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The Football World Cup is scheduled to take place in North America in 2026 and I am hoping to attend with my SO and two kids. I've flirted with chasing points in the past but since having kids and changing jobs 4 years ago my travel opportunities have been limited. I'd like to take the family...

Thanks for everyone's help that replied. I've had to delay the outbound flight until tomorrow but managed to get the QF SYD-SIN return through .com.br for around AU$530 and then the QF SIN-LHR return for approx AU$1070 - overall I'm pretty happy with that deal as it's only a minor inconvenience...

Thanks for the site tip - looking at that now. Seem to have long layovers on the cheapest flights which I guess is no great surprise. Combination of price and schedule, I'd like to be back by midday on Sunday (UK time) but without breaking the bank. I've already been back once this year but...

Hi All a family matter means an urgent trip back to the UK in the next few days and I'm struggling to pull an itinerary together. I'm looking for departure on either Friday evening or Saturday from Sydney and arrival into LHR as soon as is reasonable (so no lengthy stopovers) and a flexible...

Thanks for the clarification, I will go for the 30 day membership :)

Cool, thanks for the info guys, I'll tee up the 30 days pass. Does AC 30 Day cover a guest as well as if it does I may keep my QFF guest pass for another rainy day!

Hi Everyone I'm being made an honest man next month and we are heading to the Maldives on our honeymoon. I've used pretty much all of the QFF points I've accumulated over the years to get us over from Sydney to Singapore in business class and back in Premium Economy. On the way back we are...

We are starting our RTW in NZ to save around AU$2.5k and it takes us from AKL-LAX-LAS-SFO-ORD-JFK-MIA-LIM-CUZ-LIM-IGU-GIG-LHR-HKG-BKK-SYD and then the final leg to AKL at some point thereafter. We are planning some surface sectors and some side trips to Paris, Siem Reap and coughet as well. It's...

Thanks to all for their invaluable advice. We are finalising credit cards to maximise points earn (another matter entirely!) and hope to book next week. We are hoping to leave in late May and can not wait!

Hi Everyone i've received a lot of advice from the kind folks on this board regarding options for RTW fares and have decided on an itinerary ex-AKL to save around $1300pp. We are doing N.America first and are planning to do the AA Platinum run as our itinerary is AKL-LAX-LAS...

Thanks for all the great advice guys, it's much appreciated! A final couple of questions before I leave you all in peace - How many AA miles would it take to upgrade from full economy to business on the Syd to lax ? I think I'll do the AA platinum challenge as I have Syd-lax-sfo-ord-JFK-lim...

We're flying economy sadly although all AA flight segments are L so I think we should still make the challenge? If we use the AA code share with QF for the Syd-Lax segment, can we still use QFF points to. Upgrade to premium economy?

Thanks! I've tried the mileage monkey with the full itinerary and it refuses to play ball so I ended up putting the indivudual flights in just to get a rough idea. I've also mocked up another option which takes us to N.America first and uses AA for the long haul flights from SYD-LAX and...

OK, we think we have the itinerary sorted now and the flight availability also seems good. We are hoping to do - SYD-SCL-LIM-CUZ-LIM-IGU--GIG-JFK-LAS--SFO-ORD-LHR-BKK-HKG-HKT-HKG-SYD This is on the limit and gets us to our preferred sites and includes a short flight from Iguassa Falls to Rio...

Thanks to all for the clarifications and explainations so far. It seems I'll need to get a little creative with the S.America leg in order to supplement the 4 segment restriction!

It's cash rather than points (maybe one day!). We seem to be using up segments for changes and I thought a segment was an actual stop (leave the airport) but obviously not.

Hi Everyone my partner and I are planning an RTW trip in May/June/July this year as a final blowout before settling down to a life of domestic bliss and we have come up with the following itinery - syd-akl-scl-lim-cuz-lim-scl-gig-dfw-sfo-las-ord-jfk-man-hel-hkg-hkt-hkg-syd (this includes the...

My partner and I are looking at a RTW trip in June next year and i wondered if this would be a good option for us? For $2k we could get 100k miles between us which seems like a great deal but I'm wondering how to make the best use of them? Would I be able to combine these with QFF miles when...

Discovered this site over the weekend after doing some googling about frequent flyer programs. GF and I are planning a RTW trip next Jun/Jul/Aug and I'm looking for ways to boost Qantas miles & status in order to minimise the cost of the flights - any suggestions welcome! Seems to be a wealth...