<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by DP-UK:
Thanks Terenz - getting the ticket in France is a lot cheaper than the UK + I can then take an AY flight from CDG-HEL-LHR to start the miles. I'll save the LHR-DXB-LHR for after the RTW bit so it gets PLT bonus !!
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an example would be:
buy a RT lhr-cdg or lhr-hel
then do, e.g.
0. take a weekend to go to paris, using your 1st segment of the RT tkt (or just a 1-way tkt);
1. cdg-lhr (back to lhr on sunday site, eg); back home(!), stay a few weeks/months
2. lhr-hkg-icn-hkg-del-hkg-(mel)-jfk
3. (your travel/run in america) lax-lhr, back home(!), stay a few weeks/months
4. lhr-dxb-lhr back home again; a few more weeks
5. lhr-cdg (2nd coupon of your RT tkt cdg-lhr)
i am not sure why you want to go to MEL, this this will make it a 4-continent OWE. you only have 10 days to spend, you could use the rest of your time to fly around US.
post your revised itin and tell us your constraint, we will help u optimize
[This message has been edited by pegasus8228 (edited 08-31-2002).]