Our family took a RTW flight back in 2008/2009. We obtained Platinum AA status before going with a quick weekend trip to San Paulo from Toronto (my daughter was 10 yrs old that weekend). We booked our trip just prior to the 16 segment rule coming into effect (we had 21 segments - paper yes but 5 extra segments on a budget was great). We have helped a few people trying to price their tickets in Toronto for various RTW trips over the years.

So our Platinum status has vanished, segments are 16 now, and the CDN pricing bonus ex-other countries is gone??

We have some new ways to get Saphire Status for lounge access again - easy and relatively inexpensive. We can leave via ex-JNB as we can easily make a positioning flight this summer.

Here's our initial thoughts.....

We could leave on a DONEx or LONEx from JNB. We would like to get to Bora Bora, Belfast (summer of 2014), Argentina, Nambia, Patagonia, Euorope.


We will come back to Toronto several times throughout the year. We will be in Budapest in July 2013 for a world paddling competition our kids will be in. From there we can get $500 flights to JNB which would allow us the opportunity to explore a bit more of South Africa this trip.

Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated!!!

Thanks in advance for any suggestions - maybe an idea of something we have to see too!

Kevin and Family