RTW pricing tools

[diningdecadence]

hi all,

not sure where to post.

i need to price a couple of RTW's - starting in the UK, via Australia and the USA returning to the UK.

my mate has already got one priced from a TA, which is cheaper than what i can bring up on the qantas RTW planner.

are there any other tools i can look into to check pricing?

there's not a whole lot of flexibility regarding dates which i accept will impact pricing.

TIA!

 

[Danger]

You can check out the tool on the oneworld website. Obviously, this is only useful for oneworld Explorer fares that may not suit your needs.

 

[Himeno]

The problem with the oneworld tool is that it will only give a price if it accepts a fully planned out itinerary (routing and selecting flights), and then gets through to the ticketing menus.
There are a lot of bugs in the tool that prevents it from getting that far.

 

[RooFlyer]

... which brings diningdecadence back to a Travel Agent. They are definitely a useful resource, as can schedule within the rules and, if competent, get the best combination of schedule and price.

You might go to a 'bucket' TA like Flight Centre to get a price/schedule and if what you want, book through them, but if not satisfied go to a more mainstream TA. The TA should NOT make a charge for doing the booking, but rather take a commission out of the airline fares.

If you go that way, ask them to look at maybe 2 scenarios - one that optimises price and the other that optimises schedule.

 

[diningdecadence]

... which brings diningdecadence back to a Travel Agent. They are definitely a useful resource, as can schedule within the rules and, if competent, get the best combination of schedule and price.

You might go to a 'bucket' TA like Flight Centre to get a price/schedule and if what you want, book through them, but if not satisfied go to a more mainstream TA. The TA should NOT make a charge for doing the booking, but rather take a commission out of the airline fares.

If you go that way, ask them to look at maybe 2 scenarios - one that optimises price and the other that optimises schedule.

yep - feel like a rock in a hard place.

that oneworld tool that i referenced in my initial post doesn't allow you to see the impact of choosing specific flights on the overall cost which is a massive pain, but i guess i know understand how TA's can have their uses.