Hey Guys I've been checking out that Global Explorer fare and Darren, it's not so bad...
The Global Explorer fare from Thailand (BA Thailand website) looks OK at 117740 BHT (about 1900 GBP) in Business - although maybe someone can confirm whether is the most up-to-date price?
According to the BA Thai site, the mileage limit is 28,500 (again maybe someone can confirm a more up-to-date price?). But I guess if you flew the maximum miles in Business / First and put the miles into a BA UK Exec Club account, you'd get 57,000 / 85,500 which isn't so bad...

One Question:
In the rules, it says that you are allowed 6 stopovers. But if I originated from BKK, could I do:
BKK-LHR.
LHR-MCT.
MCT-LHR.
LHR-HKG.
HKG-BKK.

I know that from MCT, I could transit through LHR to HKG and it wouldn't count as a stopover. But can I actually stopover in the same place (i.e. LHR) twice?
If so, this would form a nice alternative to the OWE. It makes sense as I live in London.

[This message has been edited by salt (edited 12-07-2000).]