Originally Posted by aleks77

SEZ - NBO - CASH
NBO - ADD - ET - J
ADD - DXB - ET - J
DXB - FRA - LH - J
FRA - LHR - LH - J
LHR - YVR - AC - J

Also do i technically still have a "STOP" i can use somewhere? If i do not sure how i can to my advantage....

Originally Posted by aleks77

I still have not booked my honeymoon as we have been super busy with the wedding! So pretty much everything has changed since last time i looked for flights, here is what i currently have;

YVR - SFO - AC - Y
SFO - KIX - UA - Y *stop*
KIX - PEK - CA - J
PEK - SIN - SQ - F (older first class suites!)
SIN - JNB - SQ - J *open jaw*
JNB - SEZ - CASH
SEZ - NBO - CASH
NBO - ADD - ET - J
ADD - DXB - ET - J
DXB - FRA - LH - J
FRA - LHR - LH - J
LHR - YVR - AC - J

Now Is it worth the extra 65k per person in points to try SQ first class suites? I am also going to try to book LH first class 2 weeks out, for the dxb-fra and fra-lhr segments, but those arent guaranteed. The YVR-KIX segment im still looking for a J flight, but only one available goes through PEK and that cant happen since the flight from KIX-SIN goes through PEK.

Also do i technically still have a "STOP" i can use somewhere? If i do not sure how i can to my advantage....

Originally Posted by rankourabu

Can you not do SEZ-ADD-NBO(stop)-FRA/ZRH/IST-xxx-YVR? Ideally Swiss or TK to save about $600 per person?

Originally Posted by Smiley90

Is there anything available flying through TYO and then taking the train to Osaka and back to explore Japan?

Originally Posted by aleks77

Now the SQ F older first class suites, would it be worth the extra points and an extra stop in PEK....maybe not especially since i cant book any other F flights.

Originally Posted by aleks77

Can do SEZ-ADD-NBO, forgot about that, but it adds an extra flight and we get into NBO at 01:20am instead of 8pm but save a good amount of money. Will have to think about that one!
Cant find much availability from NBO-YVR, the flight segments i found with LH seem to be best/most direct.



YVR-NRT via YYC
J to YYC and Y to NRT

then NRT - SIN is available in SQ J Direct which is nice.

Now the SQ F older first class suites, would it be worth the extra points and an extra stop in PEK....maybe not especially since i cant book any other F flights.

Originally Posted by Smiley90

what dates are you looking at? Hard to give specific advice without knowing, since you seem to have very limited dates available (and didn't jump on what was available last time )

Originally Posted by aleks77

Haha man lesson learned gotta get on this stuff ASAP!

Depart YVR - July 18 (after 7pm) or July 19
Depart Japan - July 27
Depart SIN - July 28
Arrive SEZ - July 29
Depart SEZ - Aug 3
Depart NBO - Aug 9 or 10
Have to back at YVR on Aug 11 by midnight

Originally Posted by Smiley90

There's quite a bit of availability on YVR-PEK, and flying YVR-PEK-TYO-SIN-JNB is within MPM. (also KIX). YVR-PEK-KIX/TYO won't show on ac.com because it's not a valid routing for that itinerary, but it's valid within a YVR-JNB trip so that might be why. Here's what's available for 2 in J:

Jul 19th:
AC29 YVR-PEK, 12:00 departure, 14:05 arrival July 20st, connect to
CA161 PEK-KIX, 16:25 departure, 20:30 arrival

July 20th
CA998 YVR-PEK, 2:30am departure, arrive 4:00am July 21st, connect to
CA924 PEK-KIX, 8:40am departure, arrive 12:40 (also CA161 16:25 departure if you want to spend time in Beijing)


If you can leave early on the 18th, there's also J availability on the AC flight to ICN

Originally Posted by aleks77

Ya this was my original plan but i couldnt get from KIX to SIN on the F SQ because it routed through PEK again. But now that i think im gonna skip the F, looks like this is an option;

YVR - PEK - AC - J - $494 fees for this segment
PEK - KIX - CA - J -
KIX - PVG - NH - J
PVG - SIN - SQ - J

I think getting to NBO I have some options, but struggling to find a good flight back home. I think i might do the following since i have an extra stop;

NBO - ADD - ET - J
ADD - IST - ET - J *STOP 28 hours*
IST - ZRH - TK - J
ZRH - LHR - LX - J
LHR - YVR - AC - J

$750 fees for the IST-YVR leg for both, its high but i dont think i have any other option, going through DXB was $1500+ in fees for 2.

Originally Posted by seks

Been a while since I've booked a mini-RTW. Will this OJ work:

BKK-TPE-YVR-YYC (stop)
YYC-YUL (stop)
YUL-YYZ (drive)
YYZ-YVR-TPE-BKK

Originally Posted by seks

Been a while since I've booked a mini-RTW. Will this OJ work:

BKK-TPE-YVR-YYC (stop)
YYC-YUL (stop)
YUL-YYZ (drive)
YYZ-YVR-TPE-BKK

Originally Posted by Smiley90

If you do an open Jaw you don't have an extra stop.

And yes, avoiding Y in TPAC is infinitely more valuable than F vs J on a short SQ flight...

Originally Posted by rankourabu

a mini rtw? Isnt this just a simple roundtrip ticket with an open jaw and a stopover? No reason why this shouldnt work

Originally Posted by opentag

It would work - I'm assuming you *want* to drive YUL-YYZ, yes? Personally I'd try and use BKK-ZRH-YUL (LX) for part of this (or the opposite) - though that would put your YYC stop after YUL/YYZ.