AY RTW Sale

[madrooster]

This deal is in my wish list, hopping the $5.4k pricing is offered again next Feb (as it has the last 2 years). My plan was always

SYD - SIN on QF or to SYD-HK on CX or QF
HKG/SIN - HEL on AY (so long haul into Finland), stay in HEL then land based trip probably Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Open jaw Euro side trip so HEL - City 1 make my own way then City 2 - HEL on AY stay a night in HEL
HEL - JFK on AY
Use AA to work way back to DFW or SFO and then QF home.

I haven't looked into enough to see if there is a way to add a caribbean or mexican stop using AA.

The itinerary is valid. You cannot add a Caribbean or Mexican stop - these would be side trips on separate tickets but can be ticketed in the same PNR for through-check purposes.

Yeah thinking something similar but no Asia. Bri/Syd - San Fran-Hel (stay after long haul)- into Europe 1 then 2 - Hel- NYC - make way through couple of USA cities- SF or DFW-Syd/Bri

The itinerary is valid.

I dont think the fare allows you to go via US on both the way to and from Europe, RTW fares usually have to be in 1 direction of travel, the exception being intra european flights which allow you to go back through HEL more than once. To skip asia id guess you need to look at a way to go via africa or ME.

It's not specifically a RTW fare as such, just a lot of agents have been calling it that for marketing reasons. You can go via the US both ways if you like. You could also go via Japan/Korea both ways if you like. There's 4 routings permitted when it is on sale and you can choose any two routings.

Africa and the Middle East are NOT permitted.

 

[Lynda2475]

Thanks madrooster appreciate the clarification.

Happy with any options that mean i dont need to transit the middle east, asian stop overs much easier and more balanced flor flight times into Europe.

 

[David F]

Just requesting some clarification on internal US flights. I know the 5 "seasonal" hubs Finnair fly to in USA from Helsinki but did read "they can include internal flights to some cities like Dallas on AA". My question is does the "RTW" fare include a BC flight on AA to Dallas (but not many cities) and then make your own way back to one of the 5 hubs or is that outside the fare price but simply offered as an itinerary item? If included makes sense to maybe fly to Dallas "free" on BC and then make shorter way to San Antonio rather than booking a direct flight from one of the hubs and paying for that?

 

[madrooster]

Just requesting some clarification on internal US flights. I know the 5 "seasonal" hubs Finnair fly to in USA from Helsinki but did read "they can include internal flights to some cities like Dallas on AA". My question is does the "RTW" fare include a BC flight on AA to Dallas (but not many cities) and then make your own way back to one of the 5 hubs or is that outside the fare price but simply offered as an itinerary item? If included makes sense to maybe fly to Dallas "free" on BC and then make shorter way to San Antonio rather than booking a direct flight from one of the hubs and paying for that?

What AU city would you originate from/end at?

 

[David F]

MadR - flexible really (live in Brisvegas) but was looking at Bri-LAX -Hel-Eur-Hel - USA-LAX-BRI

In the USA section want to see other cities like San Antonio and Phoenix so could fly from Hel-LAX/NYC and just make my own arrangements to end up back at LAX for return or just asking if you did Hel-Chi-Dallas for example that was all included in original Finnair "RTW" ticket price. Only reason would go through Dallas would be if the flights to it were all in BC and covered by RTW ticket. Otherwise just book some AA tickets myself from NYC etc

 

[madrooster]

MadR - flexible really (live in Brisvegas) but was looking at Bri-LAX -Hel-Eur-Hel - USA-LAX-BRI

In the USA section want to see other cities like San Antonio and Phoenix so could fly from Hel-LAX/NYC and just make my own arrangements to end up back at LAX for return or just asking if you did Hel-Chi-Dallas for example that was all included in original Finnair "RTW" ticket price. Only reason would go through Dallas would be if the flights to it were all in BC and covered by RTW ticket. Otherwise just book some AA tickets myself from NYC etc

Here are the permitted surface segments on the sale version of the fare to assist with your planning:

BTWN DFW AND CHI SURFACE SECTOR PERMITTED
BTWN DFW AND MIA SURFACE SECTOR PERMITTED
BTWN DFW AND NYC SURFACE SECTOR PERMITTED
BTWN DFW AND SFO SURFACE SECTOR PERMITTED
BTWN LAX AND CHI SURFACE SECTOR PERMITTED
BTWN LAX AND MIA SURFACE SECTOR PERMITTED
BTWN LAX AND NYC SURFACE SECTOR PERMITTED
BTWN LAX AND SFO SURFACE SECTOR PERMITTED

 

[David F]

OK thanks. So basically the flight Hel-NYC-DFW would all be in BC and included in sale fare . After that make your own way to LAX for eg and the rejoin your itinerary

 

[David F]

Looks like the Finnair RTW sale is on now for 1 week from $5700. Too early for me

 

[verduzzo]

Can anyone confirm whether this sale has been extended? I'm seeing for sale until 12th June.
Cheers, V.

 

[PineappleSkip]

Not sure about RTW but Finnair have released some more seats on ‘campaign’ fares Aus to Europe, but compared with the online ‘save’ fare the saving is a paltry $100 each way when I rechecked BNE-HKG-HEL-LHR and RT in Feb/Mar. Still appears relatively good value but smaller savings than previously.

Previous years I’ve been able to book such fares online with sectors booked as QF flight numbers to and from Aus, which tend to sell out before the same flights disappear on AY flight numbers. Haven’t been seeing that option at all this year, all the QF flights I’ve seen book into AY flight numbers. Anyone know if there has been a change that would result in rhis year.

Cheers skip

 

[Planet Travel]

Here are the permitted surface segments on the sale version of the fare to assist with your planning:

BTWN DFW AND CHI SURFACE SECTOR PERMITTED
BTWN DFW AND MIA SURFACE SECTOR PERMITTED
BTWN DFW AND NYC SURFACE SECTOR PERMITTED
BTWN DFW AND SFO SURFACE SECTOR PERMITTED
BTWN LAX AND CHI SURFACE SECTOR PERMITTED
BTWN LAX AND MIA SURFACE SECTOR PERMITTED
BTWN LAX AND NYC SURFACE SECTOR PERMITTED
BTWN LAX AND SFO SURFACE SECTOR PERMITTED

Hey MadR

was curious if this deal is still available?? I used it once last year, and loved it

possibly heading to Europe next month, and USA in April next year, and looking at best deals...

cheers

 

[ozflier]

Hey MadR

was curious if this deal is still available?? I used it once last year, and loved it

possibly heading to Europe next month, and USA in April next year, and looking at best deals...

cheers

I was looking at a rtw flight on Finnair on the basis of good reviews of Finnair and its partners in the past.
I checked with local finnair agents and it appears that the great deals may well be gone because of new pricing structures.
Maybe I need to go back to Star Alliance rtworlds though I much prefer Qantas or American across the Pacific rather than United.

 

[madrooster]

Hey MadR

was curious if this deal is still available?? I used it once last year, and loved it

possibly heading to Europe next month, and USA in April next year, and looking at best deals...

cheers

No - AY changed their pricing structures on 01/09. It's no longer anywhere near as cheap as it used to be unfortunately and the routings have also been restricted.

 

[PineappleSkip]

Ah, this may explain why I can't find options on AY's website to/from Europe with QF flight numbers? Although I've seen a few on third party websites.

The current "campaign" fares online are offering J fares to/from Europe that are only $100 cheaper each way than the "saver" fare. CX pricing is cclosely comparable with AY; previously when there were sales the latter was usually a lot cheaper.

Cheers skip

 

[ftm]

I was looking at a rtw flight on Finnair on the basis of good reviews of Finnair and its partners in the past.
I checked with local finnair agents and it appears that the great deals may well be gone because of new pricing structures.
Maybe I need to go back to Star Alliance rtworlds though I much prefer Qantas or American across the Pacific rather than United.

You can still use QF on the Pacific with the LH/LX/OS fares.

 

[ozflier]

Ah, this may explain why I can't find options on AY's website to/from Europe with QF flight numbers? Although I've seen a few on third party websites.

The current "campaign" fares online are offering J fares to/from Europe that are only $100 cheaper than the "saver" fare. CX pricing is cclosely comparable with AY, while the latter was usually a lot cheaper.

Cheers skip

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You can still use QF on the Pacific with the LH/LX/OS fares.

Thanks for that - it may have changed but last time I did a LH rtw , there was a significant surcharge for using qantas .

 

[supa007]

I just ticketed Finnair RTW in J for Apr 2020 with the main aim to get to JFK with CPH stop-over first.

Yes it's not as cheap as before, ~$600 more than last year, however still very reasonable compared with other OW carriers' return prices on sale...

 

[prozac]

I just ticketed Finnair RTW in J for Apr 2020 with the main aim to get to JFK with CPH stop-over first.

Yes it's not as cheap as before, ~$600 more than last year, however still very reasonable compared with other OW carriers' return prices on sale...

So how much is it?
Did you ticket via and agent?

 

[SYD]

So how much is it?
Did you ticket via and agent?

RoundAbout Travel is advertising “from” $6296 inc taxes - MEL-HKG-HEL-TLL-HEL-SFO-MEL.

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Click through to see what destinations are in the various Tiers.

 

[supa007]

So how much is it?
Did you ticket via and agent?

Exact routing of BDB-BNE-SYD-SIN-HEL-CPH-HEL-JFK-LAX-SYD-BNE-BDB $6883 through RoundAbout Travel

Qantas companion sale to JFK was $13.4K and CX early bird sale was ~$13.6K for 2