Not always. If you need to go from SEA-FCO in that order direct may be best. In the past I have been guilty of using the longest routing at the expense of an extra segment . Depends on if you want to use all 16 max segments and see as much as possible.. There are more segments available than you can use on all XONEX products. There are lots of things to consider - FF plans , needed stops , preferences etc. An example below. Now if you are departing a city from the USA that does not have direct service that is a different discussion. Just a sample comparison in base milage.

sea-fco-doh-cmn-dxb-lhr-syd (29547)

sea-doh-fco-cmn-dxb-lhr-syd (28932)

I fly several xONEx itineraries annually, and have for more than a decade. (I have businesses in BOS and UTH and commute between them several times per year.) I've never had an itinerary that was fewer than 16 segments.


Sure, theoretically, but there's no One World SEA-FCO nonstop service, so your first routing isn't available on an xONEx itinerary.

I was just following the thread and was responding to the posts concerning the new AS SEA-FCO route that was announced and how it would work on RTW. I was not really aiming it at you but more to new folks on RTWS to think of their overall routing. Not just focus on getting 1 certain long segment that could be counter productive. Sorry . In the future I will more careful in quoting a person of your stature.

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AS announces SEA-LHR, SEA-KEF
 

Alaska has announced daily service to London Heathrow and (apparently) seasonal daily service to Iceland starting next year.

AS has also revealed new livery for the 789s that will serve the new long haul destinations. (KEF will get a 737 with the current paint job.)

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...f49a4e96a1.jpg
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https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...-from-seattle/

Royal Jordanian beginning flights between AMM and DFW in May 2026. Service 4 days a week with 787-8's.

https://www.dfwairport.com/dfwnewsro...-amman-jordan/

In Feb 2026, JAL will start flying OKA-TPE.

I was quite excited when I read AS will fly SEA-KEF.
Read further, I saw 737. Not so excited about the metal!

It is the subsidiary JTA (NU) specifically. It was originally announced for this year, but the new update from JAL now says Feb2026. Nothing is loaded yet, so I don't know if there will be further delays.

Cathay Pacific HKG-DFW. A good route for Oneworld *ONE* and GLOB RTW tickets
Was announced 24 Sept 2024
Cathay Pacific Expands Its North America Network with a New Route to Dallas Fort Worth
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250806-cxnw25cdgdfw

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https://www.swirepacific.com/en/inve...ights-are-back
04 Aug 2025

Another 351 route to North America with no F cabin.

AA forum https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...announced.html

AA https://news.aa.com/news/news-detail...0/default.aspx

Sri Lankan
 

Anyone know what's up with UL? Are they out of business? I don't have time to check the entire schedule, but availability on flights ex-CMB to BKK, LHR, KHI, DEL, NRT and ICN seems to have been zeroed out in all fare categories. The flights are still listed, but everything zeroed out. I'm going to have to rethink the Asia segments of my next ticket.

I think UL wants to limit bid for upgrade playing.
It is a pain but the flights are on their website.
Even my CMB TA was limited in her ability to assist my wandering
Fred

Yes, I can see now that flights are available on their own website. But I must be missing something, Fred. If they want to limit bid-for-upgrade playing, why zero out their highest full-fare business fare classes, like J and C? Or maybe they just don't want to cooperate with EF any more.

I'll call the AA RTW desk later and see if they can see any D inventory.

ETA: Just checked Google Flights, and everything's there, but Google Flights doesn't list fare classifications, just the cabin. I need D class seats. EF seat maps look like they're live.