booking oneworld Explorer RTW ticket with Avios: not possible?
Dec 22, 2012, 4:40 pm
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booking oneworld Explorer RTW ticket with Avios: not possible?
I called the Executive Club USA number and was just told by a BA agent that BA does not offer oneworld Explorer reward tickets paid with Avios. I am disappointed because I have over 300k Avios and just discovered that AA offers a maximum distance oneworld ticket in F for 330k miles.
Does anyone have more info on this?
Does anyone have more info on this?
Dec 22, 2012, 5:00 pm
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I called the Executive Club USA number and was just told by a BA agent that BA does not offer oneworld Explorer reward tickets paid with Avios. I am disappointed because I have over 300k Avios and just discovered that AA offers a maximum distance oneworld ticket in F for 330k miles.
Does anyone have more info on this?
Does anyone have more info on this?
http://www.britishairways.com/travel...e/public/en_gb
2x the above amounts for business, 3x for first.
Awards are unique to each individual program as is the earning structure.
Dec 22, 2012, 5:56 pm
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You can try to mount several one-way tickets and see how much that would be. If you don't mix different partners on the same ticket it will cost much less than the multipartner table. BA awards are segment based, so it depends on your itinerary.
AA and BA use different schemes, so 300k AA miles generally do not give you the same as 300k Avios. It can be more or less depending on your itinerary.
AA and BA use different schemes, so 300k AA miles generally do not give you the same as 300k Avios. It can be more or less depending on your itinerary.
Dec 23, 2012, 2:45 am
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It is not a particularly good value:
http://www.britishairways.com/travel...e/public/en_gb
2x the above amounts for business, 3x for first.
http://www.britishairways.com/travel...e/public/en_gb
2x the above amounts for business, 3x for first.
The oneworld explorer has a number of restrictions, which limit the value of the product.
For example, you cannot go back to another continent once you have left, and you have to go continuously east to west or west to east. There is also only one TATL and one TPAC permitted.
This limits the number of longhaul sectors, and hence valuable longhaul F and J coupons, that you can burn.
With Avios however, you could do this itinerary with 11 F or J sectors (including 10 longhaul and 4 ultralonghaul) for only 480k Avios in F and 320k Avios in J.
In comparison, LHR-SFO-LHR in F is 150k Avios and LHR-HKG-LHR is 180k, so for 480k Avios you could do six long F sectors (LHR-SFO-LHR-SFO-LHR-HKG-LHR).
Dec 23, 2012, 2:56 am
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With Avios however, you could do this itinerary with 11 F or J sectors (including 10 longhaul and 4 ultralonghaul) for only 480k Avios in F and 320k Avios in J.
In comparison, LHR-SFO-LHR in F is 150k Avios and LHR-HKG-LHR is 180k, so for 480k Avios you could do six long F sectors (LHR-SFO-LHR-SFO-LHR-HKG-LHR).
In comparison, LHR-SFO-LHR in F is 150k Avios and LHR-HKG-LHR is 180k, so for 480k Avios you could do six long F sectors (LHR-SFO-LHR-SFO-LHR-HKG-LHR).
I for one had no idea you could get such great value. Is this a flown ticket with a 12-month validity or just a proposal? Thanks.
Dec 23, 2012, 8:26 am
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Well they don't offer a oneworld explorer reward but they do offer a multi-airline award ticket based upon mileage and class of service. It is not a particularly good value:
http://www.britishairways.com/travel...e/public/en_gb
2x the above amounts for business, 3x for first.
Awards are unique to each individual program as is the earning structure.
http://www.britishairways.com/travel...e/public/en_gb
2x the above amounts for business, 3x for first.
Awards are unique to each individual program as is the earning structure.
Where did you find that link please?
The circumference of the world at the equator is just under 25,000 miles so I would dare say you could probably fit a RTW itinerary within this band.
120,000 for Economy
180,000 for Premium
240,000 for J
360,000 for F
Also, the top award allows upto 50,000 miles, so thats twice RTW.
Doesn't seem that bad value to me!
160,000 for Economy
240,000 for Premium
360,000 for J
480,000 for F
Dec 23, 2012, 9:20 am
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Scroll down to "Booking with partner airlines" and click the link "Avios prices for two or more oneworld airlines"
Dec 23, 2012, 10:09 am
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So how do these awards work? Has anyone ever done one?
Are you still restricted to award inventory?
Dec 24, 2012, 10:22 am
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"The oneworld explorer has a number of restrictions, which limit the value of the product.
For example, you cannot go back to another continent once you have left, and you have to go continuously east to west or west to east. There is also only one TATL and one TPAC permitted.
This limits the number of longhaul sectors, and hence valuable longhaul F and J coupons, that you can burn."
The restrictions on a oneworld Explorer paid ticket are very different from the restrictions on AA's multi-partner, distance-based Explorer award. For example, AA's Explorer award has no restrictions on how many times one can cross the same continent or the same ocean.
I'm not sure what the restrictions are on BAEC's multi-partner award.
"The oneworld explorer has a number of restrictions, which limit the value of the product.
For example, you cannot go back to another continent once you have left, and you have to go continuously east to west or west to east. There is also only one TATL and one TPAC permitted.
This limits the number of longhaul sectors, and hence valuable longhaul F and J coupons, that you can burn."
The restrictions on a oneworld Explorer paid ticket are very different from the restrictions on AA's multi-partner, distance-based Explorer award. For example, AA's Explorer award has no restrictions on how many times one can cross the same continent or the same ocean.
I'm not sure what the restrictions are on BAEC's multi-partner award.
Dec 24, 2012, 10:53 am
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I would consider that these could be good value if used well.
The oneworld explorer has a number of restrictions, which limit the value of the product.
For example, you cannot go back to another continent once you have left, and you have to go continuously east to west or west to east. There is also only one TATL and one TPAC permitted.
This limits the number of longhaul sectors, and hence valuable longhaul F and J coupons, that you can burn.
With Avios however, you could do this itinerary with 11 F or J sectors (including 10 longhaul and 4 ultralonghaul) for only 480k Avios in F and 320k Avios in J.
In comparison, LHR-SFO-LHR in F is 150k Avios and LHR-HKG-LHR is 180k, so for 480k Avios you could do six long F sectors (LHR-SFO-LHR-SFO-LHR-HKG-LHR).
The oneworld explorer has a number of restrictions, which limit the value of the product.
For example, you cannot go back to another continent once you have left, and you have to go continuously east to west or west to east. There is also only one TATL and one TPAC permitted.
This limits the number of longhaul sectors, and hence valuable longhaul F and J coupons, that you can burn.
With Avios however, you could do this itinerary with 11 F or J sectors (including 10 longhaul and 4 ultralonghaul) for only 480k Avios in F and 320k Avios in J.
In comparison, LHR-SFO-LHR in F is 150k Avios and LHR-HKG-LHR is 180k, so for 480k Avios you could do six long F sectors (LHR-SFO-LHR-SFO-LHR-HKG-LHR).
Its a while since I looked into (cash) OWE itineraries, certainly 18 months ago there was some good value; albeit not so much ex-LHR.
Dec 24, 2012, 10:54 am
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...rtw-award.html
Dec 24, 2012, 10:56 am
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There was in the last year some great value, ex-KRT, but that pricing anomaly has been enhanced.