Round the world ticket questions

"Henry" wrote in message
...
David Bennetts wrote:

Generally there are variants for the two major airline alliances - One
World
(including Qantas and BA) and Star Alliance (United, Singapore,
Lufthansa
etc).

Also the fewer the stops you want, generally the cheaper the fare.

Not necessarily. With the Star Alliance rtw, the fare is based on
distance travelled, not the number of stops. For example, even a
three-stop itinerary (the minimum required) can put you in the second
fare category if it is something like London-Sydney-San
Francisco-Rio-London.

cheers,

Henry


Thanks all.

Blaine

"Henry" wrote in message
...
David Bennetts wrote:

Generally there are variants for the two major airline alliances - One
World
(including Qantas and BA) and Star Alliance (United, Singapore,
Lufthansa
etc).

Also the fewer the stops you want, generally the cheaper the fare.

Not necessarily. With the Star Alliance rtw, the fare is based on
distance travelled, not the number of stops. For example, even a
three-stop itinerary (the minimum required) can put you in the second
fare category if it is something like London-Sydney-San
Francisco-Rio-London.

cheers,

Henry


Thanks all.

Blaine

"Henry" wrote in message
...
David Bennetts wrote:

Generally there are variants for the two major airline alliances - One
World
(including Qantas and BA) and Star Alliance (United, Singapore,
Lufthansa
etc).

Also the fewer the stops you want, generally the cheaper the fare.

Not necessarily. With the Star Alliance rtw, the fare is based on
distance travelled, not the number of stops. For example, even a
three-stop itinerary (the minimum required) can put you in the second
fare category if it is something like London-Sydney-San
Francisco-Rio-London.

cheers,

Henry


Thanks all.

Blaine

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 03:11:05 GMT, "Blaine"
wrote:

Hi,

I'm hoping somebody can give me some insight into
how "round the world" tickets work. We're in NSW.

I'm contemplating purchasing one as a gift for my
eldest for when he finishes his Uni but whilst I've
travelled extensively, I'm in the dark as to "how"
rtw tickets actually work. I'm looking at a 9 stop
ticket.

I guess my question is..is there a time frame the
trip must be completed within, or are they generally
open, and the time it takes depends on how long
the holder can, and does stay in any given country?

tia

Blaine

The others have mentioned Star Alliance. One thing to check there is
whether you can use the Frequent Flyer credits back here afterwards.

We used One-World-Explorer last year. It works on legs, not miles. You
are allowed four "legs" in each continent except for the Americas. North
and South America are treated as one continent, including the Caribbean,
but you are allowed six legs there.

Inter-continental legs are "free"; it is only the intercontinentals that
aren't allowed "backwards". Within the continent you can go in any
direction, as you'll see from the legs we did. Positioning flights
within Oz are also "free".

Our tickets cost AU$2850 ea including taxes and fees. I've just priced a
possible repeat and it's a little over AU$3,000 now. Ours was the
"four-continent" version.

This is the itinerary we did on that one ticket (well two, for my wife
and I) over a five-month trip:

Coolangatta - Sydney - Los Angeles (then car) San Jose - Las-Vegas - St
Louis - New Orleans (then car) Washington - NYC - St Thomas (US Virgin
Islands) - San Juan Puerto Rico - Madrid (then train) - Granada - Madrid
- Nice (then eurodrive car) - Paris - Dublin - Edinburgh (then car)
London - Singapore - Melbourne - Coolangatta. That's 16 flights if I've
added it up right. And we didn't use our full quota of "legs" in Asia.

The cost of changes was mainly a small fee plus any tax variations, but
we didn't make any. Of course, as someone else mentioned, check all the
rules carefully. The url is http://www.oneworldalliance.com/, and no, I
don't get a commission. I wish.

Now we're off to Fiji at the end of this month on the Frequent Flyer
miles with Qantas that we got from the trip:-)


Cheers, Alan
--

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 03:11:05 GMT, "Blaine"
wrote:

Hi,

I'm hoping somebody can give me some insight into
how "round the world" tickets work. We're in NSW.

I'm contemplating purchasing one as a gift for my
eldest for when he finishes his Uni but whilst I've
travelled extensively, I'm in the dark as to "how"
rtw tickets actually work. I'm looking at a 9 stop
ticket.

I guess my question is..is there a time frame the
trip must be completed within, or are they generally
open, and the time it takes depends on how long
the holder can, and does stay in any given country?

tia

Blaine

The others have mentioned Star Alliance. One thing to check there is
whether you can use the Frequent Flyer credits back here afterwards.

We used One-World-Explorer last year. It works on legs, not miles. You
are allowed four "legs" in each continent except for the Americas. North
and South America are treated as one continent, including the Caribbean,
but you are allowed six legs there.

Inter-continental legs are "free"; it is only the intercontinentals that
aren't allowed "backwards". Within the continent you can go in any
direction, as you'll see from the legs we did. Positioning flights
within Oz are also "free".

Our tickets cost AU$2850 ea including taxes and fees. I've just priced a
possible repeat and it's a little over AU$3,000 now. Ours was the
"four-continent" version.

This is the itinerary we did on that one ticket (well two, for my wife
and I) over a five-month trip:

Coolangatta - Sydney - Los Angeles (then car) San Jose - Las-Vegas - St
Louis - New Orleans (then car) Washington - NYC - St Thomas (US Virgin
Islands) - San Juan Puerto Rico - Madrid (then train) - Granada - Madrid
- Nice (then eurodrive car) - Paris - Dublin - Edinburgh (then car)
London - Singapore - Melbourne - Coolangatta. That's 16 flights if I've
added it up right. And we didn't use our full quota of "legs" in Asia.

The cost of changes was mainly a small fee plus any tax variations, but
we didn't make any. Of course, as someone else mentioned, check all the
rules carefully. The url is http://www.oneworldalliance.com/, and no, I
don't get a commission. I wish.

Now we're off to Fiji at the end of this month on the Frequent Flyer
miles with Qantas that we got from the trip:-)


Cheers, Alan
--

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 03:11:05 GMT, "Blaine"
wrote:

Hi,

I'm hoping somebody can give me some insight into
how "round the world" tickets work. We're in NSW.

I'm contemplating purchasing one as a gift for my
eldest for when he finishes his Uni but whilst I've
travelled extensively, I'm in the dark as to "how"
rtw tickets actually work. I'm looking at a 9 stop
ticket.

I guess my question is..is there a time frame the
trip must be completed within, or are they generally
open, and the time it takes depends on how long
the holder can, and does stay in any given country?

tia

Blaine

The others have mentioned Star Alliance. One thing to check there is
whether you can use the Frequent Flyer credits back here afterwards.

We used One-World-Explorer last year. It works on legs, not miles. You
are allowed four "legs" in each continent except for the Americas. North
and South America are treated as one continent, including the Caribbean,
but you are allowed six legs there.

Inter-continental legs are "free"; it is only the intercontinentals that
aren't allowed "backwards". Within the continent you can go in any
direction, as you'll see from the legs we did. Positioning flights
within Oz are also "free".

Our tickets cost AU$2850 ea including taxes and fees. I've just priced a
possible repeat and it's a little over AU$3,000 now. Ours was the
"four-continent" version.

This is the itinerary we did on that one ticket (well two, for my wife
and I) over a five-month trip:

Coolangatta - Sydney - Los Angeles (then car) San Jose - Las-Vegas - St
Louis - New Orleans (then car) Washington - NYC - St Thomas (US Virgin
Islands) - San Juan Puerto Rico - Madrid (then train) - Granada - Madrid
- Nice (then eurodrive car) - Paris - Dublin - Edinburgh (then car)
London - Singapore - Melbourne - Coolangatta. That's 16 flights if I've
added it up right. And we didn't use our full quota of "legs" in Asia.

The cost of changes was mainly a small fee plus any tax variations, but
we didn't make any. Of course, as someone else mentioned, check all the
rules carefully. The url is http://www.oneworldalliance.com/, and no, I
don't get a commission. I wish.

Now we're off to Fiji at the end of this month on the Frequent Flyer
miles with Qantas that we got from the trip:-)


Cheers, Alan
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