Originally Posted by
ironmanjt
Thanks so much for sharing your story - I feel this any many threads here often skew massively in favor of “how much can I get and how little can I pay” and often ignore the value of time and going places you actually want to go.
Originally Posted by
izzik
Absolutely agree. Also, many threads skew in favor of accruing mileage in a specific program or only on specific airlines, which further limits the scope of discussion. Not everyone wants to fly via DOH on QR, and it's OK to fly on AA long-haul flights. It's also OK to start the RTW ticket in US.
Originally Posted by
ironmanjt
especially if someone else is paying 😆
Originally Posted by
steveholt
Of course! Everyone has different reasons for flying these fares. Some are to rack up as many miles as possible, and that's fine. Mine have mostly been about wanting to fly US-AU in J and discovering that it's not much more expensive to book an entire RTW and structure it around existing travel plans instead of using miles. I brought up the OSL example for the prior poster just to ensure that they didn't miss out on €2000 - if their time is more valuable than repositioning to OSL, it sounds like they're doing just fine!
So I do appreciate the reference to the $2K saving and if it was purely my money for a vacation I would probably take advantage of it. Having said that, since I am a part owner in the company that is paying for it, it is also my money. But it is a different kind of money because it is heavily tempered by a lack of time and the great fatigue one gets when flying too much (18 years of monthly cross-Atlantic plus the bi-annual RTW has that affect...oh how I loved the Covid years).
Thanks for all the feedback.