QF L A380 vs LH + QF J 747?

[Kaileah]

Im off on a quick jaunt in a few months and am considering what flights to go..

Il be flying back from LHR and can either fly QF via Dubai, on an L fared A380, or I can fly J class LH via Frankfurt and SIN, changing to a QF plane for the last leg back to Melb on a 747

From experience, what would you all recommend?

Thanks!

 

[docjames]

L is usually a Y class bucket - so LH J then.....

 

[Boris spatsky]

Which frequent flyer program are you with?

 

[Kaileah]

Qantas ... I already have some status credits from a trip a few months ago.

 

[samh004]

Qantas ... I already have some status credits from a trip a few months ago.

Is hoarding of points and reaching the next/retaining your current status level important, or are you just after the best experience?

The J flights would probably be a lot better than Y, costs being equal.

 

[Kaileah]

Points definitely hold weight with the decision, but in addition to that, I'm worried about the multiple flight changes as I'm already going to be doing quite a lot of those in the States.

If I do a full J flight, it'll be on a Lufty ticket with no SC and will cost me an extra $4k.

 

[samh004]

Points definitely hold weight with the decision, but in addition to that, I'm worried about the multiple flight changes as I'm already going to be doing quite a lot of those in the States.

If I do a full J flight, it'll be on a Lufty ticket with no SC and will cost me an extra $4k.

I'm not sure on points, but in terms of SC (not taking into account LH flights), you'd earn between 60 and 70SC in Y on just Qantas, depending on how the flights are booked (straight through or changing in Dubai), but 120SC in J just between SIN-MEL. That might not be worth $4k to you though.

 

[Kaileah]

My apologies - I meant SC. Points I'm fine on.

The route is
MEL - LAX on QF
LAX - LAS on AA
LAS - TPA on AA
TPA - MIA on AA
MIA - LHR on BA (QF ticketed)
LHR - MEL on QF via Dubai

I think I'm up for about 200SC for this trip in PE?