iridge

Absolutely. These awards are based on total distance traveled and allow up to 16 Segments. As long as you can find award availability to desired destinations it will work very well. Coming from EZE to MIA then Island hopping and back to EZE it will cost you 90-100K in Miles in Coach per award though.

Enjoy the Island hopping

guv1976

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Since an Explorer award requires that at least two of AA's oneworld partners be used on the itinerary, at least one intra-Caribbean flight would have to be on BA metal.

iridge

Good point! and you can fly LAN either into or out of NA.

guv1976

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And LAN also offers service between MIA and PUJ -- in both directions -- a few days a week.

mtkeller

Have you considered Skype? You can use it to call 1-800 numbers in the US at no cost.

lcrall

Thank you! I did not realize that you could use Skype to call 1800 numbers.

MisterSelfish

Hey all - still finishing up planning my 1st One World award for myself on the Mrs.

The new route I'm looking at (in business at this point) is:

ORF -> JFK -> SFO -> HKG -> SIN -> HKG/TPE -> ICN -> NRT -> SYD -> HBA -> MEL -> AKL -> SCL -> EZE -> JFK -> ORF

According to the GCM, the total distance is 34,475 miles - which is a little tighter than I'd like, but hopefully doable.

A couple questions:

1) I've been checking routing via the One World RTW tools, but it occurs to me that the rules on AA's One World ticket allow you to cross the Pacific multiple times. So is this routing valid?

2) Is there a rule to the number of stopovers you can do in your home country? We were looking at doing a stopover in SFO on the way out, and JFK on the way back.


Thanks to everyone for your help!

guv1976

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1. Yes.

2. No.

MisterSelfish

Excellent, thanks!

PhillyFlyers77

I had posted a few weeks ago asking about what the policy is on changing date/time for a segment, but got no answer. In a worst-case scenario, I wanted to know how much notice was needed to change before the actual flight time.

I called yesterday, and the AAgent told me that if you realize you are going to miss a flight, call and cancel that segment so that you can then reschedule that segment and not have all subsequent flights canceled on that itinerary. He said he was not aware of a minimum amount of time needed to change, however.

Does this sound correct to anyone? If it is true, I think it is very useful to know that you can cancel one segment to avoid ruining the whole trip.

PhillyFlyers77

#1: When trying to view my ticketed OW Explorer Award itinerary on LAN website, there is no result.

I used the same PNR that I was given for CX and IB, which both show the flights no problem. Any idea why this may be?

#2: When I had my itinerary on hold, I got a call from AA saying that LAN doesn't like flights to be held, and that I needed to make a decision before the 5 days were up. Has anyone else heard this?

lcrall

I am planning my trip for next year (2013 summer) using the one world explorer award ticket at 1st I had intentions to use 1 ticket with the 16 segments however I realized that I want to visit more stops therefore I have split my trip into 2 awards.

I have been waiting for Air Malaysia to official join One World however I don't want to delay my planning as I realize how much work it will take to pull this all of. I am hoping that Air Malaysia don't change their destinations hoever I wanted to get feedback from others if the below trips follow all the rules:

1st Trip
HNL-HND(stopover)-PEK(stopover)-KIX(stopover)-PVG(stopover)-HKG(connection)-TSA(stopover)-ICN(stopover)-HKG(connection)-HAN(stopover)-KUL
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=HNL-HND...CN-HKG-HAN-KUL
12,378 in business class
Does any one have any advice on how to get this route under 10,000 miles?

2nd Trip
KUL-PER(stopover)-KUL(connection)-DEL(stopover)-AMM(connection)-DXB(stopover)-AMM(connection)-MAD(stopover)-LHR(connection)-LGW(connection)-BDA
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=KUL-PER...AD-LHR-LGW-BDA
19,024 miles in business class trying to keep this under 20,000

Thanks in advance for any assistance

guv1976

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The second trip's routing violates Explorer award rules: You cannot connect in KUL if your itinerary begins or ends there.

Austinrunner

You'll need to substitute TPE for TSA.

PhillyFlyers77

(See question at bottom, thanks!)

Ticketed Itinerary:
JFK -> SYD (QF via LAX)
SYD -> MEL (QF)
MEL -> AKL (QF)
AKL -> BNE (QF)
BNE -> HKG (CX via CNS)
HKG -> BKK (CX)
BKK -> DEL (CX)
DEL -> AMM (RJ)
AMM -> CAI (RJ)
CAI -> MAD (IB)
MAD -> LIM (IB)
LIM -> IPC (LAN)
IPC -> SCL (LAN)
SCL -> PUQ (LAN via PMC)
PUQ / GIG (OPEN JAW)
GIG->JFK (AA)

Taxes/Fees for each segment via ITA Website (All YQ/YR in bold):
Australian Int'l Passenger Service Charge (WY) $26.90
US International Departure Tax (US) $16.70
QF YQ surcharge (YQ) $340.00
US September 11th Security Fee (AY) $2.50
US Passenger Facility Charge (XF) $4.50

QF YQ surcharge (YQ) $2.60
Australian Domestic Passenger Service Charge (QR) $3.70
Australian Domestic Passenger Service Charge (QR) $3.60
Australian Safety & Security Surcharge (WG) $5.70

QF YQ surcharge (YQ) $60.00
Australian Passenger Movement Charge (AU) $57.00
Australian Safety & Security Surcharge (WG) $4.10
Australian Int'l Passenger Service Charge (WY) $14.70
New Zealand Passenger Service Charge (KK) $14.10

QF YQ surcharge (YQ) $60.00
Australian Safety & Security Surcharge (WG) $3.50
Australian Int'l Passenger Service Charge (WY) $26.60
New Zealand Passenger Security Charge (IA) $7.30
New Zealand Passenger Service Charge (KK) $14.10
CX YR surcharge (YR) $124.70
Australian Passenger Movement Charge (AU) $57.00
Australian Safety & Security Surcharge (WG) $4.80
Australian Int'l Passenger Service Charge (WY) $26.60

(YR) $28.10
Hong Kong Departure Tax (HK) $15.50

(YR) $28.10
(YR) $1.20
Indian User Development Fee (IN) $15.53
Thailand Passenger Service Charge (TS) $22.40

Indian Service Tax (JN) $16.80
RJ YQ surcharge (YQ) $5.00
Indian Passenger Service Fee (WO) $3.65
Indian Development Fee (YM) $26.20
Indian User Development Fee (IN) $18.75

(YR) $40.50
(YQ) $5.00
Jordan Embarkation Tax (HQ) $56.60
Jordan Passenger Terminal Use Fee (NH) $8.50

Egypt Transportation Tax (EG) $9.50
(YQ) $31.50
Egypt Embarkation Tax (QH) $15.00
Service Charge at Cairo Airport (EQ) $1.00
Egypt Departure Fee (JK) $8.20
Egypt Ticket Issuance Fee (XK) $24.60

(YQ) $268.70
Spanish Airport Services Charge (JD) $26.20
Spanish Security Tax (QV) $4.80
Peru Int'l Arrival Tax (DY) $15.00

Peruvian Sales Tax (PE) $57.80
Peru Airport Departure Tax (HW) $30.74

Chile Domestic Airport Facility Charge (CL) $13.10

Chile Domestic Airport Facility Charge (CL) $13.10

US International Arrival Tax (US) $16.70
Brazil Embarkation Tax (BR) $36.82
US Customs Fee (YC) $5.50
US Immigration Fee (XY) $7.00
USDA APHIS Fee (XA) $5.00
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Total = $1,762.79
Total (excluding ALL YR/YQ) = $767.39
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I am curious as to why I was charged $665, even when all YR/YQ are excluded ITA says it should be more (and I know the IB YQ surcharges up to 30 Euros would be included as well).

Have I missed some line items that would be excluded above???

Just trying to understand as best I can for future reference. Thanks in advance for the help, this thread is great.