Originally Posted by
RTWfromFinland
Excellent! Just the kind of comments I was hoping for. Thank you =)
I'm using money to buy the positioning flight so AMM or TLV actually might be even more value. Need to look into that. I have quite a lot of Avios and was planning on using them for few C flights to/from and within South America.
The route you suggested is otherwise good, but I'm not interested in Muscat. I think I would rather fly more in Asia or Australia. For example, fly HKG to Perth and then Darwin to SYD... or something like that. Whatever brings more miles to my BAEC account. I'm sure I will like the places no matter where I go (except Muscat....) =)
OK, starting ex TLV or AMM rules out any other trip to ME.
Concentrate on Asia AND maximise miles/Avios and TPs, right?
But: If you want to do both AKL and PER, you have to make the journey back from SWP two segments, as neither AKL or PER has any flights to EU; making AKL a separate side trip from SYD makes segments for PER (NB: No return to PER from eastern OZ).
Accruing to BA, you get a lot more TPs if the flight is >2000 miles. Could ORD be avoided in the RTW? CX flies to HKG from ORD too, but JFK-HKG is a longer flight to be pampered. If you want ORD, do as side trip from either MIA or NYC (only once daily JFK-ORD) and youll have a segment for SWP
How about
:
AMM-LHR-LAX-MIA-JFK-HKG-NRT-CGK/KUL-NRT-DEL-HKG-PER-SYD-AKL-SYD-LHR-AMM(or any other ME destination is allowed as final destination)? Or do -PER-DWN-SYD- and do a side trip to AKL?
TYO to CGK (fascinating)* or KUL (shopping better)* are both >3000 miles, as are TYO and HKG to any Indian destination. DEL has the advantage of being served both by JL and CX, enabling the return to position for OZ. BOM only by CX from HKG (but one-stop BKK en route!) [*= both cities are fascinating and have good shopping]
Oooh, writing about a RTW like this almost makes me want to pack a bag already!
