Originally Posted by
rogodwin
I knew that UK had an APD, but did not know it was planned to increase so much. So, I will reverse my flight order and save a little. Also I can change JFK to LAX, which will add an AA flight between SCL and LAX. This should make AA happier to ticket. My new routing would be:
LHR-DXB-AMM-MAD-SCL-IPC-SCL-LAX-HKG-SIN-NRT-BKK-NRT-PER-DRW-SYD-LHR (60973 miles)
I choose orignating from LHR over Africa because of cheap fare and ease of getting there from MIA. Also the USA stop allows me to break the trip up.
Thanks again. Any more suggestions?
You won't avoid the APD by starting LHR-DXB. Any premium cabin/longhaul destination from LHR (of which both AMM and DXB qualify) will attract the APD at the highest level. So if your route reversal was intended to avoid it, no dice.
Remember too that the rules allow a transit-without-stopover in N. America going to/from S. America, so you might think about ...DXB-AMM-xJFK-SCL instead of AMM-xMAD-SCL. RJ premium service is supposedly quite good, plus I believe it nets more miles. Remember only two stopovers in the continent of origin, so assuming for you those are DXB and AMM, then MAD would only be a transfer anyway.
The LAX-SCL flight is on Lan metal; the AA code ought to be sufficient to cover any questions raised by the AA RTW desk as far as AA segments is concerned; you could also use the AA code on LAX-HKG.
For what it's worth, WAW-xLHR-SYD-DRW-PER-BKK-SIN-HKG-JFK-SCL-IPC-SCL-xJFK-AMM-DXB-xLHR-WAW would save you something like US$2000+ over the London origin owing to cheaper base fare and avoiding LHR origin or stopover (thus APD). Fewer miles maybe because of the absence of the NRT segments in Asia, but for $2K you can make up those miles/EQP pretty easily outside the RTW.