Finally about to book the oneworld flight, just got two questions to confirm it is ok?
My first part of the itinerary is for flights in February to March, and the second part of the itinerary is for flights in October/November next year, can I confirm that I can book the first part now to secure the seats and only book the second half later this year when the reward inventory is loaded into the system? That should be fine as long as I book my second half of the booking before I take my first flight right?
Secondly, this is my current itinerary for the first half, does this look reasonable?
MEL-ADL-DOH (stopover 1) - MLE (stopover 2, will book a separate ticket for MLE-CMB as Emirates cannot be included in this booking) - CMB - HKG - CAN (stopover 3)
This means I have 2 stopover left and I will book a separate ticket to return home from CAN - MEL, then in October I will start the trip again from HKG to Europe before coming back to Australia, so something like this:
HKG-LHR (stopover 4) - CDG - NRT (stopover 5) - MEL
The biggest risk I can see is the separate ticket for MLE-CMB, as I won't be protected in the case of IRROP, but I just can't find any space from MLE-HKG...