Originally Posted by
satprof
Completely agree about JNB, so my AONE5 is CPT-based, ending up in DAR. (It could have been First to NBO, but I've always wanted to go to Zanzibar...) On the one visit I had to CPT on a work itinerary, I was really impressed, hence the return as a tourist. If you haven't been, you might also want to go there in the next few years. Perhaps for your next RTW.
Certainly food for thought....and ending in DAR I can return to my orginal idea of travelling eastbound and spending next Christmas in the Far East. Like you, I'd prefer DAR in Club to NBO
in First.
I'm now thinking of a reshuffle for an ex-CPT AONE4 through AA and an ex-DAR AONE4 (more expensive but allowing me to take advantage of what a RTW can really offer).
So Plan C is:
CPT-LHR-DXB-LHR-SIN-NRT-BKK-HKG-JFK-BGI-JFK-MBJ-JFK-BDA-JFK-xLHR-DAR - split into 7 trips between September 2008 and June 2009.
DAR-LHR-BAH-LHR-LAX-CUN-LAX-JFK-BGI-JFK-SYD-PER-ADL-MEL-SYD-JNB-MRU - split into 5 trips between October 2009 and May 2010, by which time the Mauritian rupee will have probably reached parity with the £.
These involve 7 payable returns to the UK, for which I will use a combination of GUF2s and MFUs.