BenAlexander
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We need to be in Canada in October and current prices appear to be close to $3k each in Y. We have hundreds of thousands of points in QFF, Krisflyer and Virgin reward programs so I started looking into RTW trips and think I could find something that also gets me a Euro holiday the following year...
My original plan was to book the RTW with QF in J. I can do this, with all layovers and ground segments totalling just under 35k miles. This includes a stop over in [NRT/HKG/LAX/ORD] where I intend to make another booking to return to BNE for 10 months, before returning to carry on my RTW journey from that airport.
Roughly it would be:
1) BNE-xLAX-xORD-YTO (Oct 2019) (QF-AA)
2) YTO-HKG (Oct 2019) (CA)
... New booking, return HKG-BNE-HKG (miles not counted)
3) HKG-xHEL-TOS (SEP 2020) (CA/AY)
4) TOS-xHEL-MUC (SEP 2020) (AY)
... Surface sector MUC-ZAG
5) ZAG-xDOH-BNE (OCT 2020) (QR)
= 34,703 Miles
Great Circle Mapper
My questions are:
- How do I book the RTW, as some flights are 9 months out, and others are 21 months.
- How do I book the separate return flight, when again, some legs are well into the future. Would it be possible to find a sale fare (as most sale fares only seem to cover a few months worth of travel).
- I selected HKG as my mid point as I believe it will be easier to get one way (or return) flights there. If you believe this is wrong, and I could pay a similar price for a flight from North America to BNE return, I'd love to know about it!!
Is there anything I haven't considered?
My original plan was to book the RTW with QF in J. I can do this, with all layovers and ground segments totalling just under 35k miles. This includes a stop over in [NRT/HKG/LAX/ORD] where I intend to make another booking to return to BNE for 10 months, before returning to carry on my RTW journey from that airport.
Roughly it would be:
1) BNE-xLAX-xORD-YTO (Oct 2019) (QF-AA)
2) YTO-HKG (Oct 2019) (CA)
... New booking, return HKG-BNE-HKG (miles not counted)
3) HKG-xHEL-TOS (SEP 2020) (CA/AY)
4) TOS-xHEL-MUC (SEP 2020) (AY)
... Surface sector MUC-ZAG
5) ZAG-xDOH-BNE (OCT 2020) (QR)
= 34,703 Miles
Great Circle Mapper
My questions are:
- How do I book the RTW, as some flights are 9 months out, and others are 21 months.
- How do I book the separate return flight, when again, some legs are well into the future. Would it be possible to find a sale fare (as most sale fares only seem to cover a few months worth of travel).
- I selected HKG as my mid point as I believe it will be easier to get one way (or return) flights there. If you believe this is wrong, and I could pay a similar price for a flight from North America to BNE return, I'd love to know about it!!
Is there anything I haven't considered?