Originally Posted by
ibby
Fantastic help! Thanks very much.
Its good to know the YQ is lower to S/E Asia. I will definitely check out the Mini RTW thread.
The internet tells me Singapore Airlines has the best J class... so if anyone can help me find a routing that includes it would be a great help! Can anyone speak for the quality of business class on Turkish or Asiana? I keep seeing those as options but haven’t flown them.
Singapore J seats vary A LOT among aircraft. Regional flights do NOT have the J seats you found the rave on Internet.
Longhaul J seats are NOT released to partners in 95% of the case.
Your R/T allows 2 stopovers and 1 destination, the stopovers can be on the same direction. You cannot pass the same airport twice on the same direction but opposite direction is fine.
Or you can have 1 stopover and 1 OJ.
Given your very limited 12 days travel time, it is a fool's game to make a super complex itinerary with long layover at each airport and then try to rush to town for "sightseeing".
With transportation to / from as well as the need to go thru security check etc etc, the long layover on the schedule does NOT equal you have the same length of time to do your thing...
Honestly with only 12 days to spare on your honeymoon, the best way is to MINIMIZE the routing to reduce the travel time to the lowest possible, and give more time to enjoy the vacation at one or maximum two locations.
Routing thru Portugal and especially Switzerland, in Feb is a crazy idea - have you not had enough winter storms up in Toronto that shuts down the air traffic? What makes you think Switzerland would be different?
Your best bet is to go straight to SE Asia using EVA via TPE, to minimize weather IRROPs that would be a high probability in Winter.
We dont even use airports in Northeast between Nov and Mar - because the Winter weather is just so unpreditable and IRROPs can wreck harvoc on a trip - especially when your ticket is the redemption ticket, at the bottom of the totem pole so to speak - the reaccommodation priority on your tickets would be very low if not right down the bottom.