Originally Posted by
Gardyloo
Without knowing what month(s) you'd be traveling to which places, it's hard to say anything definitive, but it certainly sounds like you'd be good candidates for Oneworld round-the-world tickets. These are good for a year, can include up to 16 segments, are relatively easy to modify, and could well save you a lot of money.
The Oneworld tickets are priced according to how many continents you touch in the course of the ticket (3 to 6) as well as the class of service. However it's important to note that the base prices vary hugely depending on where the travel begins and ends. For example, at present Japan and Norway offer the cheapest origination points for business class RTWs, with base prices almost half what the ticket would cost in the USA or most other countries.
So you could use some of your miles/points to get to, say, Tokyo or Oslo, fly for the next year (or whatever) using the ticket, end up back in Japan or Norway, and if this travel pattern is recurrent, just start a new one.
By starting in some country other than NZ, you can fly home part way through the ticket as a long stopover then finish back at the origin point before the 12 months is up.
This board is loaded with examples, Q & As, best practices, etc. I'd definitely browse through it.
Hi Gardyloo,
I thought that a round-the-world ticket required having to travel in one direction around the Earth. My partner decided that with the conflict in the Middle East and Ukraine being unresolved, it was best to return westbound. We had considered such a ticket, as we figured we could travel with Qatar or Cathay Pacific.
Tokyo's a solid 10-hour flight so we feel like this could be a long positioning flight, and the cost of a business class flight between Auckland and Tokyo in business class would likely mitigate the savings on the other end. I understand that it could be recurring, but nothing is certain.
I'll browse through the forum as you suggest.
At this stage, however, with the ticket that we have already purchased, I'm more keen on determining to which frequent flyer program we should deposit miles/points.