Help in planning for RTW Trip in July
Mar 18, 2011, 2:46 pm
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Help in planning for RTW Trip in July
I am planning a trip to China (PEK) with my mother and sister. I have enough miles for all 3 of us to travel Business class (even though I might decide to sit coach).
Now for the dates that I have, from MIA, the award charts on AA shows that in the lowest available business class I can book 3 seats for 122.5K miles each.
Since I will be spending that many miles anyways, I was thinking that I might as well transform it to a RTW trip spending 150K for 25K miles traveled.
Now what itineray would you guys suggest?
Once ready, how do I actually book such trip? Can I do it online or do I have to call AA?
How likely it is that I can book all three of us in business using RTW award fares?
Thanks a lot!
Now for the dates that I have, from MIA, the award charts on AA shows that in the lowest available business class I can book 3 seats for 122.5K miles each.
Since I will be spending that many miles anyways, I was thinking that I might as well transform it to a RTW trip spending 150K for 25K miles traveled.
Now what itineray would you guys suggest?
Once ready, how do I actually book such trip? Can I do it online or do I have to call AA?
How likely it is that I can book all three of us in business using RTW award fares?
Thanks a lot!
Mar 18, 2011, 2:48 pm
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Since this is specific to using AA miles you should ask a moderator to move your question to the AA forum. They will be able to assist you much better than the more general oneworld forum.
Mar 18, 2011, 5:53 pm
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I'll move this to AA.
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Mar 18, 2011, 6:03 pm
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when you say RTW is using the one world award chart ?
Mar 18, 2011, 6:11 pm
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A MileSAAver RT between the U.S. and China is 110K miles; 122.5K miles would be one way in Business (55K miles), and one way in First (67.5K miles). Are you sure that Business Class was available in each direction?
As to booking a oneworld award instead, that is certainly possible, but you might have difficulty finding three Business Class award seats on the same TATL flight in July/August, if you decide to return via Europe. What parts of the world do you want to visit?
To book a oneworld award, you will need to call AA and include at least two oneworld partners on your itinerary. Avoid flights on BA unless you are willing to pay high fuel surcharges.
Originally Posted by sweet-kom
I am planning a trip to China (PEK) with my mother and sister. I have enough miles for all 3 of us to travel Business class (even though I might decide to sit coach).
Now for the dates that I have, from MIA, the award charts on AA shows that in the lowest available business class I can book 3 seats for 122.5K miles each.
Since I will be spending that many miles anyways, I was thinking that I might as well transform it to a RTW trip spending 150K for 25K miles traveled.
Now what itineray would you guys suggest?
Once ready, how do I actually book such trip? Can I do it online or do I have to call AA?
How likely it is that I can book all three of us in business using RTW award fares?
Thanks a lot!
Now for the dates that I have, from MIA, the award charts on AA shows that in the lowest available business class I can book 3 seats for 122.5K miles each.
Since I will be spending that many miles anyways, I was thinking that I might as well transform it to a RTW trip spending 150K for 25K miles traveled.
Now what itineray would you guys suggest?
Once ready, how do I actually book such trip? Can I do it online or do I have to call AA?
How likely it is that I can book all three of us in business using RTW award fares?
Thanks a lot!
As to booking a oneworld award instead, that is certainly possible, but you might have difficulty finding three Business Class award seats on the same TATL flight in July/August, if you decide to return via Europe. What parts of the world do you want to visit?
To book a oneworld award, you will need to call AA and include at least two oneworld partners on your itinerary. Avoid flights on BA unless you are willing to pay high fuel surcharges.
Mar 19, 2011, 7:53 am
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I think the OP is going to have trouble finding 3 business seats on BA/JL/QF and CX this summer to make his one world award work and it will be much cheaper to just go to PEK.
Mar 19, 2011, 8:47 am
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Originally Posted by guv1976
Avoid flights on BA unless you are willing to pay high fuel surcharges.
Mar 19, 2011, 6:13 pm
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Depends on your exact dates, but it's getting pretty late to be trying to book award travel for this summer. I'd say count on it being fairly unlikely that you can easily get everyone on the same flights in business on a RTW award at this point.
Mar 20, 2011, 11:58 pm
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Mar 22, 2011, 10:58 pm
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I am planning a trip to China (PEK) with my mother and sister. I have enough miles for all 3 of us to travel Business class (even though I might decide to sit coach).
Now for the dates that I have, from MIA, the award charts on AA shows that in the lowest available business class I can book 3 seats for 122.5K miles each.
Since I will be spending that many miles anyways, I was thinking that I might as well transform it to a RTW trip spending 150K for 25K miles traveled.
Now what itineray would you guys suggest?
Once ready, how do I actually book such trip? Can I do it online or do I have to call AA?
Now for the dates that I have, from MIA, the award charts on AA shows that in the lowest available business class I can book 3 seats for 122.5K miles each.
Since I will be spending that many miles anyways, I was thinking that I might as well transform it to a RTW trip spending 150K for 25K miles traveled.
Now what itineray would you guys suggest?
Once ready, how do I actually book such trip? Can I do it online or do I have to call AA?
So decide where you want or need to visit, then comes the hard part of finding 3 Business Class seats, so I would suggest that perhaps you defer the travel until Summer 2012 and start to look and book earlier.
It will also give you time to read through the numerous threads on this forum how the AAward works and the various complex rules. Also perhaps you could look at an SPG Amex card spending 15K with them getting the 25000 SPG Points and using them for the Great value SPG Points and Cash hotel rooms.
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Mar 24, 2011, 12:02 pm
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When you go around the world, everyplace is on the way.
I am guessing that you were asking about AA specific routings that
might work. But if you are asking for random tourism advice, I'll
just list my favorite 4 spots, for what its worth:
1. Taj Mahal, Agra India near Dehli
2. Angkor Wat, Siem Reap Cambodia, near Bangkok
3. Santorini Island Greece, near Athens
4. Valley of the Kings, Egypt, near Luxor
I am guessing that you were asking about AA specific routings that
might work. But if you are asking for random tourism advice, I'll
just list my favorite 4 spots, for what its worth:
1. Taj Mahal, Agra India near Dehli
2. Angkor Wat, Siem Reap Cambodia, near Bangkok
3. Santorini Island Greece, near Athens
4. Valley of the Kings, Egypt, near Luxor