Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

Hello all, I'm starting the long trek to what will hopefully be my second RTW booking. This thread was an incredible source of help in 2018-19, thanks again to everyone.

Apologies for a rookie question ... but wanted to clarify rules re surface sectors (and whether they're still counted as a stopover).

For example, if we fly into CDG, spend a week in France then catch the train to London and fly out of LHR a few weeks later ... would this count as (a) 1 surface sector or (b) 1 stopover + 1 surface sector?

Also, I have no status and have noticed the availability for business to Singapore & Tokyo from anywhere in Australia on any date is now pretty grim (certainly relative to what it was 6 years ago).

Does anybody have any recent experience managing to add one of these legs to an itinerary? TIA 🙏
 
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