Originally Posted by
wijibintheair
Hi allset2travel - good luck with your rtw - have done 5 of them ex CPT in the last few years and they can be a bit complex to get the hang of.
My bold. Wow! ^^
That's great. Now we can really pick your brain
Originally Posted by
wijibintheair
Firstly, what you are looking at with your itinerary is a DONE6 - as your departure continent counts as 1 and even though you are only transiting Europe it still counts as a continent.
I want to keep it as a DONE4 (possibly DONE5). Rework itin to reduce 1 or 2 continents.
Originally Posted by
wijibintheair
As Pandaperth points out you can transit Europe twice ONLY if you are ending in certain Africn countries - like Kenya, but I assume that is not where you want to end up. You can however fly from HKG to JNB on CX to end your journey. however to do his you would need to reduce one of your Asian sectors to keep within your 4 flights allowed in one continent
Thank you &
Pandaperth for pointing out applicable rules.
Not too keen on ending trip in aforementioned African countries.
Will look into HKG-JBN segment to end trip. How is CX's in flight service on this route?
Originally Posted by
wijibintheair
Looking at your routing I gather you are trying to maximize your miles as well. The following is a legal routing - but still a DONE6 I'm afraid!
JNB-xLHR-xLAX-SCL-LIM-GRU/EZE-xJFK-SYD-PER-HKG-DEL-NRT-SIN-xHKG-JNB
This effectively gives you 15 sectors so you could add another flight somewhere. As you are paying for the continents anyhow you can make stopovers in Europe and North America (only once the second must be a connection)
Max miles are very much a goal.
Originally Posted by
wijibintheair
If you use LHR as a pure connection using BA metallic on AA code share and the onwards connection to the US on AA metal you can ticket as AA.
That's good to know. Thx.
Originally Posted by
wijibintheair
The other option to avoid the ridiculous BA and Heathrow taxes and fuel surcharges would be to use IB to MAD from JNB. IB are actually not that bad in business.
Very much in my mind as well.
Originally Posted by
wijibintheair
Hope that helps!
It certainly does. Thank you. ^