Originally Posted by
The Narwhal
Working on my first RTW. I've been lurking here for a couple of years now and I hope I picked up a thing or two from you all. Here is my rough itinerary.
NRT-SEA-PHX-MEX-DFW-SCL-MIA-JFK-HEL-BER-MAD-DOH-KUL-NRT
I've been playing around with the super wonky OW tool. This route works there and prices out around $6,700 using random dates.
I am Seattle based. The idea is this would be the bones of 5 separate trips to Tokyo, Mexico City, Santiago, Europe, and SE Asia where I'd return to Seattle on separate flights between each major segment. The whole thing would be spread over 8-10 months. I'd book through AA most likely.
Few questions:
1. How accurate is the pricing on the OW tool? And does the pricing change if the dates change significantly? I can't price it out anywhere close to the dates I'd actually want to fly, so I'm not sure how much, if at all, the pricing would change for my real dates.
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The base price for each country, in local currency, stays the same for months or in the past for years. A few countries may have the base price in USD. So buying with a start point in another country you have possible variations due rate of currency exchange. ROE variations can be minor or major (~Egypt).
Real taxes, in local currency, can change at any time. Total of real taxes is usually minor compared to the total price.
Airline carrier surcharges (local currency), if any, can change at any time. Total can be significant compared to the total price. Predicting airline carrier surcharges based on route~airline is hard to impossible.