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Jun 20, 2017, 12:40 pm

#421

jerryhung

Join Date: Mar 2007

Posts: 4,784

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tifosi

Just booked:

YEG-YUL AC Y
YUL-ZRH LX J *stop*
ZRH-IST TK J
IST-BKK TK J
BKK-CNX TG J *destination*
CNX-BKK TG J
BKK-HND TG J *stop*
NRT-YVR AC J
YVR-YEG AC J

Total of 155k miles and $357 + $30 phone booking fee. The YQ made up $183 of the total fee.

The plan is to spend time in Florence but that is a tough place to get on *A. It seems that quite a few of the *A carriers only fly to Tuscany seasonally and, with this trip being in January, my options were limited without backtracking. I found it made more sense to just get to ZRH and book a separate itinerary to get to FLR or PSA.

No routing via BRU on SN? or UA? (to avoid flying on TK and backtrack)
I'd think VCE/MXP/FCO are easier and closer to FLR than ZRH..

Jun 20, 2017, 1:22 pm

#422

Twickenham

Join Date: Nov 2008

Location: Canada

Programs: Marriott LT Gold, IHG Club, Hertz Gold, Aeroplan, Avios, SkyMiles, Thrifty, AMEX

Posts: 985

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tifosi

The plan is to spend time in Florence but that is a tough place to get on *A. It seems that quite a few of the *A carriers only fly to Tuscany seasonally and, with this trip being in January, my options were limited without backtracking. I found it made more sense to just get to ZRH and book a separate itinerary to get to FLR or PSA.

Take the train. An easy trip with a connection in Milan. Pretty picturesque as well. Although, I'm pretty sure I've seen TK availability between FLR-IST, so you could try to change the ZRH-IST segment.

Jun 20, 2017, 1:33 pm

#423

Tifosi

Join Date: Oct 2008

Location: YEG

Programs: TK*G, AC

Posts: 345

Quote:

Originally Posted by jerryhung

No routing via BRU on SN? or UA? (to avoid flying on TK and backtrack)
I'd think VCE/MXP/FCO are easier and closer to FLR than ZRH..

SN only flies to FLR seasonally and it was very difficult to find SN availability from YYZ-BRU anyway. I'd rather avoid UA in general. I did debate flying into FCO or MXP but an LX flight from ZRH-FLR is only around $110 CDN, so it just seemed like the best option.

I was also just under the MPM to CNX, so adding that extra bit of routing would have invalidated the itinerary. Oh well, I'm pretty happy with it overall.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twickenham

Thanks, I'll look into the train. I do generally prefer train travel to air travel, depending on the timing.

From my research it seemed that LX flies into FLR but TK only flies into PSA, which are not considered co-terminals, so it wasn't possible to put together a route without backtracking.

Jun 20, 2017, 5:34 pm

#424

Pseudo Nim

Original Poster

Join Date: Jan 2006

Location: In the air

Programs: Occasional RTW club

Posts: 6,917

Quote:

Originally Posted by jerryhung

No routing via BRU on SN? or UA? (to avoid flying on TK and backtrack)
I'd think VCE/MXP/FCO are easier and closer to FLR than ZRH..

Also BLQ and NCE (with a nice drive through Monaco and Genoa). That's what I'm doing as getting into FLR is a hassle.

Jun 21, 2017, 3:22 pm

#425

kay sedia

Join Date: Mar 2011

Location: YVR

Programs: Accor Platinum,Aeroplan,BA,Marriot Rewards, Alaska Airlines, Amex Platinum, SPG

Posts: 190

Booked 2 seats all in business class
YYF-YVR AC
YVY-YUL AC - 22 hour connection
YUL-ZRH LX stopover
ZRH-BKK LX destination
BKK-SGN TG stopover
SGN-TPE BR
TPE-YVR BR
YVR-YYF AC

155000 points each and $223.00 per person including booking fees

Jun 27, 2017, 10:20 pm

#426

curvenut

Join Date: May 2017

Programs: Aeroplan

Posts: 11

Quote:

Originally Posted by kay sedia

Hi Kay,

How long are your stopver at ZRH and SGN , also at your destination BKK ??

Thanks.

Jul 4, 2017, 9:11 am

#427

anorg90

Join Date: Jun 2013

Posts: 73

Booked this itin yesterday. Was a change from a similar one, so had to pay the change fee but they forgot to deduct the additional miles... Fees about 450$ for 2

YTZ-YUL Q400 AC Y
YUL-IST A333 TK J
IST-TLV 77W TK J
–Turn

TLV-ATH 321 A3 J
ATH-CPH 320 A3 J
–Stop

CPH-BOS 333 SK J
BOS-YYZ E75 AC J

Jul 5, 2017, 5:11 pm

#428

alpenrock

Join Date: Apr 2010

Location: Toronto.Canada

Programs: AS MVP Gold. Emirates Silver BAEC Silver Air Canada 35k

Posts: 512

Last week I booked this .

Yyz-Lax Ac J
Lax- Icn oz F
icn- Bkk TH F Stop
Bkk-Syd TG F Turn
Syd-Sin SQ J Stop
Sin-Tpe SQ J
Tpe-Nrt NH J
Nrt -Lax NH F
Lax-Yyz Ac J
22000 Miles 1030 Canadian including 25$ donation to Aeroplan

Jul 5, 2017, 6:09 pm

#429

aeroman380

Join Date: Jan 2010

Location: YTZ, YYZ, AMS

Programs: Platinum Zirconium in Life, aeroplan, FB, Avios, IHG

Posts: 603

Quote:

Originally Posted by alpenrock

Yyz-Lax Ac J
Lax- Icn oz F
icn- Bkk TH F Stop
Bkk-Syd TG F Turn
Syd-Sin SQ J Stop
Sin-Tpe SQ J
Tpe-Nrt NH J
Nrt -Lax NH F
Lax-Yyz Ac J
22000 Miles 1030 Canadian including 25$ donation to Aeroplan

This looks awesome and I would like to do something similar without connecting in the states. How far ahead did you book? Also, you prob mean 220,000 miles, no?

Jul 6, 2017, 7:23 am

#430

alpenrock

Join Date: Apr 2010

Location: Toronto.Canada

Programs: AS MVP Gold. Emirates Silver BAEC Silver Air Canada 35k

Posts: 512

Sorry it's 220000

Quote:

Originally Posted by corruptcanadian

This looks awesome and I would like to do something similar without connecting in the states. How far ahead did you book? Also, you prob mean 220,000 miles, no?

October 15 to 1st week of November

Jul 6, 2017, 7:31 am

#431

Cerenity

Join Date: Jan 2014

Location: YYZ

Programs: Aeroplan, Alaska, Marriott

Posts: 435

Quote:

Originally Posted by corruptcanadian

This looks awesome and I would like to do something similar without connecting in the states. How far ahead did you book? Also, you prob mean 220,000 miles, no?

I think you need the US for those F segments on OZ and NH

Jul 10, 2017, 4:17 pm

#432

Commie

Join Date: Jun 2000

Location: toronto

Posts: 914

sorry wrong thread..

Last edited by Commie; Jul 10, 2017 at 4:25 pm Reason: wrong thread

Jul 12, 2017, 9:11 am

#433

1up

Join Date: Jul 2017

Posts: 6

Why is the ANA tool preferred - is it not possible to just look these flights up on Aeroplan's Multi-flight tool?

I've got 300-400k Aeroplan points that I've finally accrued and I'm just learning about this mini-RTW option, but when I search through Aeroplan, I can segment the flights ie:

YVR -> AMS
AMS -> BCN
BCN -> YVR

and it only shows 110k total Aeroplan points in Business, but the fees are $1k and the business segments are usually the domestic flights, not the long-haul ones.

Jul 12, 2017, 2:40 pm

#434

jerryhung

Join Date: Mar 2007

Posts: 4,784

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1up

See my signature thread, avoid YQ carriers like AC/LH/TP

SN/UA/TK/LX should be your primary options to AMS/BCN

Jul 13, 2017, 11:03 am

#435

WKnight

Join Date: May 2014

Posts: 154

Seems to be a lot of discussion here, instead of just listing itineraries. Should those not be discussed at Mini RTW Questions?

YYZ-TPE BR
TPE-HKG BR (turn)
HKG-NRT ET (stop)
NRT-TPE BR (stop)
TPE-YYZ BR

All economy. 75,000 points. $130 taxes + $30 phone-in booking fee.