Originally Posted by
Gardyloo
In USD, a DONE3 in Israel is $6200 and a DONE4 is $7200; prices ex-Jordan are a few dollars less - vs. $7272 for a DONE4 ex-South Africa. Positioning costs should be considerably lower for TLV or AMM for most travelers.
Per the
OW rules that I saw, Egypt but not Israel (or Jordan for that matter) is part of Europe. Is that right? So for Egypt we wouldn't need to add an extra continent, as would be the case with South Africa, but we would if we start in Israel or Jordan?
If we do ex-JNB, I'd probably burn BA miles and do the positioning flights as awards. Israel is an option I hadn't though of. I did try Egypt, mostly because I wondered if prices were lower reflecting the unrest.
Originally Posted by
aaupgrade
As mentioned by Gardyloo, generally for RTW fares historically the best fares have been from S Africa and ME. AMM is the easiest to get to for the price. Sudan (KRT) is cheaper, but not as easy to get to. UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi) would be nice starting points but they are much higher fares so that is not an option. JMHO
CirPac fares are best out of HKG.
If there are changes in fares you will hear about them hear first. So until otherwise reported here on FT, I would set up EF Saved Queries for HKG, JNB and AMM. You could do the same for KRT and TLV too if you prefer.
Depending on where you want to travel, the CirPacs are a real deal ex-HKG. DCIR22 at $4997 is a great deal and so is ACIR22 at $7135. Needless to say CirPacs are limited to East Asia, SWP and North America (excluding Caribbean).
Thanks for the great tips!