Originally Posted by
Himeno
Japan and Korea prices are similar. I've started DONE3's from both NRT and ICN before. It depends on exchange rates. India and Sri Lanka are cheap, until you add the luxury taxes for premium class tickets departing from those countries.
LONE5 ex Japan 433,800JPY DONE5 895,200JPY both before tax.
Don't know which is which, but these are the Star business RTW prices ex Japan before tax:
CRWSTAR1 618,400JPY
CCPSTAR1 694,000JPY
CCPSTAR2 833,000JPY
CRWSTAR3 846,900JPY
(a quick skim of the star fare rules shows the "CRWSTAR3" is the business 39,000 mile RTW fare)
I had assumed (wrongly) that the *A fare was going to be higher than OW.
In the end, once I added in some extra destinations in Europe and Asia, *A became convenient enough to skip Latin America, which I will do on a separate trip on points later instead. I ended up using the *A online tool and got a quote for ~720,000JPY before tax for a CRWSTAR2, which has 34,000 miles. It LOOKS as though it will just let me book online without talking to an agent (unlike OW) but I guess I'll just have to find out if they accept credit cards with a US billing address or if I'll have to get creative.
Thanks so much for the prompt responses! If I was on a radio talkback show I would call myself a "longtime listener, first time caller". Despite using this forum frequently for research this is the first question I asked and really appreciate the willingness of folks like you on here to help. I'll toast flytalk with a glass of champagne on my first A380 ride, BKK-NRT in business, which kicks off this trip
