round the world

Have been doing a fair bit of exploring Asia Miles program - I've got to move some Amex points from warehouse (want to re-start 18month waiting period), and thinking given my exposure to Star Alliance already via SQ & United Miles, AM seems a decent program to get most value out of Oneworld...

Friend found a fare for June 2018 One world RTW in J SYD-YVR-HEL-BCN-HEL-BKK-SYD $6200 AUD 900SC

I'll soon have 190,000 Asia Miles & 280,000 Qantas Points. Seems the best use of AMEX points (300,000 @ 75%) would be to convert to Asia Miles, and then try and find availability for identical RTW fares, one for myself & one for my partner. Will be challenging, yes! However flexible with dates...

This will be my first trip report and first RTW trip, so would appreciate any suggestions on how to write a good trip report, the first part of the trip will begin in February and the second part of the trip will conclude at September next year, so it's going to be a while. In terms of...

Hello, Am wanting to share my recent experience of redeeming a *A Round the World award using KrisFlyer points in case anyone is about to do the same. My adventure starts in July for just shy of 3 months: MEL-SIN-HKG (SQ), HKG-NRT (NH), NRT-LAX (SQ), JFK-FRA (SQ), FRA-BKK (TG), BKK-SIN-MEL...

Long time lurker, but still relative noob, and not a very frequent flyer. But, I've done a lot of reading and I'm hoping I'm heading in the right direction. I am currently hoarding points so that hopefully in a couple of years I can cash them in for 2 J RTW *A tickets via Singapore Airlines. I...

Can anyone get the page "Plan and Book now!" on the mid-left of this page: oneworld - Around the World Tickets - Trip Around the World to load/open? For the past 2 days I just see it greyed out and a spinning wheel.

Hi, I am looking to buy 2 business class rtw fares later next year and am looking for the best deal. I came across an online advert for a cheap economy class Etihad rtw out of australia - business class not on offer. I could not find anything on the airlines website . Is anyone aware a such an...

Hi there, Finally the time has come! I have enough points to go around the world business class! All those tips from AFF, credit card applications, making purchases for the sake of bonus points and linking everything I possibly can to gain QFF points will soon pay off! I'm just after some...

This trip has already come and gone unfortunately :( I considered doing it live, but felt it would've been too hard and I wanted to try and disconnect myself from the interwebs as much as possible. All the planning for this trip started around early last year after learning a bit more about the...

RTW trip, using only commercially scheduled flights and returning to departure point in under 50 hours 45 minutes (subsonic record is 53 hours 14 minutes). Trip to be more then 22,750 miles.

QF are beginning to annoy me. My earning page contains a note that points and SC's were not earned on the PRG- LHR leg of my current DONE4 because of "ineligible booking class". Since the booking was made with QF, how is this possible?

Hey guys, I spent a couple of days in Rio and Buenos Aires each, and on my way to JNB I got deplaned for lack of yellow fever vaccine certificate. I indeed never took it, big oversight on my side. I’m thinking of trying to get to JNB or directly to my next destination (MLE) via Europe since...

Is there a Velocity RTW award or one similar to the QF OW award (J 280k)?

In a couple of weeks I'm giving a talk at a conference about flying around the world. I want to create a route map for an upcoming oneworld explorer. Can anyone point me at an app I can use to illustrate the route I want to take. In the ideal world I would love to be able to create some kind...

Hi all, Wanted to put a feeler out to see how many people on here jumped on the VA J class promotion from a while ago. I booked a ticket in Jan/Feb 2018 for BNE-MEL-HKG-LHR-LAX-BNE over 3 weeks (15/01-10/02) and thought it could be good for people on similar itineraries to share their...

hi all, I've recently come into a few points which should put me in a position to transfer to Krisflyer and redeem for the SQ RTW fare (240K Krisflyer, approx 320K Velocity) I am wondering if it's worth it though? I am booking flights for a RTW trip in May 2018. BNE -> LAX -> IAD -> LHR ->...

This trip came a little out of nowhere. Usually when we plan a holiday (especially if it involves award flights) we have locked the basic plan, including flights 12 months in advance. But this time after we got back from our epic holiday around Europe late last year we had no plans to travel...

I purchased a RTW ticket with Qantas and one of the flights was from London Heathrow to Manchester, flying BA. We arrived at Heathrow on 27 May when the IT system had crashed, so our flight was cancelled completely, with flights returning to normal about 3 days later. BA took responsibility for...

Hi all, Willing to pay $29 if anyone can assist. Understand it might not be possible however due to points balance. I would have jumped on that VA J RTW fare a few weeks ago, but unfortunately the dates didn't work out. Looking to travel after 1 April 2018, return around 30 May 2018 (6-8 weeks...