Did the RTW with United's RTW promotion a long time ago.

IAD-LAX-RAR-AIT-RAR-AKL-SYD-SIN-IST-CDG-FRA^-IAD

And have done a IAD-JFK-FRA-SIN-NRT-IAD.

Once - last year:

IAD-FRA-BKK/DMK-REP-ICN-JFK/LGA-DCA all in F on LH, TG, and OZ in suites.

Once. HSV-DFW-FRA-BKK, BKK-NRT-DFW-HSV.

The original plan was HSV-DFW-NRT-BKK and back.

This was during the ice storm that blew ORD completely off the map a few years ago, and messed DFW up pretty good for a few days. The AA phone center tried to tell me the only way I could do it was wait a day and then fly out via ORD. (They hadn't gotten the memo that ORD no longer existed.) The counter agent at the airport, upon hearing that story, punched a few buttons, then handed me tickets to FRA, 12-hour layover in FRA, and then FRA-BKK on TG in J. Not bad.

Flying over Afghanistan and Pakistan was an interesting feeling.

And then, sitting in the (now-closed) FRA Admirals Club, reading the announcement that ORD was still closed, and all flights cancelled, including the flight the AA phone center people tried to tell me I had to take, just iced the cake.

RTW on Aeroplan
 

One RTW earlier this year on Aeroplan points, and not necessarily by choice, but it still qualifies!

Planned:
AC: YYZ - LHR ==> SQ: LHR - SIN
AirAsia side trip: SIN - CGK o/j BDO - DPS - SIN
SQ: SIN - NRT
OZ: NRT - ICN
AC: ICN - YVR - YYZ

But after a snafu delay due to de-icing ex-YYZ:
Actual:
AC: YYZ - LHR (overnight delay)
LH: LHR - FRA (re-booked and spent 6 hrs in MLL in FRA!)
SQ: FRA - SIN (also re-booked, but lost luggage due to delay!) (but actually received miles on the re-booked legs to qualify for A*50K on this reward itinerary!)
AirAsia: SIN - CGK (lost first leg due to delay, so re-purchased) o/j BDO - DPS - SIN
SQ: SIN - NRT (arrived too early in the morning, nothing to do!)
OZ: NRT - ICN (upgraded! but the flight was too short!)
AC: (wife got sick, re-booked to return home early) ICN - YVR - YYZ

So a "simple honeymoon" became quite the adventure! Especially with lost luggage over 2 distinct seasons!

A few :):

1. DEL-AUH-ORD-PHX-ORD-AUH-DEL (AA F, EY J)
2. PHX-JFK-BRU-BOM-CCU-GAU-CCU-BOM-BRU-JFK-PHX (DL F, 9W J)
3. PHX-LAX-ATL-AMS-BOM-CCU-GAU-CCU-BOM-AMS-JFK-PHX (DL F, DL J, 9W J)
4. PHX-ORD-AMS-DEL-GAU-DEL-AMS-ORD-PHX (US F, KL J, 9W J)
5. MCO-ATL-DXB-DEL-IXJ-SXR-DEL-GAU-DEL-DXB-ATL-MCO (DL F, DL J, AI J, EK F)

Do it once a year for work in paid J:

ELP-DFW-MAD-VLC-MAD-LHR-BOM-HKG-ORD-DFW-ELP (now it will be AA from HKG-DFW)

Unfortunately, OW does not have tie ups in India as I also have do BOM-MAA-CCU-BOM in one week before heading off to HKG.

My most recent 10 day trip report:
Palaces, Temples, Boats & Beaches! *A TPAC & TATL in J (TG A380 US BR & UA) & PG in Y

Route: ORD-PHL-LAX-TPE(stop)-BKK(stop)-REP(stop)-(BKK)-HKT(stop)-BKK-CDG-ORD

Miles Actually Flown: 23,643 miles

I did my first one last September for work.

LAS-SEA-AMS DL J
AMS-BUD KL J
BUD-SVO-DEL SU J
DEL-PVG-PEK MU J
PEK-NRT DL J
NRT-JFK-LAS DL J

Will do my first two later this year.

CLT-MUC-ZRH-HKG-TPE-LAX-CLT.

Follwed by

CLT-LAX-HKG-BKK-AUH-CLT

Lot of new expiriences on these trips:
5 new airports (MUC, HKG, TPE, BKK and AUH)
4 new carriers (LX, BR, CX, EY)
First long haul F: EY

All of these are on miles, thanks to what I've learned here. Thanks all!

I've done several.

Three paid for personal travel (all AONE5s):

2002: ARN-LHR-DXB-LHR//FRA-DFW-SCL-IPC-SCL-LAX-ORD-SEA-ORD-SFO-ORD//JFK-SFO-HKG-KIX-HKG-DPS-HKG-BKK-SYD-AYQ-PER-SYD-AKL-HKG-LHR-ARN

2004: CAI-LHR-JFK-BGI-JFK-LAX-SCL-GIG-SCL-JFK-HKG-NRT-HKG-SYD-HKG-LHR-DXB

2007/8: MRU-LHR-DXB-LHR-SYD-CNS-AYQ-SYD-HKG-NRT-HKG-JFK-GRU-EZE-LHR-MRU

Two using award tickets:

2005: JFK-LHR-SIN-HKG-TPE-HKG-LAX-JFK

2012: JFK-SFO-HKG-BKK-HKT-BKK-AUH-JFK

One business trip that unexpectedly became a RTW:

2008: JFK-FCO-IST-CDG-PVG-NRT-JFK

This one starts in a week, July 11-20 (our first!):

Sort of a pre-honeymon RTW, on pre-devaluation US DMs (*A), with a rail - based leg:

IAD - PEK - BKK* - SIN - BKK - SIN - BRU - IAD

* = Thai Railways train from BKK to CM, then Bangkok Air (PG) from CM to BKK

Can't wait! Not so much for the UA biz class, but the Thai (TG) and Brussels (SN) Airlines business class should be great!

coming up
 

ord-jfk-hel-hng-nrt-hng-lax-dfw,etc.
Looking forward to BC on CX and AY!

2003 only way I could get to see England win the Rugby World Cup was to fly:

MAN-SIN-SYD-AKL-CHC-AKL-SFO-ORD-YWG-MCO-IAD-MAN, flew last leg BMI Business class and had the most amazing night view of Manhattan Island

Hopefully won't be too long until the next one; though this time it'll be OW not *A!

This year:

SFO-DFW-EZE-LHR-HKG-ICN-HKG-SFO (OW)

SFO-FRA-PEK-SFO (*A)

When I was a kid my family did:

SDQ-MIA-MAD-TLV-BKK-HKG-HND-HNL-SFO-MIA-SDQ

Did it with my family of 5 two years ago, ROC-ORD-PVG-BKK-DOH-MUC-VIE-FRA-ORD-ROC

Earlier this year, I flew SIN-IST-JFK on TK followed by JFK-HKG-SIN on CX

A longer one later this year:
SIN-NRT-LAX on SQ,
LAX-SEA on VX,
SEA-YVR on AC,
YVR-MUC-CDG on LH,
CDG-IST-SIN on TK

ORD-HKG-BKK-CMB-AUH-JFK-DFW-ORD planned for November!

2008 I flew TPA-AA-ORD-AA-JFK-CX-YVR-BA-LHR-BA-MAA-CX-HKG-CX-YYZ-AA-DFW-AA-JAX in J over a two week period.

RTW
 

Sept.2013 - wife & I did RTW - DCA-LAX-HKG-BKK-DEL-DXB-LHR-IAD in 28 days. Used AA Explorer awards for 120k each. Hyatt & Rad Blu Hotels using pts.

My first one, last march.

BOS-IAD-FRA-PVG-SIN-NRT//HND-HKG-JFK

Blew the last of my UA miles on some classy travel!

I also booked my trip fro YYZ to SYD which starts in 3 weeks.

this was what looked like last Nov. when I booked mine initially

yyz-lga-jfk-cai-jnb (6 days) airline: US-MS
jnb-bom-sin-syd (6 days) SA-SQ
syd-pvg (5 days) CA
pvg-mxp-bru-iad-yyz CA-SN-US

in March, I changed it to:
yyz-lga-jfk-cai-jnb (6 days) airline: US-MS
jnb-bom-sin-syd (6 days) SA-SQ
syd-pvg (5 days) CA
pvg-can-cai-yyz CA-MS

in April SQ changed the schedule which made my layover in bom pointless. I had 20 hours in BOM and 2 hours in SIN initially, the change they made gave me 10 hours in BOM and 12 hour in SIN, that we couldn't do anything in either cities, so I requested other options 1) A380 in J from BOM to SIN, 2) skip BOM, fly direct from JNB to SIN. I thought I asked too much, because I know they never release any of the seat for these 2 lines to Aeroplan. Surprisingly, both options were approved in 2 hours. I took option 2 ended up having 27 hours in SIN, later I noticed they put me in C instead of I, which means they bought me revenue tickets.

4 times so far:

FRA - NRT - YYZ - FRA
FRA - SFO - ICN - FRA
FRA - NRT - ORD - YUL - FRA
FRA - IAH - HNL - MAJ - KWA - KSA - PNI - TKK - GUM - MNL - BKK - FRA

RTW trip 2015 (post med school)

Alitalia RTW deal, ~$300
LAX-JFK-FCO-BUD
(overland Hungary-eastern Slovakia/W Ukraine/Vienna/Prague
PRG-AMS-NRT

25k UA miles
NRT-AKL
(3 weeks in NZ, hopefully some $1 nakedbus fares to get around)
AKL-NAN (1 week)
NAN-TYO-CTS

3-4 weeks in northern Japan (camping and mistake hotel $7) and then either ferry to Sakhalin Russia, or flight to Kamchatka

Overland travel in Siberia via trans-Siberian express/other trains, end up in Kyzyl, Tuva Republic
Then to Mongolia and overland to Stans.

Hoping for a cheap fare or more overland to get me to Serbia by August, then overland/mistake fares. If possible: Egypt, Jordan, India, Nepal.

Thailand for xmas/New Years. If still money :D then continue around SE Asia.

My first one was last year. MIA-DCA-LAX-DFW-ICN-PVG-HKG-NRT-SIN-KUL-LHR-MAD-CPH-HEL-LHR-MIA

Got to ride on MH's A380 and JL's 788.

Then earlier this year: MIA-ORD-MCI-DFW-IND-LAX-MIA-MXP-MAD-LHR-JNB-DOH-NRT-DFW. Tried the BA A380.

More recently: DFW-NRT-SIN-LHR-MAD-LHR-JNB-DOH-JFK-LAX-ORD-MIA (still have the last 7 segments to complete)

Craziest thing is 11 months ago, I didn't even know what a RTW was. The first one took me 4-5 hours to book. Now I can book 16 segments in <20mins with an efficient agent.

Round the world in two weeks
 

LAX- PVG (1 week stay)- LAX International lounge so-so
PVG-CTU-BLR (1 week stay)- Business class on A319, not really business class, midnight plane change in Chengdu- twilight zone airport... Shanghai Lounge power outlet fried my laptop.
BLR-CDG (1 day in Paris layover). Bangalore lounge is crowded.
CDG-LAX on the A380 upper deck...very nice plane. Landed at LAX 2 in the afternoon....not good timing to drive back to San Diego.....

Last summer did a three week RTW with my teenage son on Star Alliance combining open jaw awards and one way awards with a forced stopover in ICN, a purchased Fifth Freedom flight on Ethiopian Air between BKK and KUL, a non-flying segment (train) between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, and a free stopover in Istanbul.

UA economy, open-jaw award: SFO-HNL-GUM-ROR
5 days in Palau

OZ business, one way award: ROR-ICN
12 hour forced stopover in Seoul
OZ business, continuation of one way award: ICN-HAN
5 days in Hanoi

QR business, one way award: HAN-BKK
3 days in Bangkok

ET economy, purchased: BKK-KUL
2 days in Kuala Lumpur

Overnight train to Singapore
2 days in Singapore

TK economy, open jaw award: SIN-IST
3 days in Istanbul

TK economy and LH economy, continuation of open jaw award: IST-MUC-SFO

Captioned photos from our trip at this: LINK

I did 3/4 in the 80's out of London as it was cheaper to buy RTW all in one tickets in those days, with far less restrictions than today...you could go Northern Hemisphere or Southern at no extra cost....none of this mileage nonsense.
Two other trips come to mind, although not RTW.
London to Minneapolis to pick up Christmas shopping at the Mall, returned on the same flight a few hours later, and London to Sydney for an 'important' meeting.....met by the Agent...meeting cancelled, returned on the same flight back, , again after a few hours in the airport.

Two so far. Both in a western direction.

2011: YVR-LAX-ICN-PVG-BKK-HKT-BKK-MAD-FRA-SEA-YVR (F)
2014: YVR-SEA-NRT-ICN-BKK-DXB,AUH-MCT-AUH,DXB-IST-ZRH-WAW-MUC-YVR (J)

Working on accumulating points for the third as we speak!!

AMS-MXP-FCO-NRT-TPE-SIN-KUL-RGN-NRT-HNL-SFO-LAX-SLC-SEA-AMS
all on error fares, discounted fares and one part on miles
part in A, ± € 350 in total

Great thread. I've got two--one earlier this year and one scheduled for next month.

My trip to SIN Do this January ended up being part of a piecemeal RTW:

ORD-HKG-SIN-HKG-FRA-IAH-ORD

ORD-HKG: UA J (upgraded from one-way W fare with GPU)
HKG-SIN: Jetstar Asia paid one-way.
SIN-HKG (this and all subsequent segments were on a J saver award booked with UA miles): SQ regional J, visited T3 SilverKris lounge--both Business and First Class sides thanks a friend who was flying F.
HKG-FRA: LH new J 747-8, visited TG lounge and United Club in HKG
FRA-IAH: LH old J a380, visited Z gates LH lounge.
IAH-ORD: UA domestic F, no lounges visited.

I've got meetings in CCU and CGK next month, so an RTW was really the only option. Here is what I have booked:

ORD-EWR-DEL-CCU-DEL-SIN-CGK-NRT-ORD. ORD-DEL and CGK-ORD are one United multi-destination W fare. Other segments were booked directly through the respective airlines. Details break down like this:

ORD-EWR: UA domestic F. Right now listed as INTL configured 757 with BF seating.
EWR-DEL: UA J, upgraded with GPU
DEL-CCU: AI Y on the 787. Will see what the buy-up asking price to J is, if available day of departure.
CCU-DEL: AI Y
DEL-SIN: SQ Suites (bought up from original Y ticket to F, since work will only spring for Y and anything better must be obtained with miles, instruments, or buy-up). Will visit new AI first class lounge in DEL and perhaps drop in on the SQ and LH lounges.
SIN-CGK: SQ F. Will access Private Room at SIN.
CGK-NRT: NH Y
NRT-ORD: UA J, upgraded with GPU. Pretty tight connection in NRT, so probably will not have time to visit lounges.

Currently in the last month of a 3 month backpacking trip. Mostly overland once I left Seoul

SLC-ORD-LAX-NRT
Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima
ICN-PEK
Beijing, Datong, Jinan, Tai'an, Xi'an, Jiuzjaigou, Chengdu, Chongquing, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Zhangjiejie, Changsha, Guilin, Yangshou, Nanning, Hanoi, Halong City, Dong'Hoi, Hue, Saigon, Phu-Quoc, Kampot, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap

Currently in Siem Reap and haven't really planned out the last 3 weeks, thinking Bangkok, Chang Mai, and possible one or two others.

Loving this thread, and this particular photo/trip report is really good--guidebook quality photos. Inspiring! Highly recommend you take a look. Thanks E.C. I'm going to go back through and see if anyone else has done this.

I've got one booked in December! My first RTW (I hope to have many more) and also my first time in premium cabins (I also hope to have many more times)! A bit schedule constrained so it's going to be quick and a bit rushed. :(

A combination of Alaska miles and Etihad mistake fare:

• YVR-HKG CX F
• 1.5 days in HKG
• HKG-SIN CX F
• 4 days in SIN
• SIN-CMB on ??? (to be booked - either CX J or UL J using Avios)
• CMB-AUH on EY J
• 3 days in AUH
• AUH-JFK-DFW on EY F (mistake fare)/AA F (EY codeshare)
• 4 days in AUS/DFW
• DFW-YVR on AA E+ (Avios booking to get home)

Multiple RTW's, including one as recent as last fall, which I did with my wife and two kids (4 and 1).

SFO-ICN-HKG OZ J 4 nights in HKG
HKG-PEK-FRA-SZG CA and LH J, 5 nights in Berchtesgaden, DE
SZG-FRA-SFO LH and UA J

The 1 year old mostly slept on the flights. The 4 year old chalked up 4 or 5 cockpit visits, which he still talks about.

I've got 'one on the books' with the family for early next year: SFO-LHR-CDG-DOH-NRT-ORD-SFO, which I guess is longer than a RTW. All in BA, QR and AA J.

I suspect I'm not the only FT'er to have a few 'longer than RTW's under his/her belt. The most notable of which was SFO-FRA-SIN-MNL-SIN-HKG-MUC-ORD-SFO with all but the last sector in either LH or SQ F. This was a UA award several years ago and I found an agent willing to be spoon fed the itin on my first try. Even in F, this trip hurt :D

December 2013:

YYZ-JFK-NRT-ICN-KIX-BKK-CNX-BKK-SIN-CGK-DPS-BDO/CGK-SIN-HKG-TPE-HND/NRT-FRA-JFK-YYZ, all in a combo of NH F, OZ F, SQ F, LH F

May 2014:

YYZ-TPE-HKG-KIX-HKG-SIN-FRA-YYZ, in BR J and LH F

November 2014: (in only 8 days!)

YYZ-IST-LHR-DUB-FRA-ICN-NRT-ORD-YYZ, in TK J, OZ F, NH F

April 2015:

YYZ-LHR-SIN-DPS/LOP-KUL-TWU-BKI-KUL-BKK-HKG-JFK-YYZ, in AC J, SQ J, CX F

April 2014 (a not-quite RTW, but longer than one)

YYZ-JFK-HKG-SIN-SYD-BNK/OOL-CNS-MEL-DXB-LHR-DME/LED-TXL-FRA-ICN-JFK-YYZ in CX F, SQ R, QF F, BA F, LH F and OZ F

I did something similar last year. Don't know if it counts
IAH-AMS-ZRH-FCO-CDG-VCE-ZRH-CAI-BKK-KUL-SIN-PVG-NRT-YYC-IAH
IN 15 DAYS...

AFAIK there are only two lounges in the international departures area in DEL T3. One of them is the Plaza Premium lounge, and the other is the ITC WelcomeGroup Green Lounge. Depending on the airline, you might be given access to either one. However, there is NO separate 'FIRST' class lounge in true-sense (or a LH/SQ lounge for that matter). All of the airlines use the two lounges.

In the domestic terminal, you have Plaza Premium Lounge as well as an AMEX Platinum lounge. There is also an arrivals lounge (I believe it is paid, but they might accept Priority Pass) operated by Plaza Premium.

However, I'm not a 100% sure on the lounges, as I visited them about 7 months ago, and there might be something new this time. People with more recent experiences/experts can weigh in. :) Good luck on your trip.

Thanks, AvidFlyer1990! I'll double-check. My understanding is that AI opened a new lounge "complex" in T3 toward the end of 2013 that includes both business and first class wings, and now that AI is part of Star Alliance, they are open to passengers on SQ and other *A carriers. I'm sure someone from the AI board could clarify, but there are some mixed messages. The media reports only mention a J lounge, but the Star Alliance lounge finder says that AI operates both J and F lounges at DEL. I didn't realize that there was an Amex lounge too, though. Last time I was in DEL, I was given a pass to the Plaza Premium lounge but went straight to the *A carrier lounges instead. Sorry to get off topic. :)

You might be correct. I believe this is a brand new lounge for F & J passengers (I guess less than 6 months old):

AIR INDIA LOUNGES

Apparently, there is also a paid version of the lounge for Y passengers with no status. Star Alliance website lists the lounges as:

Star Alliance F & J Lounge at DEL T3

Looks like new lounges to me.

I have a couple of AI J flights and LH F flights to/from DEL coming up. I would appreciate it if you can report your experience, zcat18. Thanks! :) And sorry for veering off the topic of the thread!