once we checked over the final itin, I actually changed the NRT-SIN-NRT to NRT-HKG-NRT to shorten flights again. End result? Of the 10 business days, I only lose 2 in the air, so I'm really happy with that.
Thanks for the AA pricing tip but I've gone against the popular opinion of this forum and booked/paid with Qantas. First, I fly domestic a lot so the QFF program suits me and uh... quite honesty I groan inwardly and outwardly every time I have to set foot on an AA flight. I despise the airline and I guess that ruling with my heart as usual, I can't bring myself to give my loyalty to AA. I know the program is better etc... but I just can't. Something about that flying kangaroo for me
Finally - I have a special meal (vege) and I always ask for a drink the second I get it (otherwise I have to wait 30mins while they serve everyone else's meals. When sitting in Y, Qantas is the ONLY airline who's FA's have never groaned or said "yeah later after we've served the meals" - that action means I'm left waiting and waiting without a drink with my meal. I know that sounds really lame, but it is the simple things that make a difference sometimes. Thus - my loyalty remains with Qantas and I ALWAYS choose Qantas on all international flights regardless of class.
There were some time constraints - I wanted to ensure maximum weekday time in the cities I need to work in. On the current plan I get into LAX at 4pmish Sunday, giving me flight recovery time to be fresh for meetings Monday morning.
I deliberately booked a non direct flight to LGA as all avail direct flights (at time of booking) only had seats in 3 class planes. 2 class of course allows the booking into F.
Yes - only 19 flights. I could have gone home via ADL or CNS but bugger that - after this much flying in a short space of time I'm just gonna want to get home I think.
The exercise was to get 1965 SC's with as few flights as possible whilst maximising work time in main cities and minimising flights/transfer times. Annoyingly I've just booked a flight to Perth next week and no longer need that many SC's but oh well. Once we checked over the final itin, I actually changed the NRT-SIN-NRT to NRT-HKG-NRT to shorten flights again. End result? Of the 10 business days, I only lose 2 in the air, so I'm really happy with that.
Thanks for the AA pricing tip but I've gone against the popular opinion of this forum and booked/paid with Qantas. First, I fly domestic a lot so the QFF program suits me and uh... quite honesty I groan inwardly and outwardly every time I have to set foot on an AA flight. I despise the airline and I guess that ruling with my heart as usual, I can't bring myself to give my loyalty to AA. I know the program is better etc... but I just can't. Something about that flying kangaroo for me
Finally - I have a special meal (vege) and I always ask for a drink the second I get it (otherwise I have to wait 30mins while they serve everyone else's meals. When sitting in Y, Qantas is the ONLY airline who's FA's have never groaned or said "yeah later after we've served the meals" - that action means I'm left waiting and waiting without a drink with my meal. I know that sounds really lame, but it is the simple things that make a difference sometimes. Thus - my loyalty remains with Qantas and I ALWAYS choose Qantas on all international flights regardless of class.
