round the world

Hi Everyone Have been looking at booking RTW Oneworld Business Flights & I notice you can't get Business flying internally in US as they only have Economy & First. I noticed when you go on the Oneworld sight to book with money they upgrade you to First when you want to fly business if there is...

Hi, I was originally planning on using my Velocity points (via transfer to KrisFlyer) for a RTW trip in J (~324k velocity points). But because of my desired route and availability of reward seats (mainly thanks to NZ), I thought I'd get a quote from a couple of travel agencies. One has found a...

Anyone get CNN locally? Would love to watch this. Around the world Quest on low-cost carriers – TV Tonight

Just came across this. SkyTeam is offering discounted promotional round-the-world tickets until 31 March 2016. Could be worth looking into if you're after a cheap round-the-world ticket, although you would have to use SkyTeam airlines... SkyTeam Launches Discounted Round the World Travel

Hi guys, I am an ex QF gold FF who is now on a slow decline (will be bronze from beginning of may) due to work changing to CFOD, I have approx 60K of qf points 15k of virgin and by the start of this trip no status/miles with either. I have little preference between them as the QF lounge at HBA...

Just booked a work DONE4 and base price has fallen by ~$1500 Initial quote was $12k plus tax ~ $13.5k for a 12 leg, TA cancelled and rebooked a not yet ticketed booking and now price is $10.5k plus tax ~ $12k Checked price on OneWorld explore and this was confirmed.

I have decided to post a message and become an active Australian Frequent Flyer member. Currently trying to work out the best way to plan a Round The World trip from Brisbane to Africa, Europe and South America using my accumulated Qantas Frequent Flyer points.

Hi all, I wanted to get some thoughts on the best way to approach booking some flights. My wife and I are going overseas in August and September 2017. We will be flying from Brisbane to Paris, hoping to arrive around the 13th of August. Our itinerary then will be something like: * Paris /...

just want to share this. I recently redeemed a star alliance business class ticket using only 190K krisflyer miles departing Dec 16 and returning Jan 17 on the following route :- SYD-YVR-YYZ-LHR-SIN-SYD basically it's treated as a Syd-Lhr redemption on star alliance award flying AC with...

Using the likes of Marks & Spencer & H&M, general everyday wear shops, that can be found in most major cities around the world, is there still a country/city that is the best price wise for shopping??? Has the on-line purchases, with delivery to your door, now made "shopping on foot" obsolete...

Lufthansa Business Class RTW | RoundAbout Travel I'm s newbie when it comes to rtw and business class Does the above link mean that From melb..i can choose as many stop overs and do return for business class for 6178?

I have been on a Round the World Trip from Sydney to London, New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong & Singapore on a few different airlines (Qantas, JAL, Cathay & British Airways). Here is my review of the first flight: Flight: QF1 Carrier: Qantas Aircraft - Airbus A380-800 Class: First Class...

Thanks to lessons learned from this wonderful forum I have recently booked my 6th DONE4 ex Joburg. This year I am having difficulty getting BA to be able to take my credit card details. i am ringing the BA South African office phone number listed on their website 27 10 344 0130 choosing option...

Decision has been made (well almost depending on superannuation returns) to reduce the work load and do some serious travelling in 2018. I know that seems a way off, but planning travel takes time, especially if it the biggest trip you will ever take. First port of call will be Europe via Asia...

Hey, there is a world of info from other sites which everyone should know. i hope you can help me compile this list so all other users can find deals from everywhere. holidaypirates.com (UK) fly4free.com (many countries) makalius.lt (lithuania) posvetu.si (Slovenia) izletnadlani.com(Slovenia?)...

Good morning and happy hump day Here is an early question to get you going :) Does anyone know, or is there a way to calculate what a *A RTW in J would earn on average, in both points and SCs? We have enough points for 1 award ticket in J (will be transferring most of my 400K VA points to...

So I'ma bit of a novice when it comes to QFF - I'm helping my parents organise a once in a lifetime trip. I have a TA holding some round the world flights with Qantas an Luftansa. I did a bit of digging around and it turns out parents have a whole stash of CBA credit card reward points ... So...

In April 2016 I have a paid for MEL-HKG-LHR-JFK-MEL RTW business class ticket. Due to a change in circumstance I don't fly as often as I used to and am interested in maximising SCs to try to retain QFF Platinum status. Are there any tricks for extra SCs? Acknowledged novice at this.

I am trying to help a friend book this in J (240,000) for a trip in May 2016. I can't find a current thread on this topic. I see the limit is 35,000 miles and no backtracking. She wants to fly MEL-LAX-HAV-SJO-TLV-MEL. Of course the hard part is getting to LAX in business, there seems to be...

Article today Intrepid Travel launches the Ultimate 365-Day Adventure for $US75,000 I'm sure there are a few here who could concoct a similar trip for half the price (and in J)