List of valid and booked mini-RTW itineraries

Below please post only actually-booked mini-RTW itineraries. Please include each segment, class for each segment, and date booked. This will help others plan based on what works and doesn't work.

Please use the other threads for discussion, not this thread, just to keep this thread simple. (I know, not a snowball's chance...)

Mini-RTW defined: From Canada, an Australia/New Zealand/Asia return trip reward booking. A mini-RTW happens to cross both oceans (or the illogical ocean twice), and includes up to 2 stopovers. You travel around the world (northen hemisphere or both hemispheres) but only pay the Australia/NZ or Asia reward price. This is a valid trip, but because there are long distances involved, the routings can be tricky - hence the volume of discussion and confusion.


Made-up Examples:
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=yyz-lhr-nrt-yyz
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=yyz-cdg-ist-bkk-nrt-yyz
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=yfc-yul...kk-nrt-yyz-yfc (actual trip by Yukonprince!)
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=yyz-yul...yd-icn-nrt-yyz (actual trip by cam_macleod!)


Reference threads for those interested in these trips:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...demptions.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...questions.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...ry-advice.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...rst-class.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...questions.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...tw-ticket.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...ting-help.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...ughts-rtw.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...ini-r-t-w.html

Reference website for searching these itineraries: http://www.turnleftat.com/mini-rtw-list/

From http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/13438687-post8.html, pilotboy1985YYC booked:

YHZ-YUL AC J
YUL-MUC LH F -> It appears there is ton of F available any day of the week
MUC-FCO LH J -> Stop for almost a week
FCO-FRA LH J
FRA-SIN LH F -> Again, lot's of availability in F. Seems easy to grab. Stop in SIN for about a week
SIN-BKK SQ J -> Getting SQ J was difficult on this route, but lots of TG J available. No F offered on this short flight. Stop in BKK for about 4 days.
BKK-ZRH TG F -> This route seemed pretty easy to get F on.
ZRH-JFK LX F -> This wasn't an easy route to get F. Stop in JFK overnight
LGA-YYZ AC J
YYZ-YHZ AC J

From http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/13439687-post10.html, Merlin666 booked:

ORD-ZRH (LX)
FRA-SIN (LH)
SIN-PEK (SQ)
NRT-HNL (UA)
HNL-DEN (UA)

(not all segments included, it appears, but still useful for the rough path)

From http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/13480615-post1.html, Yukonprince booked:

Fredericton - Montreal - Munich - Amsterdam (stop) - Zurich (stop) - Bangkok (stop) - Tokyo - Toronto - Fredericton. The Tokyo - Toronto leg is in J. There were just too many crazy stopovers required to stay in F across the pacific - my choice.

From http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/13488048-post14.html, Shareholder booked:

YYZ-LGA/JFK-FRA-BKK s/o BKK-PVG (destination) PVG-ZRH s/o ZRH-MUC-JFK. All long hauls in F on LH, TG and LX.

From http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/14067110-post1.html, fly_yag booked:

YYC-YWG AC J E90
YWG-YYZ AC J E90
YYZ-LHR AC J 77W (stop)
LHR-BKK TG J 744
BKK-SGN TG J 333
----Open Jaw----
PEK-SFO UA J 744
SFO-YVR UA Y 319
YVR-YYC AC J E90

From http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/14073315-post4.html, toflyer booked:

yyz to ord (ac j)
ord to muc (lh F)
muc to hkg (lh f)
bkk to nrt (tg j)
nrt to pek (ca f)
pek to yyz (ac j)

Yyz-cdg (ac)
cdg-fra (lh)
fra-hkg (lh)
hkg-pek (ca)
pvg-icn (oz)
icn-lax (oz)
lax-ord(ua)
ord-yyz (ua)

YYZ-LH-DUS-LH-FRA(Stop)-LH-BKK(Stop)-TG-CNX(Turnaround)-BKK-TG-HKG-OZ-ICN-OZ-LAX-AC-YYZ

Yyc - ord ua j
ord - zrh lx f
zrh - bkk tg f
bkk - hkg tg f
hkg - nrt nh j
nrt - sfo nh f
sfo - yyc ua j

YYC-AC-LGA//JFK-OZ-ICN-OZ-TAO-CA-PVG-FM-HKG(Turnaround)-SQ-SIN-LH-MUC(Stop)-LH-FRA(Stop)-LH-DUS-LH-YYZ

I've ticketed a lot of these awards...both for myself, and more recently for friends who thought there Aeroplan miles were for toasters or flying YYZ-YYC return. They have now seen the light!

These awards are either 100K Business or 120K First Asia awards. A few that I can remember at the moment...

YYC-YVR-FRA-ZRH-BKK-SIN-BKK-ZRH-AMS-FRA-YYC

YYC-FRA-CDG-BKK-CNX-BKK-ZRH-AMS-MUC-FRA-YYC

YYC-FRA-HKG-BKK-CNX-BKK-IST-VIE-AMS-FRA-YYC

YHZ-LHR-ARN-IST-BKK-CNX-BKK-ZRH-MUC-YUL-YHZ

YYZ-LHR-BKK-CNX-BKK-IST-AMS-FRA-ORD-YYZ

YYC-ORD-ZRH-IST-BKK-CNX-BKK-MUC-DUS-YYZ-YYC

YYC-SFO-ICN-PVG-HKG-BKK-ZRH-AMS-FRA-YVR-YYC

YYC-LAS-LAX-TPE-HKG-BKK-VIE-AMS-FRA-YYC

YXU-ORD-NRT-PVG-BKK-IST-VIE-AMS-FRA-ORD-YXU

Flew in May/June 2009 - booked on April 4, 2009. All in F except Canada and intra Europe in J...

Fredericton - Toronto - Frankfurt - Amsterdam (stop) - Munich - Hong Kong (stop) - Seoul (stop) - Chicago - Toronto - Fredericton.

YYZ - ORD (AC - J)
ORD - FRA (LH - F)
FRA - IST (LH - J)
IST - BKK (TK - F) STOP
BKK - SIN (SQ - J) DESTINATION
SIN - PEK (CA - F) STOP
PEK - INC (OZ - J)
INC - LAX (OZ - F)
LAX - DEN (UA - F) ... I know, I know.....
DEN - YYZ (UA - F) ...3h 14m with no meal service ...

2 seats with the same itinerary

YYZ-ORD (AC J)
ORD-FRA (LH F)
FRA-BKK (LH F) STOP
BKK-SIN (SQ J) STOP
SIN-PVG (SQ J) STOP - could have had one in F and one in J but went with two in J
PVG-ICN (OZ F)
ICN-LAX (OZ F)
LAX-ORD (UA J)
ORD-YYZ (UA J)