Originally Posted by Shawn02139
fantastic thread. i'm planning on doing a rtw w/my girlfriend next summer to celebrate getting our ph.d....
1) Can someone post examples of a *ONE* iteneraries w/prices that will give people an idea of how one can get near-maximum status miles & prices.
Already done (in fact dozens of examples, not just one). You can find them using the "Search" function in this forum (Oneworld). But remember that status qualification varies by FF plan, so optimal routing for QF, BA and AA are all different (CX may be same as AA) -- so you have to be a bit more precise and say which status. As for prices, they change frequently but several pricing spreadsheets are linked to from this forum. Some rumblings of further rule changes in Jan 2005 that will make the OWE much less attractive for status acquisition, so if you really want to do this better start within a few months. Each year the OWE fare/rules have changed to be less desirable, as the airlines tweak the product.