Originally Posted by
kayzng
thanks for the valuable insights
I am both trying to optimize my current and first RTW, as well as learn to plan better for next.
For my current RTW (DONE3), it's ex-Cai - Europe - Asia - US. It's my very first, got it through the RTW online tool, thus it's not optimize both due to tool limitation and my inexperience.
I done my ex-Cai to Europe, and back to Asia now. 3 segments in Europe done, left 1 I probably can add one more stop after my current open jaw last stop in DOH from US
My asia segment is almost fixed, I can add one more segment after remove the surface segment.
As I still have some time before the US trip, thus, looking at how to improve it.
Originally Posted by
kayzng
Hi,
Spent some time figuring out the rest of segments, learnt many things along the way.
1. US cross continent rules
2. My earlier post on maximizing the miles are not realistic, many of the segments are not direct
3. I can understand more why dvs7310 advice on maximize other continents, seems like the US flights are mostly small plane, and dont have full recline seats
Nevertheless, able to get this work on the manual RTW tools and price out the whole itinerary, so, i guess it's all within the rules.
Happy with this routing as,
1. Can visit both disneyland
2. Can stop by DFW twice, for friends and family
3. Can experience Al-Salwa in final leg.
Basically at the end of the day if you're satisfied with what you have then that's the best solution. That's the goal for all of us on these tickets, whether trying to maximize miles / status, getting to places that aren't cheap otherwise, or just going where you want / need to go... it's all OK.
These are fun, and can be a great value for the flights flown. But when you're getting exactly what you've set out for then it's a win.
With what you've already flown, I don't see many way to add more miles in Asia. You're picking it up from KUL, correct? If looks to me that with the deleted segments you have another intra-Asia segment to go, so via India would add some miles.
I'd certainly dump the LAX-SFO if you don't really need. it. Even a connection via DFW / ORD is better in terms of mileage earning.