First of all i need to start by thanking every single person on this forum! I have learnt so much off you and hopefully i have been able to give back to other members on the forum with replies to their questions as well..
I did the following run over 3 days. (2 bookings)
LAX-LAS-ORD-LGA-MIA-SJU-MIA-LGA-ORD-LAS-LAX $1044
LAX-LAS-LAX $512
I know the second booking was not at all efficient on cost.. But i wanted the SC to get me straight to platinum by the time i was back in Perth for a domestic JQ F Lounge run in July and another USA trip at the end of the year..
Anyway here are my thoughts on a few things having now completed it and for others who maybe thinking of doing a SC run soon?
In no particular order...
->The cookies they bake on board are EPIC!!!
->If you have several hours in a lounge? Check straight away with the staff if there is an earlier flight or if an earlier one has been delayed that you can go on standby for. I did this for a LGA-MIA which should have left before i landed in LGA. I was not really thinking about it until i heard that the plane would be delayed for another 20 minutes. The fact that i only had 40 min in MIA on the orginal flight prompted me to go and ask. I think that had i not got on the earlier flight to MIA i may have missed my flight MIA-SJU which was the last one for the night..
->SJU airport hotel is definitely worth it for a good sleep before the long day and a bit back to LAX.
->I found all staff were very polite and efficient whilst on board.
->Priority boarding just works!! I tended to board straight away to ensure there was overhead space.. Although never really had a problem for the couple of flights i boarded later on in the process.
->7 hour layover in LAS (12am-7am) isn't at all that bad if your real skinny like me..
And push two lines of the fixed chairs up against each other and lie down the middle of them..
(Don't know why the photo has rotated itself..)
I found these seats behind one of the booths at a gate where the ground staff work at the computers and it just so happened to be roped off at both ends just for me!
The hardcore part of the SC run was listed at the top of this post. But i actually spent a day flying BGI-MIA-LAX with parents and siblings the day before and then started my pure SC run..
Lap 1 was from when we left BGI to when i arrived in SJU i think i had 4 hours sleep during that time!? (BGI-MIA-LAX-LAS-ORD-LGA-MIA-SJU)
Lap 2 shows almost 72 hours however minus 8 as thats how long i was in the hotel for over night in SJU. So 63hrs 45mins is how long it took me to fly SJU-MIA-LGA-ORD-LAS-LAX-LAS-LAX-SYD-MEL. In which i had 5 hours sleep in LAS on the seat... And i think 10 out 14 in J for LAX-SYD.
Lap 3 is from when i landed in MEL to when i landed in PER. I stayed a night at grandmas and caught up with her and my other grandma before flying MEL-BNE-PER the next day..
->Make sure if you are doing LAS-ORD-LGA departing on the 12.30am from LAS. You should make sure that when you book the flights to have different flight numbers for the two segments. As AA392 also flies onto LGA and this will have implications on SC earn! I only picked up on this right before i was about to confirm my booking.. Luckily!
->If your flying on an MD80 then make sure you avoid all A and B seats as they all have less leg room than E and F!
->If you do book such a long SC run and your doing it at the end of a trip.. Then either stay a night in LAX to recover or make sure you fly back in business. I had booked Y+ and submitted a points upgrade from dads WP account.. Luckily there were several business seats not sold! I don't know how i would have coped if not upgraded.. My back was in a horrible condition by the time i got to the QF lounge and had to sit for almost 6 hours before QF12. Ended up lying down in the back corner where the fire exit is for a while and did some stretches.
->The flight that i went on standby for and managed to get on has not automatically credited to QF i have requested manual entry for this.
->I flew LAS-LAX twice on the last day before QF12 and the second flight did not credit automatically either. SO i have requested manual entry for this one as well.
Anyway i think thats all! Hopefully i didn't bore you all to death and someone can find some helpful info out of the above.. If you have any other questions? I will do my best to reply to them in this thread.
Probably should go send dad the 45,000 points i now owe him...
Cheers gogo
P.S I'm really sorry that it was soooo long!
I did the following run over 3 days. (2 bookings)
LAX-LAS-ORD-LGA-MIA-SJU-MIA-LGA-ORD-LAS-LAX $1044
LAX-LAS-LAX $512
I know the second booking was not at all efficient on cost.. But i wanted the SC to get me straight to platinum by the time i was back in Perth for a domestic JQ F Lounge run in July and another USA trip at the end of the year..
Anyway here are my thoughts on a few things having now completed it and for others who maybe thinking of doing a SC run soon?
In no particular order...
->The cookies they bake on board are EPIC!!!
->If you have several hours in a lounge? Check straight away with the staff if there is an earlier flight or if an earlier one has been delayed that you can go on standby for. I did this for a LGA-MIA which should have left before i landed in LGA. I was not really thinking about it until i heard that the plane would be delayed for another 20 minutes. The fact that i only had 40 min in MIA on the orginal flight prompted me to go and ask. I think that had i not got on the earlier flight to MIA i may have missed my flight MIA-SJU which was the last one for the night..
->SJU airport hotel is definitely worth it for a good sleep before the long day and a bit back to LAX.
->I found all staff were very polite and efficient whilst on board.
->Priority boarding just works!! I tended to board straight away to ensure there was overhead space.. Although never really had a problem for the couple of flights i boarded later on in the process.
->7 hour layover in LAS (12am-7am) isn't at all that bad if your real skinny like me..
And push two lines of the fixed chairs up against each other and lie down the middle of them..(Don't know why the photo has rotated itself..)
I found these seats behind one of the booths at a gate where the ground staff work at the computers and it just so happened to be roped off at both ends just for me!
The hardcore part of the SC run was listed at the top of this post. But i actually spent a day flying BGI-MIA-LAX with parents and siblings the day before and then started my pure SC run..
Lap 1 was from when we left BGI to when i arrived in SJU i think i had 4 hours sleep during that time!? (BGI-MIA-LAX-LAS-ORD-LGA-MIA-SJU)
Lap 2 shows almost 72 hours however minus 8 as thats how long i was in the hotel for over night in SJU. So 63hrs 45mins is how long it took me to fly SJU-MIA-LGA-ORD-LAS-LAX-LAS-LAX-SYD-MEL. In which i had 5 hours sleep in LAS on the seat... And i think 10 out 14 in J for LAX-SYD.
Lap 3 is from when i landed in MEL to when i landed in PER. I stayed a night at grandmas and caught up with her and my other grandma before flying MEL-BNE-PER the next day..
->Make sure if you are doing LAS-ORD-LGA departing on the 12.30am from LAS. You should make sure that when you book the flights to have different flight numbers for the two segments. As AA392 also flies onto LGA and this will have implications on SC earn! I only picked up on this right before i was about to confirm my booking.. Luckily!
->If your flying on an MD80 then make sure you avoid all A and B seats as they all have less leg room than E and F!
->If you do book such a long SC run and your doing it at the end of a trip.. Then either stay a night in LAX to recover or make sure you fly back in business. I had booked Y+ and submitted a points upgrade from dads WP account.. Luckily there were several business seats not sold! I don't know how i would have coped if not upgraded.. My back was in a horrible condition by the time i got to the QF lounge and had to sit for almost 6 hours before QF12. Ended up lying down in the back corner where the fire exit is for a while and did some stretches.
->The flight that i went on standby for and managed to get on has not automatically credited to QF i have requested manual entry for this.
->I flew LAS-LAX twice on the last day before QF12 and the second flight did not credit automatically either. SO i have requested manual entry for this one as well.
Anyway i think thats all! Hopefully i didn't bore you all to death and someone can find some helpful info out of the above.. If you have any other questions? I will do my best to reply to them in this thread.
Probably should go send dad the 45,000 points i now owe him...
Cheers gogo
P.S I'm really sorry that it was soooo long!
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