One World Global Explorer Price Hike

[somebol]

Just checked oneworld.com site.. DGLOB34 ex Fiji has increased to $15239 from $12199...

not sure if any other locations have changed

Given the price hikes since the last year plus the reduction of segments... the take up of these fare would have dropped considerably.

 

[tuapekastar]

I noticed today DONE3 from Indonesia has gone from USD7114 to 7905...not sure how long this has been so, but not that long.

Shame they keep going up, and not down occasionally.

 

[sr81]

That is quite an increase - USD800ish.

Still better value than a DONE4 from Aust.

 

[moa999]

Having pulled out my Dec-09 spreadsheet and compared to current values, following are the price increases (limited to Asia-Pac).

Big price rise for Pakistan which was otherwise threatening South Africa as the cheapest DONE start point. Increase for Thailand, Malysia and HK more surprising as they were already in the 10 most expensive start points.

DONE 3/4/5
Pakistan 12%, Sri Lanka 3%, Indonesia 11%, Cambodia 9%, Vietnam 9%, Phillipines 7%, Taiwan 7%, Thailand 5%, Malaysia 1%, Hong Kong 3%
DONE 6
Pakistan 6%, Sri Lanka 0%, Indonesia 9%, Cambodia 7%, Vietnam 7%, Phillipines 5%, Taiwan 2%, Thailand 4%, Malaysia 1%, Hong Kong 3%

AONE 3/4/5
Pakistan 10%, Sri Lanka 2%, Indonesia 14%, Cambodia 12%, Vietnam 12%, Phillipines 12%, Taiwan 10%, Thailand 6%, Malaysia 3%, Hong Kong 5%
AONE 6
Pakistan 9%, Sri Lanka 2%, Indonesia 11%, Cambodia 10%, Vietnam 10%, Phillipines 9%, Taiwan 6%, Thailand 4%, Malaysia 3%, Hong Kong 5%


With current x-rates, Australia is the most expensive country for a DONE4, and the only one topping US$10k. Same for DONE5, Norway for DONE6. Norway also wins all the AONEx

 

[FlyingProf]

Maybe I'm just going senile, but I used to be able to find the various Oneworld RTW fares very easily on the OW website. Either they're making them difficult to find for comparison or age is catching up with me. Can somebody tell me where on the OW website they are?

TIA and preparing to feel very stupid.

 

[serfty]

They were removed from the site at the beginning of march.

See here:

• http://www.australianfrequentflyer....l-explorer-fares-update-26201.html#post411207

 

[Danger]

No, you're not going senile. Oneworld removed them early March. Here is a link to a discussion on the topic on Flyertalk. After contacting oneworld about it, I received this response:

The Fare Estimate was removed as it does not comply to legal minimum requirements for issueing pricing to customers. We are looking at alternatives but they will always need to include the full customer itinerary as pricing depends on each leg of the itinerary.

Please contact the reservation centre of any of the oneworld member airlines to get more information on pricing or complete the itinerary for oneworld Explorer on the oneworld website to get your actual fare quote before going to booking.

I am sorry for this inconvenience.
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[FlyingProf]

Thanks folks, glad it's not just me. OW has obviously been taking "enhancement" lessons from QF. Whatever bulls**t excuse they give, It's obviously intended to make it harder to find the cheapest deal.