Bizarrely the BA site has my QF number and this site has my AA number.
One thing that I am thinking of is whether I will earn enough points or upgrades on AAdvantage to upgrade to first on either the LAX-JFK or
Its 25,000 points to go from J-F on JFK-LHR and 15,000 points LAX-JFK
Based on my non status at the moment and 4160 miles opening balance I think I will have miles at the following rates/amounts:
Points
Current - 4160
SYD-BKK (WT+) - 5161 - coughulative - 9321
BKK-SYD (WT+) - 9853 (qualify as Plat on this flight) - coughulative - 19174
SYD-AKL-LAX - 17968 - coughulative - 37142
LAX-JFK - 5562 - coughulative - 42704
That gives enough points at either LAX or JFK to upgrade - although not sure if I can upgrade LAX-JFK whilst at the airport in LAX. Given most of the points wont have registered as yet :shock: not sure its even remotely possible. The points should all be fine for the JFK-LHR flight and that might be a good flight to get the upgrade to F for that flight so that I can sleep in flat bed and be more awake for trip to Cyprus (noting that there is currently F4/J7/Y7 availability so likelihood of free upgrade is remote - and I wouldnt rely on that anyway).
Based on the mileage upgrades (4x500 upgrades per 10,000 miles flown as Plat) assuming that they can be pooled if you have multiple I dont think I will have enough upgrades based on miles flown before either flight. Assuming that they accrue from the flight where I get Plat the miles flown would be as follows:
BKK-SYD - 4680
SYD-AKL-LAX 7866 - coughulative - 12546
LAX-JFK - 2472 - coughulative - 15018
SO I would only have 4x500 mile upgrade credits - not enough for any upgrade.
I definitely think I will try for the F upgrade JFK-LHR using points if I can