Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

[MEL_Traveller]

happy birthday!

nice itinerary.

If you go to AA’s USA site you might be able to snag ‘main cabin extra’ seating for free on the JFK-MIA flight. Saves money over having to buy it and you get perks such as free drinks. It’s regular coach but with extra legroom. Somehow because i had business class on all my other legs it let me choose a seat in that cabin.

Worst things than 12 hours in tokyo. Not ideal but the food, shopping or maybe even an onsen to unwind?

 

[Wolf creek]

Please try to check bags al the way through in Brisbane and if that fails, please ask for them to be checked only to Sydney and try again there. The people you spoke to on the Qantas switchboard do not know that this should be possible.

Update Mr H
Have successfully landed in CDG.
Not to pile on poor old qantas,the international transfer desk was hopeless in BNE ,she had trouble printing out a boarding pass to SYD.
Qatar in SYD was brilliant, must of spent 20 minutes connecting these flights for baggage to land in Paris without picking them up in doha.
Footnote
RJ wasn’t bad in business,not in the big boyz league,business seats were like big reclining lounge chairs and service was good.
Thks again for your help.

 

[Steph123]

happy birthday!

nice itinerary.

If you go to AA’s USA site you might be able to snag ‘main cabin extra’ seating for free on the JFK-MIA flight. Saves money over having to buy it and you get perks such as free drinks. It’s regular coach but with extra legroom. Somehow because i had business class on all my other legs it let me choose a seat in that cabin.

Worst things than 12 hours in tokyo. Not ideal but the food, shopping or maybe even an onsen to unwind?

Thank you for the tip about the main cabin extra option for our JFK-MIA flight! I'm definitely going to look into that

And I agree about our layover in Tokyo, definitely not the worst. Just concerned about having to go through customs/travel between airports with our bags. I'm sure we'll be able to leave the bags in a locker somewhere though, so all good!

 

[bigpete]

AUS-DFW-LAS (U - AA) <--- Stop. Plan is to get ourselves from LAS to SFO and then to LAX. Not sure how yet, maybe drive or maybe fly.

I've done a few trips to California & Nevada. LAS/SFO/LAX is over 1,500km and 14 hours of driving; and parking your rental car overnight in San Francisco is pricey. If you have time, fly to SFO and drive down to LAX. If not, there's always a next time...

 

[Mr H]

I've done a few trips to California & Nevada. LAS/SFO/LAX is over 1,500km and 14 hours of driving; and parking your rental car overnight in San Francisco is pricey. If you have time, fly to SFO and drive down to LAX. If not, there's always a next time...

I would definitely fly LAS - SFO. Is there a subway line linking SFO to downtown Los Angeles?

 

[Captain Halliday]

I would definitely fly LAS - SFO. Is there a subway line linking SFO to downtown Los Angeles?

~600km.

That’d be a heck of a subway.

 

[Mr H]

~600km.

That’d be a heck of a subway.

I was using it the American way to mean an underground train, not something you walk through.

 

[DC3]

~600km.

That’d be a heck of a subway.

So, not in the same city?

 

[Mr H]

So, not in the same city?

I am aware that they are technically different cities. That was made clear to me on a previous occasion.

 

[Mr_Tee]

I would definitely fly LAS - SFO. Is there a subway line linking SFO to downtown Los Angeles?

There is a train service via Amtrak. It's going to take you about 12+ hours from point to point I think.

 

[Mr H]

There is a train service via Amtrak. It's going to take you about 12+ hours from point to point I think.

That seems excessive - no wonder people fly. Bronwyn Bishop would approve.

 

[Mr_Tee]

That seems excessive - no wonder people fly. Bronwyn Bishop would approve.

Excessive?? San Francisco (SFO) is over 500km away from downtown LA. I'm not sure how close you think that these two cities are to each other.

 

[ChrisMars]

Excessive?? San Francisco (SFO) is over 500km away from downtown LA. I'm not sure how close you think that these two cities are to each other.

Fast train reached +300km/h decades ago. Based on just the distance, 12h can seem excessive (it does for me). Of course there are other factors in play to build a fast train connection, and I have no idea how it is in the us in general, and this route in particular. The contrrovertial hyperloop was mentioned to connect those cities, there must be aome merit and feasabiliy.

 

[Steph123]

Thanks for the giggle everyone! I'm sure I sound like a tourist who comes to Australia and doesn't understand how far apart our cities are... always funny I think due to timing we'll fly LAS-SFO and do the drive down to LA. I think if I tried to convince my partner driving the whole way would be a good idea I'd never hear the end of it (good start to a marriage hahah!)

 

[bigpete]

I think due to timing we'll fly LAS-SFO and do the drive down to LA.

Have you done this inter-city drive before? Assuming Highway 1 is open when you visit, I'd suggest you must do the 49-Mile Scenic Drive in San Francisco and the astounding Hearst Castle in San SImeon. In the interests of minimising the thread digressing from it's original purpose, feel free to PM for a more extensive list of possible things to see/do. Also, I found previously that there were never any AA award seats ex-SFO but I could get SJC/LAX/BNE with AA & QF

 

[Phoenix-1]

Hi all, me again. I'm a very happy little vegemite as I have been able to secure us a full itinerary for our honeymoon next year! With a few hiccups and one not-so-ideal layover, I'd say we've got a pretty good plan.

Looks like an awesome trip. Can you share how much taxes were?

Also I will be (sadly) cancelling a J reward MEL-LAX flight (QF93) on the 8th of May which was booked as part of a OWCA. If anyone is interested in it let me know and I'll PM you when it's cancelled.

 

[Steph123]

Have you done this inter-city drive before? Assuming Highway 1 is open when you visit, I'd suggest you must do the 49-Mile Scenic Drive in San Francisco and the astounding Hearst Castle in San SImeon. In the interests of minimising the thread digressing from it's original purpose, feel free to PM for a more extensive list of possible things to see/do. Also, I found previously that there were never any AA award seats ex-SFO but I could get SJC/LAX/BNE with AA & QF

No we've never been to the USA before! I will definitely send you a PM in the next couple days, thanks heaps for the offer

Looks like an awesome trip. Can you share how much taxes were?

Also I will be (sadly) cancelling a J reward MEL-LAX flight (QF93) on the 8th of May which was booked as part of a OWCA. If anyone is interested in it let me know and I'll PM you when it's cancelled.

Of course - taxes were $1389 for both of us, with the majority (a whopping $712!) for our trip back SIN-SYD on BA. Even so, this is great value.. Including the yearly fees we paid for the credit cards to earn the Qantas points for this trip, the total we paid for our flights was under $3k for both our tickets (ie. $1500 ea). Not sure how much these flights would have cost if we'd paid revenue fares, but I don't even think we could get economy tickets for that price. As I said, very happy little vegemite

 

[bigpete]

Not sure how much these flights would have cost if we'd paid revenue fares, but I don't even think we could get economy tickets for that price. As I said, very happy little vegemite

I track my theoretical points yield for each trip. You can use the One World site to get the retail value of your routing Multi-City Flights: Round The World Airline Tickets - RTW

 

[Mr H]

I track my theoretical points yield for each trip. You can use the One World site to get the retail value of your routing Multi-City Flights: Round The World Airline Tickets - RTW

The tool you link to requires you to circumnavigate the world - i.e. go to America. Many of us choose not to do that.

 

[Phoenix-1]

Of course - taxes were $1389 for both of us, with the majority (a whopping $712!) for our trip back SIN-SYD on BA. Even so, this is great value.. Including the yearly fees we paid for the credit cards to earn the Qantas points for this trip, the total we paid for our flights was under $3k for both our tickets (ie. $1500 ea). Not sure how much these flights would have cost if we'd paid revenue fares, but I don't even think we could get economy tickets for that price. As I said, very happy little vegemite

Thanks. A great deal.