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TravelJunky2024 Feb 29, 2012 6:14 pm


Originally Posted by jerry a. laska (Post 18099500)
A circle pacific is a paid fare -- you cannot use miles to book it.

You may be thinking of something along the lines of the AA oneworld award where you can obtain a series of award flights on multiple oneworld carriers by redeeming aa miles. For info and rules see this thread:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...er-awards.html

and this page on aa.com:
http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/pr...view.jsp#using

Got it thanks. Does anyone know if there is a similar post or link for booking OneWorld multi city flights by redeeming British Airways miles?

Justintin Mar 1, 2012 9:30 am


Originally Posted by moa999 (Post 18106843)
1. Yes. QF is in oneworld thus you can earn AsiaMiles

2. More difficult. Theoretically I think Amadeus should be able to cope with this (it reportedly has four FF fields for different purposes) but made more difficult by Qantas's last minute upgrades.

Best chance would be to put QF number against the segment and apply for the upgrades, then when at checkin when upgrade has either cleared or not cleared, ask for the FF number to be removed and reprinted with your CX number.

Thanks for the tip! At least I now know it will work somehow! :)

goingbananas Mar 2, 2012 11:03 am

Thanks for the help
 
:)

Thanks Pandaperth and Jerry A Laska for the DCIR26 out of HKG. Got it ticketed in HKG and flew 8 days later to start it. The one thing I did vs my previous routing discussed, is I stopped in ORD (vs NYC) and then got a "cheap" r/t refundable/changable ORD-LAS (to get back home) vs a OW from ORD or DFW home. ^

Original routing:
So, flying in J...Starting at home in LAS....

Can I go....LAS-LAX-SYD-(stop for 2 days)-AKL(stop for a couple days)-SIN (via SYD or MEL)(stop again in SIN for 2)-HKG (stop again or no?)-JFK (stop for 2 days)-DFW-LAS.


The travel agent was great that was recommended in the thread and paid right at 6,000 USD. Thanks guys!!

Travel agent:
Ticket Sales Centers - Hong Kong

NO airport ticketing facilities available

The Walshe Group
Room 2907, Central Plaza
18 Harbour Road
Wanchai, Hong Kong
Monday - Friday 9.00 a.m. - 5.30 p.m.
Reservations Telephone: (+852) 3678 8500
Fax: (+852) 3678 8501

jerry a. laska Mar 2, 2012 11:35 am


Originally Posted by goingbananas (Post 18118628)
:)

Thanks Pandaperth and Jerry A Laska for the DCIR26 out of HKG. Got it ticketed in HKG and flew 8 days later to start it. The one thing I did vs my previous routing discussed, is I stopped in ORD (vs NYC) and then got a "cheap" r/t refundable/changable ORD-LAS (to get back home) vs a OW from ORD or DFW home. ^

Original routing:
So, flying in J...Starting at home in LAS....

Can I go....LAS-LAX-SYD-(stop for 2 days)-AKL(stop for a couple days)-SIN (via SYD or MEL)(stop again in SIN for 2)-HKG (stop again or no?)-JFK (stop for 2 days)-DFW-LAS.


The travel agent was great that was recommended in the thread and paid right at 6,000 USD. Thanks guys!!

Travel agent:
Ticket Sales Centers - Hong Kong

NO airport ticketing facilities available

The Walshe Group
Room 2907, Central Plaza
18 Harbour Road
Wanchai, Hong Kong
Monday - Friday 9.00 a.m. - 5.30 p.m.
Reservations Telephone: (+852) 3678 8500
Fax: (+852) 3678 8501

Glad it worked out for you and that purchasing through AA GSA in HKG was so easy.

pandaperth Mar 2, 2012 4:14 pm


Originally Posted by goingbananas (Post 18118628)
:)

Thanks Pandaperth and Jerry A Laska

You're welcome:D
Have a great trip

goingbananas Mar 7, 2012 4:04 pm

Sorry to be a PIA...
 
I am in the middle of a DCIR26 bought in HKG and have routed back to ORD. I still have ORD-LAX-SYD-AKL-SIN-HKG left on it. I am home in LAS right now.

I need to go to SCL now prior to SYD and AKL....Since I am on a DCIR26 and doesn't include SCL or South America I can't use this until a later time.

I am looking at getting a DCIR29 from LAS now to go LAS-LAX-SCL-(AKL-SYD)-SIN-ICN-(back to the US..still working on the details). The other option, that would be a PIA is get a R/T LAS-SCL then continue on the DCIR I currently have open right now.

My million dollar question is, has anyone had a 2 DCIR's going at the same time and do the Airlines get "worked up" over it?

Thanks.....

jerry a. laska Mar 7, 2012 4:16 pm


Originally Posted by goingbananas (Post 18155900)
I am in the middle of a DCIR26 bought in HKG and have routed back to ORD. I still have ORD-LAX-SYD-AKL-SIN-HKG left on it. I am home in LAS right now.

I need to go to SCL now prior to SYD and AKL....Since I am on a DCIR26 and doesn't include SCL or South America I can't use this until a later time.

I am looking at getting a DCIR29 from LAS now to go LAS-LAX-SCL-(AKL-SYD)-SIN-ICN-(back to the US..still working on the details). The other option, that would be a PIA is get a R/T LAS-SCL then continue on the DCIR I currently have open right now.

My million dollar question is, has anyone had a 2 DCIR's going at the same time and do the Airlines get "worked up" over it?

Thanks.....

No problem having multiple xonex's or xcirx's open at the same time or at least none that anyone has ever reported. You may want to look into upgrading your dcir26 to a dcir29. I have no actual experience with upgrading a cirpac in this manner.

(c) UPGRADING
(1) An Economy Circle Pacific fare may be upgraded to a higher tiered Circle Pacific fare or a First/Business Class Circle Pacific fare without fee.
(2) A Business Circle Pacific fare may be upgraded to a higher tiered Circle Pacific fare or a First Class Circle Pacific fare without fee.
(3) A First Circle Pacific fare may be upgraded to a higher tiered Circle Pacific fare without fee.
(4) Upgrading by sector to Business/First class is not permitted.
(5) At any time the Circle Pacific fare may be used as credit towards payment of any higher fare from the point of origin provided the conditions of the higher fare have been met. No fee will apply. Where such credit is towards another Explorer fare, retroactive use will be permitted. Reissued tickets must be endorsed --NON REF/ XXX-- (XXX equals Circle Pacific fare basis code) and the original Non-Refundable amount remains Non-refundable. If the upgraded ticket is subsequently cancelled the original fee will apply.
http://www.oneworld.com/tasks/downlo...?objectID=1168

goingbananas Mar 7, 2012 4:39 pm


Originally Posted by jerry a. laska (Post 18155981)
No problem having multiple xonex's or xcirx's open at the same time or at least none that anyone has ever reported. You may want to look into upgrading your dcir26 to a dcir29. I have no actual experience with upgrading a cirpac in this manner.

http://www.oneworld.com/tasks/downlo...?objectID=1168

Thanks!! I will look into that! :)

jerry a. laska Mar 7, 2012 4:51 pm


Originally Posted by goingbananas (Post 18156134)
Thanks!! I will look into that! :)

Give the aa rtw desk a call and check with them. As a slightly different datapoint there is at least one report of someone converting a circle trip into a oneworld explorer trip midtrip. See:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...midtrip-2.html

goingbananas Mar 8, 2012 10:42 pm

UPDATE
 

Originally Posted by jerry a. laska (Post 18156218)
Give the aa rtw desk a call and check with them. As a slightly different datapoint there is at least one report of someone converting a circle trip into a oneworld explorer trip midtrip. See:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...midtrip-2.html

I talked to AA about this today and got the DCIR26 upgraded to a DCIR29 and added a SCL stopover to it. :)

Thanks!

jerry a. laska Mar 8, 2012 11:30 pm


Originally Posted by goingbananas (Post 18164770)
I talked to AA about this today and got the DCIR26 upgraded to a DCIR29 and added a SCL stopover to it. :)

Thanks!

Perfect!

aks120 Mar 24, 2012 2:49 pm

Hi All

I am looking at a Circle Pacific Fare at the moment and I am obviously tempted by the difference in price when buying it from HKG. However I am unsure of what that actually means and hope someone could explain it to me.

If it is ticketed in HKG to get the cheaper fare, does that mean you have to go there to collect the ticket. Also does it mean that it has to start in HKG?

I am looking at a LAX,SYD,BKK,KUL,HKG,LAX routing at the moment and am just trying to get my head around how to get the cheapest deal! I am looking at DCIR22.

Sorry for being stupid but hope you can help.

aks120

jerry a. laska Mar 24, 2012 3:38 pm


Originally Posted by aks120 (Post 18264933)
Hi All

I am looking at a Circle Pacific Fare at the moment and I am obviously tempted by the difference in price when buying it from HKG. However I am unsure of what that actually means and hope someone could explain it to me.

If it is ticketed in HKG to get the cheaper fare, does that mean you have to go there to collect the ticket. Also does it mean that it has to start in HKG?

I am looking at a LAX,SYD,BKK,KUL,HKG,LAX routing at the moment and am just trying to get my head around how to get the cheapest deal! I am looking at DCIR22.

Sorry for being stupid but hope you can help.

aks120

Yes (or you can get a travel agent there to issue it for you) or in Canada. And yes you have to start from HKG. Review the thread as goingbananas recently started one from HKG.

aks120 Mar 24, 2012 3:49 pm

Many thanks for your quick reply - I will look at Canada too :)

aks120

anabolism Mar 24, 2012 3:55 pm


Originally Posted by aks120 (Post 18264933)
does that mean you have to go there to collect the ticket. Also does it mean that it has to start in HKG?

I am looking at a LAX,SYD,BKK,KUL,HKG,LAX routing

It needs to be issued in Hong Kong or in Canada, and needs to start from HKG. Without being there in person you can have it issued as an e-ticket by a travel agent or the Hong Kong AA agent as posted upthread.

You'd need positioning flights to get to HKG to start it, and from HKG after it ends, E.g., an LAX-HKG RT that has an outbound date before the DCIR22 starts, and an inbound date after it ends.

Normally, the fare paid is the more expensive of the fare where it starts and the fare where it is purchased, but there is an exception when purchasing in Canada. So, one option is to have the AA RTW desk set it up for purchase in Canada, then buy it at an airport somewhere in Canada where AA flies, or by a travel agent in Canada who can issue tickets from Sabre.


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