<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by AA EXP DFW-LON:
1. You have too many segements in NA. I count 7. BOS-(DFW)-GDL will count as 2 segements.
2. Why use a AONE or DONE to do BOS-DCA-BOS? Seems like a waste of money (in my opinion).
3. Why no segements in Europe? A quick run to DXB would acrue an additional 6000+ miles r/t.
[This message has been edited by AA EXP DFW-LON (edited Dec 09, 2003).]</font>
Thanks, this helps. So, if I do the BOS-DFW-GDL-DFW-BOS-DCA-BOS-LHR (i.e. start via the Atlantic, only 6 NA segments) that should be OK?
As for intra-Europe segments, I'm doing this for work, so no time to dilly-dally.
Why the BOS-DCA-BOS on an RTW is because I'm buying them open, so I can use them within a certain time window with some flexibility. A fully-refundable full-flexibility BOS-DCA-BOS runs about $700 USD (an absolute infernal ripoff, in my opinion), so I think of this as quite good value for money.
The reason this is going to be an AONE/DONE is because of the CX long-haul legs I'm gonna ride in, so I get the BOS-DCA-BOS for "free". Also, the HKG-DEL-HKG leg on an AONE is a waste, since that sector doesn't run F, but that's OK, because that is more than made up for riding CX in F for the long-hauls.