Originally Posted by
Larssparholt
Dear Tripadvisors!
Been planning a RTW trip (2 people) in about a year from now.
My first RTW, and I'm not too experienced flying to begin with. (And english is not my first language, so sorry about spelling etc).
Your English is excellent - and
much better than my (non-existent) Danish
However, this is Flyertalk.com - not tripadvisor.com!
Enjoy the planning and exploring options
I've been reading the forums, trying to find answers to my (many) questions.
I have a couple I can't seem to find the answers to, hope you guys could point me in the right direction...
1. Denmark is my native country. Doha is my first stop on the RTW ticket. Starting in Cairo, not CPH, seems to save me around $5000, not including one way tickets from CPH to CAI. -So that's a no-brainer, right?
Yes
Unless you are intending to include southern Africa in your itinerary - in which case it would a little cheaper to start from there
Also, starting from Jordan is a little more expensive that starting from Egypt - but if it is cheaper to get to AMM than to get to CAI then it might be better for you
Here's my question: Am I allowed to fly straight from CPH to DOH on a seperately bought ticket and thereby voluntarily "miss" the flight from CAI to DOH on the rtw-ticket? -Or *must* I be on the plane from CAI, since it's the first flight on the RTW?
The reason I ask is that it is both easier (fewer fligthts and less traveltime), and cheaper for me, than arranging a flight from CPH to CAI (over IST), only to transit immediately and continue to DOH over AMM.
Calchas has given you a comprehensive answer to this.
In brief the answer is NO
-Or is there an even smarter way of doing it?
Some have had themselves a pre-RTW holiday
For example - position to AMM, then first RTW flight is AMM-TXL, get the train home to CPH; and later return to TXL to start the RTW for real
(and at the end, stopover in Europe again before taking - or not taking
- the final flight back to the Middle East)
2. As far as I can tell, if I start in CAI (and my first stop is DOH), Royal Jordanian seems to be my "ticket issuer" as far as I can tell. Is that a decent choice? -Or would I be better off with BA/someone else regarding customer service etc?
Qatar Airways flies CAI-DOH no-stop. But if you are using the on-line tool, you cannot start with a QR flight
But if you book through an airline or travel agent then you can start with a QR flight
IIRC using the on-line tool, if the first flight is with RJ then it is actually AA that issues the ticket - so that will be fine
Hope you guys can help me. And sorry in advance if this is really basic stuff. I'm still learning.
Happy to help, as are others
Feel free to post your planned itinerary and I'm sure you'll get constructive feedback