Star Alliance - Perth - New York - Perth

[spudwa]

Hi

My wife and I will be going to a wedding in NY end of May next year for about 3 weeks. We want to use our US Airways dividend miles. We have more than enough for First class. As its a short trip we'd like to get there and back with the minimum of breaks and wait time. Can anyone suggest a speedy itinerary. I've been told that going First class may make booking a quick itinerary hard? If we do fly business which airlines have the flatest (180 degress) seats.

Thanks Paul

 

[mannej]

Your options out of Perth on Star would be SA, TG or SQ. Without looking too much into things, I am guessing you would be best to look at SQ, as they do PER-SIN-EWR. You would be on the 772/330 out of Perth, and the 345 out of Singapore.

 

[spudwa]

Your options out of Perth on Star would be SA, TG or SQ. Without looking too much into things, I am guessing you would be best to look at SQ, as they do PER-SIN-EWR. You would be on the 772/330 out of Perth, and the 345 out of Singapore.

I've heard availability of this flight is nearly impossible

 

[mannej]

Have you checked the availabilty?

 

[docjames]

PER-SIN-EWR (SQ) would be choice #1 if you can get seats. But it'll be J not F.

Alternate might be PER-AKL-LAX-JFK/EWR using NZ/UA (again J not F for most of it).

PER-SIN-PVG-EWR (SQ/UA)

PER-BKK-FRA-EWR is only 2 hours more (TG/LH/UA).

Note the UA may acutally be CO metal.

The star alliance search tool is really useful.

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[thewinchester]

Surprised nobody has suggested PER-AKL-LAX-JFK on NZ (last segment is on UA).

I know it's a two stop strategy (32.5hrs out, 39hrs return), but might be a better option specially with NZ's revamped hard product on AKL-LAX.

 

[docjames]

Surprised nobody has suggested PER-AKL-LAX-JFK on NZ (last segment is on UA).

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PER-SIN-EWR (SQ) would be choice #1 if you can get seats. But it'll be J not F.

Alternate might be PER-AKL-LAX-JFK/EWR using NZ/UA (again J not F for most of it).

Ahem, reply 5. THe CO (now UA) product has better availability to EWR than JFK.

 

[el_rooto]

SAA PER - JNB - JFK?

Otherwise I'd opt for PER - SIN - NYC

OR PER - SIN - NRT - NYC with the last leg on ANA?

 

[spudwa]

Well there is no J availability on Singapore and while I can get to Joburg from there to NY is a no no.

I'm looking at
05/23 Thai 482 Perth to Bangkok departing at 4:45PM and arriving at 10:45PM
05/24 Asiana 744 Bangkok to Seoul departing at 1:20AM and arriving at 8:30AM
05/24 Asiana 222 Seoul to New York departing at 10:00AM and arriving at 11:00AM

and maybe
06/13 Turkish 2 New York to Istanbul departing at 4:45PM and arriving at 9:25AM (+1 day) [their brand new 777 with flat business class]

on the way home
The guy who is helping with my booking is struggling to find anything decent from Europe to the US

 

[spudwa]

Surprised nobody has suggested PER-AKL-LAX-JFK on NZ (last segment is on UA).

I know it's a two stop strategy (32.5hrs out, 39hrs return), but might be a better option specially with NZ's revamped hard product on AKL-LAX.

No availability on the AKL LAX leg

 

[casanovawa]

Do Lufthansa allow you to redeem business class on their A380 flights via Dividend miles??

i notice they have A380s that go from SIN-FRA and i think from FRA-MIA then maybe a hop up to JFK???

 

[travelislife]

AirNZ seem to release seats about 3 months out from travel. May is a good time to be travelling as is just before the peak. I would wait, and then start checking every day from about 100 days out. If you don't find anything by about 80 days you coul book return to Europe have a stop there and enjoy yourselves and just buy a flight over to new York, there are some very cheap deals usually NY to europe.