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LONE4 (in AUD) today from
NZ $3,980
Oz $4,069
Sing $6,175
Japan $3,714

So it looks like you want to avoid Singapore, the rest are all in the same ballpark of $4K

Data from Expert Flyer
Incredibly, that oz price is within a few hundred dollars of the last LONE4 I booked in about 2008... inflation?! Pfft! :D
 
Have read the rules and had a good play around with a combo of "Flight Connections", "Expert Flyer", the QANTAS Status Calculator and the xONEx rules.

My objective was to go to some interesting places and try out as many business class long haul cabins as I can in a DONE4 for Aug-Oct next year, while hitting 1210 status credits by end Oct to get Platinum given the Status Credits I already have in hand (will lose it end this Oct, have a few flights in Dec/Jan which will gives some SCs)

Pricing a few countries, Japan is indeed the cheapest so will start there
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and here we have the path, keeping in mind that Casablanca is considered to be part of Europe (or maybe the middle east)

View attachment 345185

So
Start Sydney and position to Tokyo using a FF ticket

Then
Tokyo -> Honolulu on a JAL 787 (lay flat bed)
Honolulu -> Dallas on a AA 787 (lay flat bed)
Dallas -> New York on a AA domestic 737
New York -> San Fran on a 3 class A321 (lay flat bed)
San Fran -> Doha on a QATAR QSuite A350 (lay flat bed)
Doha -> Casablanca on a QATAR 777 (lay flat bed)
Casablanca -> Istanbul on a Royal Air Maroc 787 (lay flat bed)
Istanbul -> London on a British Air el cougho A320
London -> Madrid on a Iberia A330 (lay flat bed)
Madrid -> Hong Kong on a Cathay A350 (lay flat bed)
Hong Kong -> Kuala Lumpur on a Cathay A330 (lay flat bed)
Kuala Lumpur -> Bangalore on a Malay 737 puddle jumper
Bangalore -> Sydney on a QANTAS 330-200 (lay flat bed)

Live in Sydney so I am home, aim to be home by Oct 31st so trigger platinum again
(1350 Status Credits by this time)

Then have a trip to Lord Howe Island to take in the 1st half of 2025

Finally 'finish' the trip by flying back to Tokyo on a QANTAS A330 (lay flat bed) to start the next DONE4 some time around August 2025

1,605 status
97,500 FF points (assuming gold)
48,850 miles

I think this valid, but would appreciate someone knowledgeable checking it

11 of the 16 flights are on aircraft with lay flat beds and it covers 7 airlines Long Haul cabins (JAL, QANTAS, American, QATAR, Royal Maroc, Iberia & Cathay)

View attachment 345295

Reds are intercontinental sectors, greens are local sectors

Thoughts?
Errors?

I appreciate your efforts and the detailed information. Quite impressive and good starters for newbie like me looking forward to oneworld.
 
Gosh, out of pure curiosity I've just wasted about 20 minutes on this artificial not-so intelligent chatbot. Worse than many and they pretty much all are bad in my experience.

As an aside, connected to these experiences: Unless the Terminators want us all to live in blissful ignorance of what's coming for us and play dumb on purpose, I am totally not afraid in the slightest of AI taking over our world. It's not going to happen, at least not in time before we've burnt or nuked it down ourselves.
 
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