civico

Hey guys, a few questions about the OneWorld distance based ticket. I thought there used to be a sticky about it. Am I missing it somewhere?

Anyway, my questions are:

1. For the distance based ticket, only some of the selected affiliate airlines are allowed, correct? I'm seeing that Etihad is not listed as being allowed on the distance-based ticket.

2. How is the mileage calculated? Will putting me itinerary in milecalc.com be spot on, give me a really estimation, or be way off?

3. One open jaw is allowed, correct? If so, I'm assuming only the mileage that I fly is counted, and the mileage between the two cities of the open jaw is not calculated in.

4. Do I have to fly more than one carrier? If so, is there a maximum I can fly?

Thanks guys. I appreciate the help.

Mwenenzi

Try
RTW segment based [*ONE*] http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...cket-faqs.html

From http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...nce-links.html
RTW Global explorer [*GLOB*] distance based, with some non OW airlines
http://www.oneworld.com/flights/roun...obal-explorer/
There is very little interest on FT for Global explorer [*GLOB*] distance based
Star Alliance equivalent seem popular [more destinations / routes ?]

Also Circle tickets (eg circle pacific) on http://www.oneworld.com/

pandaperth

I thought there used to be a sticky about it. Am I missing it somewhere?
Anyway, my questions are:

1. For the distance based ticket, only some of the selected affiliate airlines are allowed, correct? I'm seeing that Etihad is not listed as being allowed on the distance-based ticket.2. How is the mileage calculated? Will putting me itinerary in milecalc.com be spot on, give me a really estimation, or be way off? 3. One open jaw is allowed, correct? If so, I'm assuming only the mileage that I fly is counted, and the mileage between the two cities of the open jaw is not calculated in.4. Do I have to fly more than one carrier? If so, is there a maximum I can fly?

civico

I should have been more clear. I am looking to book this ticket using award miles, meaning I won't be booking the explorer or the circle tickets. I'm looking to use the OneWorld Airlines Award Chart found Herehttp://www.aa.com/i18n/disclaimers/oneworld_awards.jsp

I think the explorer and the circle tickets on OneWorld are paid tickets, correct?

civico

Guys, sorry again. I found the thread I had looked at before, it was in the American Airlines section as a sticky, not the OneWorld section. It answers my questions, so there is no need to reply to this message.

Thanks again.

srs507

Is it possible to transfer status from one airline to another? I've got AA Gold at the moment, but I am planning on a move to the UK next year and will probably be better off on BA / avios. Is that possible or no? Thanks!

Sagy

The short answer is no.

Some airlines, AFAIK, BA is not one of them will match status, but often only when you switch alliances.

In your particular case, staying with AA might be the better move since the BA status is based on tier points, to get 300 tier points (BA Bronze = AA Gold) you will need to fly 9 times LHR-DFW or DFW-DFW (each trip is 35 TP in Economy). On AA you can earn gold in just over 5 such segments (you will be less than 1,300 short after 5 segments), after 9 segments you will have almost 43K EQM and Plt is not out of reach.

If you are going to have many short distance European flights or if you fly using higher fares, BA might be better for you. So you really need to try and figure your flying patten and fare classes before making the switch.

coachmj

Hi all,

Just getting into mileage running and was curious what is the best method for finding the best rates? Do you use one of the online search engines like Orbitz or something else for planning ? It seems the best I can do is around 8 cpm. How do they get 2-3 cpm???

I'm planning a trip to Brazil in December and I have enough miles now to use for 2 tickets but is it wise to use your miles to buy the tickets or do I give up perks if I use my miles for the tickets?

Any recommended websites other than FT to that people use to plan, find, best deals?

Thanks!

DownUnderFlyer

Welcome to FT, coachmj!

A good starting point is to check the Mileage Run forum here on FT. Frequently you will hear about good deals there. I assume that you are with AA, correct? So the AA forum is another good place for you. Finding good mileage runs depends on the frequent flyer program you have so things which are good for me as a Qantas Frequent Flyer might not be good for you.

BA-Flyer

I am a oneworld Emerald member, who will soon be flying on QF375 to Port Villa. This is a code share, operated by Air Vanuatu. At the time of booking, the oneworld website clearly stated that Emerald card holders could "access any lounge offered by any oneworld airline when departing on any flight marketed or operated by any oneworld member airline, no matter in which cabin class they are flying."

The website has since been updated, and the OR has been replaced by AND.

Does anyone know when this change was made?

serfty

I am not certain; perhaps with the last week/

Bttc

Sorry, as I'm sure this question has been asked many times before, but I can't find the answer easily. Are ONE3 tickets considered to book into full fare or discount economy? So far as I can tell, they book into Y, so they should earn 1.0EQM/1.5 EQP for AA elite qualification. Is this correct?

Sagy

The economy tickets (AKA LONEx) go into the "L" bucket which earn 1 EQP/EQM.

Correction: as noted by DownUnderFlyer below, "L" fares on some OW partners might earn less than 1 EQP/EQM on AA, specifically RJ is 0.5 and CX is 0. As suggested, you will need to check the AA earning chart for the specific airline whose flight number you are using.

Bttc

...and I now understand why it is referred to as LONE. Thank you.

DownUnderFlyer

Correct on most airlines but not on all. Bttc, check the AA earning charts as RJ for example is .5, CX is 0.