Originally Posted by
Green_eyes
Would you minde sharing how did you get to Maldives and what was the cost of the travel there?
Wonderful report - made me go nag the other half for a honeymoon!
I used a Star Alliance award to fly there; the routing was a little crazy. I wanted to depart from Newark or Philly, but the only way I could sit up front was this: Philly-LA-Bangkok-Singapore-Male and Male-Singapore-Tokyo-Chicago-Philly on the way back.
My fare priced out to about $16,500. Other First Class / Business Class fares from Philly were in the $14,000-$19,000 range and fares from New York were in the $9,000-$15,000 range.
If I were to do it again, I'd probably go the other way around the world, going through Dubai or Qatar with a possible stopover in Europe. When I toyed around with some dates with that routing, prices came in at $8,500-$18,000.