Need some advice on what sort of fare to look for

[ShrinkWrapped]

Hi everyone,

I'm just looking for a little bit of advice in regards to what kind of fares are available for a try that my mother and I are planning for her big 60 at the end of the year.

We're in Auckland, NZ so we prefer to start our trip from there. I know this is an australian board but I think there are a few kiwis around!

Essentially we intend to leave on our journey in the middle of november and need to be back in NZ before 16th December which roughly gives us 4 weeks. 1 of the 4 weeks needs to be in toronto with extended family and giving us 3 weeks to do what we want. Mum wants to spend a few days in new york, a week or so in italy, hong kong for a week or so then back to New Zealand.

It seems like a simpleish itinerary and with so few stops, oneworld/*A RTW products seem a bit overkill and a lot more expensive.

Mum doesn't like flying economy but is open to the idea of premium economy and business class travel. I can't find anything on the net about the wonderful LH and LX pseudo-RTW fares I hear so much about.

What would be the best sort of fare for us?

really open to suggestions at this stage

 

[harvyk]

Realistically a RTW ticket is probably the best option, QF fly AKL - LAX direct, so you can easily start \ end in AKL on OW, and of course *A has AirNZ...

The other thing you could look at, AirNZ is the only airline to fly right around the world. So you may be able to get an AKL-LAX-LHR-HKG-AKL flight with AirNZ, and then chose another carrier to take you to Toronto and Italy...

As for not flying Y (eccon) I guess the big question is what sort of budget do you have?

 

[ShrinkWrapped]

Since it's quite a big occasion, we've budgeted about ~8 for each person to fly.

I mean I can see some fares to europe in J on asiana for about 6400 tax incl ex-AKL and fares to NYC in J on asiana for ~7000 tax incl ex-akl

Just trying to figure out what options there are really at this stage