Originally Posted by
pye1201
Really appreciate your replies mwenenzi and pandaperth.
You're welcome
Pandaperth - I'll check out the itinerary on an Egypt departure - can get a Cathay Pacific airfare to Cairo for much the same as an Amman oneway.
I would have expected Qantas or Emirate to be cheaper - maybe use
itasoftware to check this. And if travelling in discount economy, the QFF earning might be better
When I get to purchasing the tickets, is there a number for the AA world-wide desk? I have read that the AA desk is far more efficient than the other alternatives. I guess the AA desk will be able to provide me with contact details for an agent in Egypt, assuming it works out that way
The AA RTW desk is located in Dallas - phone +1 800 247 3247
It's best to do your homework so that you can feed the agent the flights you want and the dates you want. They are good - setting up our ex-KRT DONE4s last year took about 20 minutes.
Explain to the agent that you will ticketing in the country of origin (be it Jordan or Egypt). Otherwise the agent will assume you are ticketing in the US and it will be priced accordingly
The agent probably will not be able to give you the contact details of the sales agent in the country of origin, but a search in this forum should give you that. When AA has priced it, you contact the agent and pay.
Some ideas on maximising miles:
- As lcag08 said, AA's program has a much better earn/burn than QF's (we stopped accruing to QF in 2008)
- Look in the thread on the Platinum Challenge in the AA forum
- Some ideas for maximising points:
- Instead of CDG-JFK and then onwards to ORD, SLC and LAX - fly the opposite: CDG-xLHR-LAX,SLC-ORD-JFK
- Then fly JFK-SYD; this is QF in a 747 via LAX
- Alternatively, fly JFK-HKG-SYD
- Instead of SYD-HKG-AMM, fly SYD-LHR-AMM
This itinerary is 15,000 miles longer
AMM-FCO,VIE-CDG-LHR-LAX,SLC-ORD-JFK-HKG-SYD-NOU-SYD-AKL-SYD-LHR-AMM