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Feb 27, 2007 | 2:44 am

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Originally Posted by yellow77

I have bought an LGLOB34 mainly so as to be able to fly on i) QF's former codeshares within NZ on Origin Pacific and ii) QF's codeshare on TN for AKL-PPT. Routing was (IIRC)

SYD-xCHC-ZQN-xCHC-xAKL-PPT-IPC-xSCL-JFK;PVD-xORD-STL-BOS-xLHR-PRG;EDI-xMAN-HEL-xBKK-xMEL-CBR

I bought it not to maximize mileage but because at that time the LGLOB34 bought in Australia was cheaper than a simple SYD-BOS roundtrip. Since I wanted to go to PPT and IPC, it was therefore either a LONE5 or an LGLOB34 for this trip. The LONE5 was a more expensive option for what I needed; one-way AKL-PPT fares are expensive and I didn't have miles to do an award trip at that stage. The ticket let me make all the side trips I wanted for the next few months (all I had time for), so it was the best option for me.

I am in the same boat as Yellow77. We are focussing on South America but the RTW is cheaper than the RT to Peru/Brazil and all the domestc segments on top. The bonus is the extra miles and a quickie peak at some of the world's most incredible cities: New York, London and Tokyo enroute back to Australia. Of course we are going via PPT and IPC!!

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