RTW ticket, longest routings ?? [On 16 segment rules]
Mar 20, 2009, 8:59 am
#46
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Just for fun ex Delhi xOne6
While investigating my lone3 I thought what could be the maximum xone6 ex Delhi (hence no bouncing del-nrt) . I came up with
del-nrt-cgk-nrt-syd-lhr-mct-lhr-dar-lhr-lax-eze-ccs-eze-dfw-nrt-del
for 76357 miles.
Any ideas on improving this?
The shortest sectors here are the bounce to Caracas(3190 each), the bounce to Jakarta(3632 each) and the bounce to Muscat (3628 each).
del-nrt-cgk-nrt-syd-lhr-mct-lhr-dar-lhr-lax-eze-ccs-eze-dfw-nrt-del
for 76357 miles.
Any ideas on improving this?
The shortest sectors here are the bounce to Caracas(3190 each), the bounce to Jakarta(3632 each) and the bounce to Muscat (3628 each).
Mar 20, 2009, 10:33 am
#47
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Some minor tweaking gave me:
del-nrt-cgk-nrt-mel-lhr-mct-lhr-dar-lhr-lax-eze-ccs-scl-gru-nrt-del
at 77,767 miles. It might be possible to tweak the South American sectors a bit more but other than that I'm not sure you can go much higher.
del-nrt-cgk-nrt-mel-lhr-mct-lhr-dar-lhr-lax-eze-ccs-scl-gru-nrt-del
at 77,767 miles. It might be possible to tweak the South American sectors a bit more but other than that I'm not sure you can go much higher.
Aug 24, 2010, 9:48 pm
#50
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Now that the OWE rules have changed, by adding:
Perhaps all the AA-EQP/QF-SC/BA-TP etc maximisers should re-work their itineraries
4(i) The same city pairs/sectors cannot be flown more than once in the same direction
Aug 29, 2010, 1:43 pm
#51
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Thanks for the update!
Aug 30, 2010, 2:02 am
#52
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I struggle to see how this will limit too many people. Most of the long flights are already restricted (Perth in Aus, Anchorage in US, Mid-East from London, US transcons)
Aug 30, 2010, 9:55 am
#53
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It doesn't make much difference to mileage runners, but it does make a difference to people who actually go places that they need to go (which is what 2old4coach was doing if I understand correctly).
Aug 30, 2010, 10:48 am
#54
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Cheers!
Aug 30, 2010, 3:07 pm
#55
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We used to do MEL-BNE-MEL-BNE-MEL -- not a great mileage-earner but we have relatives and friends in Brisbane so it was always an "easy and best use" of the available legs. Now we'll have to go somewhere else for one of them - it's so hard to have to go to Palm Cove instead ....
Aug 30, 2010, 11:18 pm
#56
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I think it will matter to people like me who have very limited routing options from our home towns. At SEA (mine) I can fly to ORD, DFW or JFK, and JFK would be the one transcon. IIRC every RTW I've done has of necessity included at least 2x SEA-DFW or DFW-SEA legs, which will now have to be changed to ORD. Routes from SEA to the US Southeast or Latin America all pass through DFW, so this change is of no small consequence...to me.
Feb 20, 2011, 10:17 pm
#58
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Feb 20, 2011, 10:24 pm
#59
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A bit OT, but you can download this spreadsheet for reference,
http://sites.google.com/site/rtwfares/home
http://sites.google.com/site/rtwfares/home