Originally Posted by van helsing

My wife and i are thinking of traveling for a year - to places we'd loved to see or places we don't even know about lol

We'd like to travel Biz-class or 1st if we could push the boat out.

So what ticket would be best for us ?

India - Dubai - China - Japan - Russia - US/CAN - Pacific islands - Aus/NZ - Africa

Travel preference is so personal but if it were me I would include South America on a trip like this - Peru in particular. Africa can be a problem on some RTW inteneraries as there are no connections between, for example, South Africa and Kenya. You can always buy a ticket to fill in the gaps though. In fact with a year of travel and a 16 segment limit you will probably need to buy several segments to go to all of your listed places.

Next question with Biz-class or 1st can we use any lounge or just whatever airline is on our next leg of the trip ?


Unless you have higher status on a OW airline then just the airlines you are flying.


How far in advance do you have to book - do you have to book all your travel plans in advance or can you do it as you go along ?


OW RTW tickets are indeed flexible but not infinitely. Take time to read through the OW rules as you will need to be armed with that information.

I'm sure that will do for starters - thanks everyone !!