Originally Posted by tunneller
I can get from NRT to BKK nonstop via NorthWest
NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLT:27 BUSINESS MULTI MEALS
LV TOKYO NARITA 700P EQP: AIRBUS A330-200
DEPART: TERMINAL 1 06HR 50MIN
AR BANGKOK 1150P NON-STOP
My problem is that I am running out of time. I can stay on SkyTeam for PEK->ICN->DXB so the Beijing leg counts as a "stop", but then I get to DXB at 3:00am and I have to be at a meeting at 8:00am. Cutting it tight. A direct flight on Air China gets me into DXB the night before. But once I go down that road then I don't get RTW so my boss then is going to insist I take a bunch of the "legs" via economy :-)
Ah! Great that you can get NRT - BKK on NW. That saves time, at least. Whatever day you fly SKyteam to DXB is going to arrive the same day. Can't you leave PEK a day earlier (and skip the stopover in ICN too)?
Presumably you're doing this because you have meetings in BKK, NRT and DXB and your boss is willing to pay C
if you do it on a RTW ticket as he knows that is less than the price of IAH-NRT roundtrip? Can't you move one meeting by a day to give yourself time to do it?
IAH - NRT (stop) - BKK (stop) - ICN - PEK (stop) - ICN - DXB (stop) - AMS (stop) IAH is certainly a valid RTW itinerary. Or were you only going to stop in BKK, PEK and DXB? I think the minimum is three stops, maybe more.