CanuckFlyHigh

I am trying to get from YYC to ZRH in late September or early October. A few days ago I found LX from LAX to ZRH but now it is gone. The TK flights that go YYC-IAH - IST - ZRH is over my MPM. I am allowed about 8200 MPM.

Two questions:

1) How else can I get to ZRH on low/no fees.

2) Is there a way to search all Swiss flights leaving US/Canada hubs? On EF I have to search every hub individually, +-3 days. Same question with United. Is there a way I can search FROM many of the big US hubs, TO many of the big Europe hubs? I cant figure this out on EF.

canadianidol

Would the above mini-RTW falls within the MPM? Or do I need to change the point of turnaround to increase the MPM? What's the MPM between YYC and DEL?

WKnight

The MPM for YYZ and DEL is 11,414 miles.

Your trip is under that MPM:
Great Circle Mapper - 9,555 mi

ChrisA330

As already noted, the MPM for YYC-DEL is 11,414. However to determine if your trip falls within that, you need your exact itinerary. What you've provided won't work, as you can't get from YYZ-LJU and LJU-DEL non-stop. You need to figure out the intermediate stops first.

joeags

Australia question. I figure quite a few people have done either of these routings: YYZ - TPE - SIN - Austrlai vs YYZ - TPE - PEK - Australia. So the question on the overnight flights - angle flat SQ flights of 7 hours in length vs 12 hours in CA flat bed. SQ is more direct, but I lean towards the 12 hours of flat bed, especially since we're travelling with a 12 year old. Although who knows what sleep is going to feel like after 16 hours on YYZ-TPE. My wife isn't thrilled with the travel time, but then again, was even less thrilled with an option of UA via SFO/LAX!!!! We're doing SIN on the way back through CBR on the 777-300, so I'm not missing a Singapore visit by going through Beijing. Anybody care to chime in?

Cerenity

I'd probably take SQ any day over CA, regardless of product. Did CA a few times in the past and not impressed at all.

My parents are actually doing YWG-YVR-TPE-SIN-SYD right now. They lucked out. I think their original flight, SQ231/232, got cancelled and all passengers put on SQ251/252, which is an A380. Not sure how often this happens, but something to think about, if you were going to book SQ231/232.

NB_Falcon

Could anyone validate if the route below would be allowable, current AC SE member.

YYZ-GRU (Stop) AC J - ideally would go to GIG however looks like I will need to buy that segment as only option is Copa
GRU-JNB (Stop) SA J
JNB-ADD ET J
ADD-DXB ET J (Stop)
DXB-YYZ AC J

Can Dubai be done as a stop on a mini RTW (not actually around the world though) including South Africa ?

Thanks

Smiley90

YYZ-JNB is 13268 according to the other thread, which you're way below in both directions, so that should be okay. If you're interested in reducing YQ/going to GIG, why not do YYZ-IAH-GIG-GRU-JNB? Still below MPM. GIG-GRU is flown by Avianca which is definitely bookable with AP miles.

and on the way back you can probably try routing TXB-IST-YYZ to fly TK and save yourself the AC YQ. (or DXB-ZRH-YUL-YYZ if you're feeling adventurous)

And yes you can route through DXB. Just whipped up a quick multi-stop routing on AP.com and it priced out at 100k in Economy and 150k in Business, which is YYZ-JNB RT. (even though a YYZ-DXB roundtrip would cost 165k RT in J, but thankfully AP is apparently not smart enough to realize that.)


EDIT: I just realized the SE part - yeah don't worry about minimized-YQ routings then haha.

NB_Falcon

Thanks ! Ideally your right would go YYZ-IAH-GIG however the IAH-GIG segment seems tough to get 2 J seats.

guernsey

Hi, I'm trying to book my first mini-RTW! Can some people confirm if this is possible?

YVR - TPE - SIN - ADL (destination, total distance 11,319, MPM between YVR and ADL is 13,347)
open jaw between ADL and AKL
AKL - SIN - TPE - YVR (total 13,193, should be doable under the MPM?)

Smiley90

Without stopovers isn't that just an OJ-roundtrip?

flyer05

Open-jaw distances are counted in the calculation towards MPM. So your overall "return" journey would include the ADL-AKL distance, which would put you over the ADL-YVR MPM.

aeroman380

Would this work?

AMS - POA (or GRU/GIG)
POA(or GRU/GIG) - YYZ
YYZ - HND
NRT - SYD/MEL
SYD/MEL - AMS

or even starting and finishing in YYZ?

Thanks in advance

WKnight

SYD would be your POT.

AMS-SYD has a higher MPM than YYZ-SYD, so no need to start in YYZ
AMS-SYD "mpm":17077
YYZ-SYD "mpm": 15480 / 15540

I'm not sure which routes/airlines you have found, but you have a lot of miles to play with so that you can stay under mpm.

1Newflyer

I am looking at the following for March/April next year:
YYC-DXB stop
DXP-PER stop
PER-XXX in Europe STOP
XXX-YYC

I have some ideas; trying to minimize the cost, time and maximize the experience in J for 2. Can overnight between stops.
I assume its doable within the "mpm" . All suggestions are welcomed.