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Old Jul 4, 2003 | 1:00 am
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volibolero
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 16
HELP with a RTW route, please

I know nothing. You guys seem to know everything. Please advise.

Here is my situation. I am in Japan now, but plan on going to Australia (any city ok) to buy a MONE4 ticket to begin July 25. I have ONLY 3 weeks to travel... and want to win the AA Platinum Challenge using ONLY Australia, then Asia, and terminating in LAX... Can I do it?

Other factors.

I will be working in Texas from August to June, leaving me with 1 last month of travel to complete my round the world ticket. At the completion of this ticket, I plan to buy another RTW ticket (but that will be a future thread).

My goals are, ranked by priority:
1. Win the Platinum upon reaching LAX
2. Be in Seoul on Aug. 1-3
3. See the coolest cities of the world (I like beaches with waves, nightlife, good looking women, and beach volleyball)

Starting from Sydney or Perth... please recommend a route for my BARBELL travel plans (1 month now, 1 month later). Thanks!

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BTW... I would have simply bought the RTW ticket here in Japan, or even Thailand... but because I want to go to Australia and then must come BACK to Korea... it would not work... I currently have two tickets that I am planning to buy to get to Australia... Fukuoka-Bangkok, then Bangkok-Sydney/Perth. Perth is only being considered for possible maximizing of miles purposes to start a RTW.

A completely off-the-top-of-my-head-probably-impossible route, but just so that you can get a feel for what i am looking for:

Perth - Sydney (stopover)
Sydney - Auckland (stopover)
Auckland - HongKong
HongKong - Seoul (stopover... yes, I know Seoul is difficult on ONEWORLD, but I dont like the other products.)
Seoul - HongKong (stopover)
Hongkong - LAX

Would something like this get me Platinum?

Then AFTER the 3 month platinum gig, I would do some hub-and-spoke stuff from Dallas... if AUSTIN is not possible... like for Christmas break...

Dallas - Bahamas
Bahamas - Dallas
***got to spend Christmas at HOME!***
Dallas - Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo - Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico - Dallas

then in June/July

Dallas - 3 or 4 cities in EUROPE
EUROPE - Sydney (via Tokyo maybe? so I get get an overnight but less than 24 hour stay?)

Thanks in advance for your help.

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