LONE4 - design to retain QFF Gold status

[MelUser]

A friend has asked whether it is possible to do a LONE4 which generates enough SCs to retain QFF Gold status (600SCs).

Has anyone designed or used (or otherwise heard of) a LONE4 (ex AUS) which has done this?

[serfty]

As a pure Mileage run? It's tough, especially starting on Oz...

Use Mileage Monkey to check various routings:

[tuapekastar]

I agree, very tough!

Best I could do (quickly) was 450 (pointless routing), or 445 (not quite as pointless). So while there is doubtless some tweaking that could be done to increase the SCs, there's a fair shortfall there...

syd-jfk-lax-dfw-anc-dfw-lax-lhr-dxb-lhr-sin-nrt-sin-nrt-per-cns-syd (450, 58336 miles)

syd-jfk-lax-dfw-anc-dfw-lax-lhr-dxb-lhr-sin-nrt-hkg-bom-hkg-per-syd (445, 56316 miles)

[Dave Noble]

For a LONE4, the easy way to maintain OWS is to aim for AA PLT status through a challenge. Start after 16th June and lasts until end feb 2011

If wanting QF Gold, I would suggest looking at helping it along with WT+/PE for part of the journey since 600 SCs is fairly hard to achieve

Dave

[serfty]

This itinerary earns 480 SC's:

mel-nrt-cgk-nrt-cgk-nrt-jfk-lax-dfw-anc-dfw-sjc-ord-lhr-mct-lhr-mel

Do LHR-MEL in WT+ for $1100 and earn and addition 60 SC's.

[simongr]

On a LONE4 arent you also hampered by the minimum stay rule of 10 days (which I think is waived for D/AoneX)?

Wouldn't the better option a flight to the US and some YUPPs and KUPPs?

[serfty]

This itinerary earns 480 SC's:

mel-nrt-cgk-nrt-cgk-nrt-jfk-lax-dfw-anc-dfw-sjc-ord-lhr-mct-lhr-mel

Do LHR-MEL in WT+ for $1100 and earn and addition 60 SC's.

Or while in LAX do a Y/KUP side trip to SFO for USD440 and earn an additional 120 SC's.

[Shano]

On a LONE4 arent you also hampered by the minimum stay rule of 10 days (which I think is waived for D/AoneX)?

Wouldn't the better option a flight to the US and some YUPPs and KUPPs?

Yes, there is a minimum stay of 10 days for LONEx fares.

The ~$3500 cost of a LONE4 would go a fair way to WP using K/YUPP's