Hello Everyone,

I'm planning our next RTW and I'm having a hard time getting out of Canada in First. I understand the flights are not available till 2 weeks or so before departure so for now I will book in Business.

We will be using Aeroplan and our ideal timeframe is NOV 2012. We would love to go to the FCL in FRA and/or MUC. We would probably do a couple of cities in Europe (perhaps Spain/Portugal) and wind up at BKK. From there perhaps we would go to HKT and make our way back via SIN.


We would like to avoid the USA so as far as I know this only leaves us with:

YVR-FRA is stopping First Class early again this year (After Oct 27 2011 it will be a 2 cabin plane)
YYZ-FRA is also stopping first after Oct 27 2011
Since we need NOV 2012, this is not ideal.

As far as I know this leaves us with:

YYZ-DUS (on Saturdays, Tuesdays and Thursdays)
YUL-MUC (Everyday)
YUL-ZRH (Everyday)

Here's a few questions perhaps you can help me with.

- Are there other options to fly out of Canada in First Class with Aeroplan?

- Should we perhaps forget about First and try for South America in Business? Perhaps something like
YVR-YYZ then PERU-CHILE-BRAZIL-ARGENTINA or similar?

- I read that we can transfer from Aeroplan to Avios (Via points.com and Petro-Canada) at almost 1 to 1. Would this be a better option for us ? If yes, what cities should we look at?


Any advice and suggestions are welcomed!

Thank you,

I.T.