Originally Posted by
Gardyloo
Well, I'm going to back you up for a minute, just to illustrate a big (quite big) alternative, an actual RTW ticket.
As you may know, RTW tickets are priced differently depending on the country of origin and purchase. In the case of Oneworld, the Oneworld Explorer RTW ticket (and note AA hugely confused things briefly when it gave its now-defunct Oneworld award the same name) is good for up to 16 segments, valid for a year, has no mileage limit, and the price is based on the number of continents touched.
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A number of us use these products in a "strategic" fashion - a paid RTW every other year, burn the miles in the following year, repeat. The numbers can get very compelling.
If interested, consult the Oneworld board for more details - lots of useful information over there.
That is insane!!! and amazing!
I knew there was a OW Explorer award that AA scrapped last year but did not know there was a OW Explorer paid option... if this is available in business for $4-6k, then I'm so there. And RDM's too. I think this is the single best piece of information I encountered while learning.
Thank you Gardyloo for all that information (and the effort typing that up)!