OW RTW Price Comparison Table
 

Seeing Dorian and the folks over at the *A have done a good job at getting one over there and noone has instigated a similar service here would it help people if I were to start constructing one?

See http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum82/HTML/000131.html and http://www.informationlab.com/rtw.htm to see what I am on about.

Sounds like a great idea! Go for it and good luck!

Thanks Spider. Anyone else?

I must say I'm a little underwhelmed with the response. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif Still, if you have the prices for the OW RTW tickets leaving from your country or even any other that you know or could find out about - email me!

I too am surprised by the lack of response! I remember someone once asking me if I was going to include OW in my *A charts. I considered it for a while but don't understand OW fares to make a chart efficiently enuf.

Dorian

Fares ex BKK (in Thai Bhat) - latest revision (01 May 2000)

3C 195,150(F) 146,245(C) 87,515(Y)
4C 234,175(F) 175,490(C) 105,020(Y)
5C 269,300(F) 201,815(C) 120,775(Y)
6C 309,705(F) 232,090(C) 138,890(Y)

USD1.00 = THB39.10 (as of today)

Note - no seasonal fare differences for Y travel orginating in Thailand.

Hope this comes together.

Thanks for that mgm. They do seem rather expensive though - they are about 60% more than the Australian fares. Still, it's interesting to note.

Of course, I'll add that this is the only reponse I've gotten http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

Just out of curiosity -- could it be that you've had little response because the information is so hard to get? Does *A make information about its RTW fares more accessible than oneworld?

Really ? 3-Continent in C for 146,245 Baht ? That's US$ 3740 or CAD$ 5528 ? Just how much cheaper is the Australian OW RTW fares anyways ? The fares I've seen on www.travel.com.au is compareble to these, or is it something specific that you mean 60% more ?

I am not sure if you have the numbers for departure from the US and Canada. I don't have the numbers in front of me, but after discussions with the RTW desk at AA, I was very surprised to discover that it is MUCH cheaper to depart from Toronto than a US departure point. For example, I was quoted somewhere around $4,000 US (maybe a little higher) for a 6 continent trip, while leaving from Toronto will cost me about $4,400 CDN I think for the same trip. Considering the exchange rate of +/- 1US/1.5CDN, this is a tremendous savings. I will get the exact numbers for you soon and post them.

Okay, here are some numbers departing Canada and US in their respective currency, provided by QF via Terenz. It was effective March 29, 1999, and they had a price increase on May 1, 2000, so add in about 5% more to the numbers below (The 3 Y categories are Peak, Shoulder, Basic, ? indicates smudges on the price sheet, thus not readable):

Canada:

3C 7499 F 5569 C 3469/3294/??19 Y
4C 8799 F 6549 C 3839/3644/3489 Y
5C 10349 F 7699 C 4269/4094/3919 Y
6C 12149 F 9049 C 4739/4564/4389 Y

USA:

3C 6300 F 4000 C 3150/2975/???0 Y
4C 7000 F 5500 C 3850/3675/3500 Y
5C 7500 F 6000 C 4350/4175/4000 Y
6C 8000 F 6500 C 4850/4675/4500 Y

Peak: 16Jun - 15Sep, 11Dec-23Dec
Shoulder: 1May-15Jun/1Dec-10Dec/24Dec-10Jan/16Sep-30Sep
Basic: 11Jan-30Apr/1Oct-30Nov

Concord surcharge (per sector):
From F US$1800/CAD$2780
From C US$2900/CAD$4480

I'll give it a shot. It is no where nearly as sexy as the *A RTW chart, but it is a start.

is' a great start - thank you (You are visitor 006 since June 23, 2000).

and I hope for European fares soon (just to compare them with 'my' StarAlliance-fares).

What are you talking about, that chart looks great! But for what it's worth, last week I was quoted $7000 + taxes for US departure, 3 continents in First Class, so I think the increase has been a bit more than 5%.

Thanks for the great work!

Prices ex-South Africa quoted by BA on 7 June

ONEWORLD EXPLORER AIRFARE


Continents 3 4 5 6
First R36500 R38200 R39220 R42720
Business R22420 R26980 R31180 R34680
Economy R12550 R15210 R17380 R19970

And a couple of fares ex-New Zealand quoted on 9 June
The current fares for First Class are as follows:

4 Continents: NZD11099.00
5 Continents: NZD12699.00

According to BA in Beijing, OW explorer fares in renminbi are (# continents, Economy, Biz, First) as of early June:

3, 20320, 32960, 45690
4, 24380, 39540, 54830
5, 28035, 45470, 63040
6, 32250, 52300, 72510

current ATM/bank FX rate is about RMB 8.10 to US$1.00 and wire transfer rate about RMB 8.28

You can only fly OW to Europe or Australia direct from here. If you fly to Australia, transpacific must be your next stop.