Hi, many thanks to all for posting valuable information.

On the OneWorld website this RTW trip costs approx. $7800.
Are there any suggestions on how to make it less money? I am a little flexible.

​​​​​​OSL-BKK-HKG-SYD-AVV-LAX-SFO-EWR-PHL-CIA-OSL

Departure from Oslo is March 14.2024

CX fly AKL-HKG and in southern summer CHC-HKG.

Adding NBO changes from DON4 to DONE5. [pandaPerth confirm?] Worth the cost and 2 segments? Could have a separate ticket to east Africa

KUL-SIN is short trip by land (bus rail) or cheap air ticket.

QF fly to DEL & BLR in India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...s_destinations

Going to the extreme of a region then backwards in that region can increased earning in ff miles & status to a ffp. Check the distances vs status earnings
Exaple DOH-AKL non stop [QR] and then back to Australia

A map from the Great Circle Mapper - Great Circle Mapper

Do you have Avios? You can use BA points to fly MAN-LHR-OSL for a modest cost. *A miles? MAN-OSL direct on SAS is available or runs about �80 in cash.

Radisson points? There are three airport hotels on site at OSL that are reasonable.

Out of pocket, you're probably looking at �250 to fly from MAN to OSL and stay at an airport hotel. If you take others suggestions and remove a leg or two, you can fly DOH-LHR-OSL and get off the plane at LHR and book your preferred trip home to MAN separately.

Greetings and thank you to all for posting such valuable information.

In 2024 I wish to depart Oslo and include a visit to Australia. This is my itinerary which is priced at $7700
Would there be a way to lower the price as I am flexible.

Mar. 13 departure

OSL-BKK-HKG-SYD-MEL-LAX-SFO-EWR-PHL-FCO-OSL

Thank you.

I don't believe there are any direct flights OSL-BKK on any Oneworld carriers. If you want good advice, please give us your complete itinerary (i.e., including transfers).

Hi.

Just wanted to say thanks for all the help and advice I received from this thread and its posters.

I now have a RTW booked and paid for with all fights confirmed and seats assigned - until it no doubt unravels when I get schedule changes/cancellations and equipment changes over the next 9 months….or I change something!

Route is:

OSL>(LHR)>JFK>LAX>HND>SIN>(SYD)> HBA>(MEL)>AKL>(SYD)>HKG>(DOH)>CPT>(LHR)>DOH>OSL.

Transits in brackets. Had to make a few changes to Plan A due to availability (schedules and D class) but happy with what I have.

Cheers.

Ok, I placed the transits in the equation.

OSL-(HEL)-BKK-HKG-SYD-Bus to MEL-MEL-LAX-Car to SFO-SFO-EWR-Car to PHL-PHL-FCO-OSL

Total cost is $7781 for business.

Are there any suggestions to make the trip less expensive?
Thank you

Thank you to all who have posted on this thread.
My plan for March, 2024

OSL-(HEL)-BKK-HKG-SYD-MEL-LAX-SFO-EWR-PHL-FCO-OSL

HEL being a transit.

The OneWorld site lists the cost at $7781

Any suggestions on how to lower the cost?
Thank you

Hi,
Thank you for the suggestion.

Departure March 9, 2024 and finishing on June 1.

OSL-(HEL)-BKK-HKG-SYD-MEL-LAX-SFO-EWR-PHL-FCO-OSL.

I am lookiing for any suggestions on lowering the price.

Don't know if that AKL-SYD-HKG was intentional for TPs or lack of availability on CX, but if the later just keep an eye on EF. CX doesn't seem to be too stingy on AKL-HKG with D from what I've seen and it's a better experience than QF in my opinion. I just did it the opposite direction a little over a week ago and like CX's A350 much better than QF's A330s or 787s. (plus crew is night and day different)

I recommend checking directly with the airline or contacting their customer service for the most accurate and up-to-date information on the base fare for the Circle Pacific 26,000k in First Class (A). The One World website may have removed fare details, but the airline should provide the necessary information.

That was the original plan A , but CX hadn’t released their schedule when I booked it. However, it appeared last week. It is operating on the day we intend to leave AKL but ‘Trip CEO’ is not keen on the 21.15 arrival time at HKG…plus we get another 40TPs (that we won’t need to re-qualify for Gold anyway). Not sure where I’d use the spare segment now given our arrangements for OSL? I was thinking of dropping the last segment by flying LHR>DOH>LHR>OSL at the end but I’ve now nested the RTW within a holiday booking to OSL, and I have no time for additional stopovers on the itinerary.

From one perspective, our RTW is a 5.5 week (very) expensive TP run…….although that’s really a by-product of the trip we wanted to do anyway.

QF adds a significant surcharge on their flights to/from the US. Instead of flying MEL-LAX, you're probably better off flying HKG-MEL-SYD-LAX and flying SYD-LAX on AA, which would save you about $1200 US. You could also fly MEL-AKL on QF and AKL-LAX on AA and that would probably be cheaper.

I have an itinerary in progress and had to change the dates on the next 3 flights (moving them back by about a month). Same flight numbers, same everything except for dates. The AA desk says I owe a difference in taxes. Is that something new? Because I don't remember being charged anything for just date changes in the past.

While a reissue fee wouldn�t/shouldn�t be charged for date changes, taxes will be checked and if there has been any intervening increases/changes since the time you originally issued the ticket you are responsible for those changes in taxes.

There is nothing new about this other than maybe countries and airports are increasing taxes and fees more often these days.

Hi steyeholt,

I took your suggestion and switched it around.
And eliminated Quantas . Using Cathay Pacific instead.
Flying from HKG-MEL-SYD-LAX

The total price is $64XX.00

Thank you for the review.

If I'm changing destinations in a ticketed itinerary is there a way to quote fees + taxes + surcharges before calling in to the AA RTW desk?