There'sOnlyOneJimmy
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re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread
Vertrade, using your quoted numbering…
1. The MH service looks like it will solve the ‘how do we get to VN dilemma’. Thanks for the tip - silly of me to assume that the booking tool would include all services of Partner Airlines, but I guess that would take the challenge out of the game… I had a quick look on the MH website, and you’re right (of course), there appears to be plenty of flights to choose from.
2. Agreed.
3. We’ll be moving around a bit, so there’ll be many choices available as to where we leave the extra luggage. So flying in to LHR and flying out of ORY/CDG is completely feasible (and happily avoids the Departure Extortion mentioned by Serfty - thanks for the heads up).
4. Yes, good plan. I did a dummy booking and there’s plenty of flights SCQ-ORY at relatively low cost. And that will bring the KUL Stop into play.
So now the updated itinerary stands as (something like) this:
MEL - KUL - SGN / Stop1 (about 5 weeks)
SGN - KUL / Stop2 (a few days)
KUL - HKG / Stop3 (a few days)
HKG - LHR / Stop4
Surface Sector (at least 7 weeks), including an ‘off piste’ SCQ ORY
ORY - ?? - CAI / Stop5 (4 days - 1 week)
CAI - ?? - MEL (by 2 Oct at latest)
Thanks again,
TOOJ#3
TOOJ#3
1. You indicated that you thought getting to Vietnam might be a problem on the basis of dummy entries you did, but keep in mind that QF won't show up MH flights online. MH fly to SGN 4 times daily and it's only a 2 hr flight so my guess is that the chances of getting J seats should be very likely -> even though you're not ready to book yet you can always ring the QF call centre and ask them what availability there is in, say, 10 months time for a MH flight from KUL - SGN.
2. I always reckon it would be a shame not to make full use of the 5 stopover rule - so I never go for 4 if we can have 5!
3. Not sure I understand how changing to fly into LHR and fly out of ORY would allow you to pick up your luggage - obviously you can only pick it up from the same place you left it so, whether that's London or Paris, your second visit could only be a transit of < 24hrs to comply with the one stop-over per city rule.
4. One option you should consider would be to buy a Y ticket to fly from SCQ (or MAD) to LHR (or ORY/CDG). That would be a short flight that wouldn't cost you much money and it would mean that, since it is separate and distinct from your OW itinerary, you would only be deemed to be having a single stop-over in London (or Paris). That way you would be able to take your time retrieving your baggage and you'd also have a spare stop-over to have a few days in KUL (or somewhere else) as well. Win / Win.![]()
Vertrade, using your quoted numbering…
1. The MH service looks like it will solve the ‘how do we get to VN dilemma’. Thanks for the tip - silly of me to assume that the booking tool would include all services of Partner Airlines, but I guess that would take the challenge out of the game… I had a quick look on the MH website, and you’re right (of course), there appears to be plenty of flights to choose from.
2. Agreed.
3. We’ll be moving around a bit, so there’ll be many choices available as to where we leave the extra luggage. So flying in to LHR and flying out of ORY/CDG is completely feasible (and happily avoids the Departure Extortion mentioned by Serfty - thanks for the heads up).
4. Yes, good plan. I did a dummy booking and there’s plenty of flights SCQ-ORY at relatively low cost. And that will bring the KUL Stop into play.
So now the updated itinerary stands as (something like) this:
MEL - KUL - SGN / Stop1 (about 5 weeks)
SGN - KUL / Stop2 (a few days)
KUL - HKG / Stop3 (a few days)
HKG - LHR / Stop4
Surface Sector (at least 7 weeks), including an ‘off piste’ SCQ ORY
ORY - ?? - CAI / Stop5 (4 days - 1 week)
CAI - ?? - MEL (by 2 Oct at latest)
Thanks again,
TOOJ#3
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