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A good topic in today's Gazette, Round The World tickets, but perhaps not so much of interest to most FFs out there or there probably would be a Discussion Group devoted to it.
I am not a FF in the accepted sense although over time I have covered a great many miles, mainly international, for self rather than business. I hold about half a million Qantas FF points in Bronze Class almost all accumulated from credit cards.
I am looking to put together a RTW ticket for possibly next year, not necessarily using FF points but if that is possible, easily, that would be good. For what you can get, a RTW paid-for ticket is really very good value. Because, by definition, there are short travels components involved, I don't need better than Economy. But I do want to retain flexibility to change dates.
Recently I have been through the frustrating exercise of trying to design a RTW schedule of 16 stops using Qantas's OneWorld online facility. Would a travel agent, or Qantas, be able to put together something that makes more sense?
I want to go to India, spend at least a month there, and then I need to get to Europe via Mauritius. This is all heading west. BA flies out of Mauritius once a week direct, which is fine, or I think more often via Jo'berg. The schedule seems to require me to fly to Jo'berg from India via HK!
Then, I thought, if I am in southern Africa, why can't I go to London via places I haven't been before like the Middle East and perhaps Tunis. After all, isn't this the purpose of a RTW ticket. But it seems to be just too hard.
As of now, I have given up in frustration. Any advice would be welcome.
Bill
I am not a FF in the accepted sense although over time I have covered a great many miles, mainly international, for self rather than business. I hold about half a million Qantas FF points in Bronze Class almost all accumulated from credit cards.
I am looking to put together a RTW ticket for possibly next year, not necessarily using FF points but if that is possible, easily, that would be good. For what you can get, a RTW paid-for ticket is really very good value. Because, by definition, there are short travels components involved, I don't need better than Economy. But I do want to retain flexibility to change dates.
Recently I have been through the frustrating exercise of trying to design a RTW schedule of 16 stops using Qantas's OneWorld online facility. Would a travel agent, or Qantas, be able to put together something that makes more sense?
I want to go to India, spend at least a month there, and then I need to get to Europe via Mauritius. This is all heading west. BA flies out of Mauritius once a week direct, which is fine, or I think more often via Jo'berg. The schedule seems to require me to fly to Jo'berg from India via HK!
Then, I thought, if I am in southern Africa, why can't I go to London via places I haven't been before like the Middle East and perhaps Tunis. After all, isn't this the purpose of a RTW ticket. But it seems to be just too hard.
As of now, I have given up in frustration. Any advice would be welcome.
Bill
but will watch this thread with interest:shock:
