round the world air tickets

any advice about where to look for round the world tickets -- looking to
give them to my daughter and husband for wedding gift -- they want to
travel for 4 months

trying to get a sense of range of prices and features and where best to look

Hilary wrote:

any advice about where to look for round the world tickets -- looking to
give them to my daughter and husband for wedding gift -- they want to
travel for 4 months

trying to get a sense of range of prices and features and where best to look


It would help if you said where they were starting. Most airlines offer
limited RTW tickets, though the larger and most flexible ones tend to be
from the major alliances - Star Alliance and OneWorld.

For most RTW tickets, you need to specify the route in advance, so unless
you know where they'll want to go it might be better to consult the bride
rather than risk making the wrong choices for such a gift.

Hilary


oh of course I wouldn't buy it without consulting with them -- they will
start I assume from midwest and head west around the world -- I know
that Thailand, Cambodia and New Zealand are on the itinerary -- I am
just trying to come up with the best strategy for figuring out the best deal

jenn wrote in message ...
oh of course I wouldn't buy it without consulting with them -- they will
start I assume from midwest and head west around the world -- I know
that Thailand, Cambodia and New Zealand are on the itinerary -- I am
just trying to come up with the best strategy for figuring out the best
deal

There is a plethora of RTW sites on the web. Most would like you to buy your
tickets from them of course, but that doesn't stop you browsing for ideas.
http://www.airtreks.com/ has a handy 'trip planner' where you build your
itinerary. Don't take their quotes as gospel though, for that I suggest
either the originating (first) airline or a GOOD travel agent.

"jenn" wrote in message
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Hilary wrote:

any advice about where to look for round the world tickets -- looking to
give them to my daughter and husband for wedding gift -- they want to
travel for 4 months

trying to get a sense of range of prices and features and where best to
look


It would help if you said where they were starting. Most airlines offer
limited RTW tickets, though the larger and most flexible ones tend to be
from the major alliances - Star Alliance and OneWorld.

For most RTW tickets, you need to specify the route in advance, so unless
you know where they'll want to go it might be better to consult the bride
rather than risk making the wrong choices for such a gift.

Hilary


oh of course I wouldn't buy it without consulting with them -- they will
start I assume from midwest and head west around the world -- I know that
Thailand, Cambodia and New Zealand are on the itinerary -- I am just
trying to come up with the best strategy for figuring out the best deal

Umm, from midwest of any special country?
Or are you American and we are supposed to guess that?

RAK wrote:

"jenn" wrote in message
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Hilary wrote:


any advice about where to look for round the world tickets -- looking to
give them to my daughter and husband for wedding gift -- they want to
travel for 4 months

trying to get a sense of range of prices and features and where best to
look


It would help if you said where they were starting. Most airlines offer
limited RTW tickets, though the larger and most flexible ones tend to be
from the major alliances - Star Alliance and OneWorld.

For most RTW tickets, you need to specify the route in advance, so unless
you know where they'll want to go it might be better to consult the bride
rather than risk making the wrong choices for such a gift.

Hilary


oh of course I wouldn't buy it without consulting with them -- they will
start I assume from midwest and head west around the world -- I know that
Thailand, Cambodia and New Zealand are on the itinerary -- I am just
trying to come up with the best strategy for figuring out the best deal


Umm, from midwest of any special country?
Or are you American and we are supposed to guess that?


just had to snot didn't you?

RAK wrote:

"jenn" wrote in message
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Hilary wrote:


any advice about where to look for round the world tickets -- looking to
give them to my daughter and husband for wedding gift -- they want to
travel for 4 months

trying to get a sense of range of prices and features and where best to
look


It would help if you said where they were starting. Most airlines offer
limited RTW tickets, though the larger and most flexible ones tend to be
from the major alliances - Star Alliance and OneWorld.

For most RTW tickets, you need to specify the route in advance, so unless
you know where they'll want to go it might be better to consult the bride
rather than risk making the wrong choices for such a gift.

Hilary


oh of course I wouldn't buy it without consulting with them -- they will
start I assume from midwest and head west around the world -- I know that
Thailand, Cambodia and New Zealand are on the itinerary -- I am just
trying to come up with the best strategy for figuring out the best deal


Umm, from midwest of any special country?
Or are you American and we are supposed to guess that?


just had to snot didn't you?

"jenn" wrote in message
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RAK wrote:

"jenn" wrote in message
...

Hilary wrote:


any advice about where to look for round the world tickets -- looking
to give them to my daughter and husband for wedding gift -- they want
to travel for 4 months

trying to get a sense of range of prices and features and where best to
look


It would help if you said where they were starting. Most airlines offer
limited RTW tickets, though the larger and most flexible ones tend to be
from the major alliances - Star Alliance and OneWorld.

For most RTW tickets, you need to specify the route in advance, so
unless you know where they'll want to go it might be better to consult
the bride rather than risk making the wrong choices for such a gift.

Hilary


oh of course I wouldn't buy it without consulting with them -- they will
start I assume from midwest and head west around the world -- I know that
Thailand, Cambodia and New Zealand are on the itinerary -- I am just
trying to come up with the best strategy for figuring out the best deal


Umm, from midwest of any special country?
Or are you American and we are supposed to guess that?


just had to snot didn't you?

snot?
I really do not know which country you are from, and it is hard to give
advice on RTW without knowing the start point. Sorry if you cannot
understand that. And sorry if you did say and I did not see it. But not
sorry if you just expect people to know

RAK wrote:
"jenn" wrote in message
...

RAK wrote:


"jenn" wrote in message
...


Hilary wrote:



any advice about where to look for round the world tickets -- looking
to give them to my daughter and husband for wedding gift -- they want
to travel for 4 months

trying to get a sense of range of prices and features and where best to
look


It would help if you said where they were starting. Most airlines offer
limited RTW tickets, though the larger and most flexible ones tend to be

from the major alliances - Star Alliance and OneWorld.

For most RTW tickets, you need to specify the route in advance, so
unless you know where they'll want to go it might be better to consult
the bride rather than risk making the wrong choices for such a gift.

Hilary


oh of course I wouldn't buy it without consulting with them -- they will
start I assume from midwest and head west around the world -- I know that
Thailand, Cambodia and New Zealand are on the itinerary -- I am just
trying to come up with the best strategy for figuring out the best deal


Umm, from midwest of any special country?
Or are you American and we are supposed to guess that?



just had to snot didn't you?


snot?
I really do not know which country you are from, and it is hard to give
advice on RTW without knowing the start point. Sorry if you cannot
understand that. And sorry if you did say and I did not see it. But not
sorry if you just expect people to know


uh huh -- Do Australian routinely refer to part of their country as the
'midwest'? do Brits? Do New Zealanders? Do South Africans? If so then
I was unclear. If not then you are just being a ****ant