Best Oneworld DONEx Option?

[Kendall Roy]

G'day AFFers,

I have a number of O/S trips to make this year and have noticed in various trips reports that some people elect to pause/resume their xONEx tickets at various stages throughout their travels.

This will be the first time I've used a RTW ticket (hence my post today).
OK here's my dilemma - in short, I need to visit the following:
- USA/Canada in June (major cities on the east/west coast)
- London in June (can be before or after the US)
- Back home after (MEL)
- Florida in August
- Europe/Middle East in October then back to AUS

Preference is DONEx ticket with some flexibility to re-position for a better deal.

Given the xONEx rules don't appear to work in my favour (i.e. direction of travel), can anyone suggest a way around this?

Appreciate any assistance.

Cheers,
sydbloke

 

[Alanslegal]

I'll start the ball rolling with an idea....

Use points to get to Europe, start a xONE4 ex-EUROPE to USA-AUS-xASIA-EUR, combined with a return ticket ex-USA to MEL

example;

MEL-LHR in June using points
commence xONE4 EUR-USA (say to LAX/SFO then to East Coast).... stop
return to MEL using a return ex-USA ticket
MEL-USA back in August on return ticket
recommence xONE4 to return to Florida (maybe look for an YUPP?)
USA-AUS .... stop August
AUS-xASIA-EUR in October ... xONE4 completed

Don't know the cost effectiveness of that, but I'm sure others have some ideas up their sleeves

 

[Kendall Roy]

Mmmmmm. I think it might be easier in terms of $$$$ to take the Florida (2nd) trip out and book a DONE3 ex LHR (EU-US-AUS-EU).

 

[Alanslegal]

Mmmmmm. I think it might be easier in terms of $$$$ to take the Florida (2nd) trip out and book a DONE3 ex LHR (EU-US-AUS-EU).

this would be counted as a dONE4 as getting from AUS to EUR will involve a touchdown into Asia and thus will count as an additional continent for fare purposes.

 

[serfty]

Hate to say it; but those requirements really don't lend themselves to ATW type fares. Ideally one would try to do this with an ATW and one or two cheap positioning return trips.

EUR/USA/OZ/USA/EUR(ME)


USA/EUR/OZ/USA/EUR(ME)

Maybe OZ-USA rt part 1 , DONE4 USA-EUR-OZ-USA , USA-Oz rt Part 2, OZ-EUR(ME)-OZ

 

[Kendall Roy]

this would be counted as a dONE4 as getting from AUS to EUR will involve a touchdown into Asia and thus will count as an additional continent for fare purposes.

Even with a single flight number to LHR?

 

[davidj-bell]

Even with a single flight number to LHR?

Unfortunately yes. But if it has a single flight number, then that only counts as 1 segment (ie, you've got 15 more to play with. If it is 2 flight numbers, you only have 14 to play with).

 

[simongr]

Unfortunately yes. But if it has a single flight number, then that only counts as 1 segment (ie, you've got 15 more to play with. If it is 2 flight numbers, you only have 14 to play with).

Only problem with the single flight number is the fewer points and SCs generally earned...

 

[davidj-bell]

Only problem with the single flight number is the fewer points and SCs generally earned...

But this can be made up by the extra segment.

 

[docjames]

2x DONE4s?

 

[medhead]

Just do the DONE, AUS-USA-EUR-AUS. then break when going to LHR with purchase of separate USA-LHR return and USA-AUS return or USA-LHR-AUS-USA. Then recomence the done.

In terms of continent count, the way i read it a while ago was that every continent that is past through counts even if you don't touch down.