Originally Posted by
clansey1973
Please can a RTW fare expert help me? I've called Trailfinders, they have offered me 3 different options for my proposed itinerary : Departing 8 Dec 20
LON BA SCL QF AKL QF BNE YY SIN YY LON.
Originally Posted by
clansey1973
2) A Global Explorer fare of circa £2300 presumably BA/QF/CX.
Originally Posted by
pandaperth
Your second option is Oneworld's Global Explorer, specifically a LGLOB26 (economy class, maximum 26000 miles). The base fare for this is £1800, so the all-in cost for your itinerary will be about £300 less than the LONE4 cost. (The saving should be a bit more – because on this ticket you can take LA's SCL-AKL non-stop flight rather than fly QF via SYD, thus saving the transfer add-ons at SYD.) Again, with this ticket you can do a lot more than your proposed itinerary, though in your case you are pushing up against the 26,000 mile limit and the allowed 5 stopovers (your itinerary is 25,245 miles and 4 stopovers). More miles and more stopovers = more money, of course. You cannot book this ticket online – you need to contact a Oneworld airline or use travel agent.
Originally Posted by
pandaperth
Option2 – LGLOBnn
As I've said your proposed itinerary is bumping up against the limits of the LGLOB26, but for £300 more you can buy a LGLOB29, which allows up to 29,000 miles and up to 15 stopovers (maximum of 4 per continent). A feature of the Global Explorer is that it allows more airlines than just the Oneworld airlines plus their affiliates. Of interest to you may be that you can fly LA (the South American airline LATAM) and FJ (Fiji Airlines) and can also fly the QF codeshares on TN (Air Tahiti Nui) – here's a sub-29000 mile itinerary I knocked up as an example
LHR-CMN-RIO-SCL-IPC-PPT-AKL-NAN-BNE-KUL-DEL-LHR.
clansey1973 , are you going for
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_...ember_14,_2020? If yes, you can squeeze in a SCL-CCP-SCL with LGLOB26, which will be close to the zone of total eclipse, but a SCL-ZCO-SCL, which takes you to the total eclipse zone, will be over 26000 mi. If you want to go to ZCO but can substitute SIN with HKG, you can still be under 26000 mi.
Originally Posted by
pandaperth
Hi
can you provide a bit more information on this please.
Am I right it is an ex-LON return ticket with fare basis SLRWUK?
Where is the destination? In ExpertFlyer I've looked at its routing rules for LON-BNE rtn and LON-AKL rtn and neither seems to allow travel via SCL.
Just curious is all.
Destination is AKL and fare basis is SLRWUK. I don't know how EF works, but QF files 2 different routing indicators under this fare basis. If departing between 27OCT and 05DEC, the EH routing (via Asia) is cheaper with a 640GBP base fare while the AP routing (via the Americas) has a 1300GBP base fare.
You can find the full information below:
Code:
FQLHRAKL5DEC-QF¥BS
LON-AKL CXR-QF SAT 05DEC20 GBP
AA 0/ 0/ 5 LH 0/ 0/ 2 BA 0/ 0/12 AC 0/ 0/ 6 UA 0/ 0/ 8
EK 0/ 0/10 QF 0/ 0/ 3 CX 0/ 0/15 SQ 0/ 0/ 9 CA 0/ 0/ 3
NZ 0/ 0/19 CI 0/ 0/ 1 MH 0/ 0/ 3 QR 0/ 0/ 5 CZ 0/ 0/ 1
KE 0/ 0/ 1 MU 0/ 0/ 1 VS 0/ 0/ 3 TG 0/ 0/ 2 PR 0/ 0/ 1
//SEE FQHELP FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW FARE DISPLAYS//
SURCHARGE FOR PAPER TICKET MAY BE ADDED WHEN ITIN PRICED
QF LONAKL.EH 05DEC20 MPM 14809
V FARE BASIS AP FARE-OW FARE-RT BK SEASON MINMAX RTG
1 SLGB ¥ 640.00 S 27OCT-05DEC¥¥/12M EH01
2 SLRWUK ¥ 700.00 S 27OCT-05DEC -/12M EH02
3 SLOGB ¥ 410.00 S 27OCT-05DEC¥¥/ - EH01
QF LONAKL.AP 05DEC20 MPM 14083
V FARE BASIS AP FARE-OW FARE-RT BK SEASON MINMAX RTG
4 SLRWUK ¥ 1300.00 S 27OCT-05DEC -/12M AP01
AP01* /VIA THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC/ PUBLISHED RTG 1476
BETWEEN BOG AND SCL SURFACE SECTOR REQUIRED
BETWEEN PTY AND SCL SURFACE SECTOR REQUIRED
BETWEEN GUA AND SCL SURFACE SECTOR REQUIRED
BETWEEN UIO AND SCL SURFACE SECTOR REQUIRED
BETWEEN CUN AND SCL SURFACE SECTOR REQUIRED ¥
MD
1. LON-QF/BA/AA-YVR/YTO/WAS/SLU/SJO/SFO/SEA/SAN/PHX/PHL/¥
ORL/NYC/NAS/MSY/MIA/MEX/LAX/LAS/HNL/GND/GCM/FLL/DFW/
DEN/CUN/CHI/BOS/BGI/BDA-QF/BA/AA-YVR/YTO/WAS/SLU/SJO/
SFO/SEA/SAN/PHX/PHL/ORL/NYC/NAS/MSY/MIA/MEX/LAX/LAS/
HNL/GND/GCM/FLL/DFW/DEN/CUN/CHI/BOS/BGI/BDA-QF/BA/AA-
YVR/SFO/NYC/LAX/HNL/DFW-QF-SYD/MEL/BNE-SYD/MEL/BNE/
ADL-AKL
2. LON-QF/IB-MAD-QF/IB-UIO/SJO/SCL/SAO/RIO/PTY/LIM/GUA/
BUE/BOG-QF/LA/BA-SCL-QF-SYD/MEL/BNE-SYD/MEL/BNE/ADL-
AKL
3. LON-QF/LA/BA-SCL/SAO/RIO/LIM/BUE-QF/LA/BA-SCL-QF-SYD/
MEL/BNE-SYD/MEL/BNE/ADL-AKL
4. LON-BA/AA-NYC/MIA-AA-UIO/SJO/PTY/GUA/CUN/BOG-QF-SCL-
QF-SYD/MEL/BNE-SYD/MEL/BNE/ADL-AKL
5. LON-QF/BA/AA-YVR/SFO/NYC/LAX/HNL/DFW-QF-SYD/MEL/BNE-
AKL
EH01* /WITHIN THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE/ PUBLISHED RTG 581
BETWEEN CPT AND JNB SURFACE SECTOR REQUIRED
BETWEEN SYD AND BNE SURFACE SECTOR REQUIRED
BETWEEN SYD AND MEL SURFACE SECTOR REQUIRED
BETWEEN BNE AND MEL SURFACE SECTOR REQUIRED
1. LON-QF/EK-DXB-QF/EK-TYO/SIN/SHA/SGN/SEL/OSA/MNL/KUL/
JKT/HKT/HKG/DPS/CAN/BKK/BJS-QF/EK-SIN-SYD/PER/MEL/ ¥
MD
BNE-SYD/MEL/BNE-AKL ¥
2. LON-SIN-SYD/PER/MEL/BNE-SYD/MEL/BNE-AKL
3. LON-QF/EK-DXB-QF/EK-TYO/SIN/SHA/SGN/SEL/OSA/MNL/KUL/
JKT/HKT/HKG/DPS/CAN/BKK/BJS-QF/EK-TYO/HKG-SYD/MEL/
BNE-SYD/MEL/BNE-AKL
4. LON-SIN-TYO/HKG-SYD/MEL/BNE-SYD/MEL/BNE-AKL
5. LON-QF/EK-DXB-QF/EK-TYO/SIN/SHA/SGN/SEL/OSA/MNL/KUL/
JKT/HKT/HKG/DPS/CAN/BKK/BJS-QF/EK-DPS-SYD/MEL-SYD/
MEL/BNE-AKL
6. LON-SIN-DPS-SYD/MEL-SYD/MEL/BNE-AKL
7. LON-PER-SYD/MEL/BNE-AKL
8. LON-QF/EK-DXB-QF/EK-TYO/SIN/SHA/SGN/SEL/OSA/MNL/KUL/
JKT/HKT/HKG/DPS/CAN/BKK/BJS-QF/EK-SHA/OSA/MNL/JKT/
BKK/BJS-SYD-SYD/MEL/BNE-AKL
9. LON-SIN-SHA/OSA/MNL/JKT/BKK/BJS-SYD-SYD/MEL/BNE-AKL
10. LON-QF/BA-LON-QF/BA-CPT-QF/BA-JNB-SYD-SYD/MEL/BNE-AKL
EH02* /WITHIN THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE/ PUBLISHED RTG 1475
BETWEEN JNB AND CPT SURFACE SECTOR REQUIRED
BETWEEN JNB AND DUR SURFACE SECTOR REQUIRED
BETWEEN SIN AND BJS SURFACE SECTOR REQUIRED
BETWEEN SIN AND MNL SURFACE SECTOR REQUIRED
BETWEEN SIN AND OSA SURFACE SECTOR REQUIRED
BETWEEN SIN AND SHA SURFACE SECTOR REQUIRED ¥
MD
1. LON-SIN-QF/CX-TYO/SIN/SHA/OSA/MNL/KUL/JKT/HKG/DPS/ ¥
BKK/BJS-SYD/PER/MEL/BNE-SYD/MEL/BNE-ZQN/WLG/CHC/AKL-
AKL
2. LON-SIN-QF-SGN/REP/KUL/HKT/DPS/BKK-SIN/HKG/BKK-SYD/
PER/MEL/BNE-SYD/MEL/BNE-ZQN/WLG/CHC/AKL-AKL
3. LON-QF/BA-NBO/JNB/DUR/CPT-QF/BA-JNB-SYD-SYD/MEL/BNE-
ZQN/WLG/CHC/AKL-AKL