One world RTW itinerary
May 7, 2001 | 8:06 pm
#46
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: LAX, HKG
Programs: AA EXPLT, BA Gold, Shang Elite
Posts: 2,228
Originally posted by hauteboy:
The distance to Baku isn't correct via the Great Circle calculator (puts BAK somewhere in Indiana). Also, I thought PPT wasn't flown on QF metal anymore. The best routing I have found with the (supposedly new) rules (4 asia segment, backtracking from Africa, etc), is almost 116k miles with no duplicate stopover cities. Are Tblisi and Baku going to be considered as part of Mid-east under the new rules?
The distance to Baku isn't correct via the Great Circle calculator (puts BAK somewhere in Indiana). Also, I thought PPT wasn't flown on QF metal anymore. The best routing I have found with the (supposedly new) rules (4 asia segment, backtracking from Africa, etc), is almost 116k miles with no duplicate stopover cities. Are Tblisi and Baku going to be considered as part of Mid-east under the new rules?
all ex-soviet are either europe or formally asia, when they are "asia", they are not considered as 'middle east' per se.
middle east is officially asia, but was put into europe for unknown reasons which may be geographic proximity or increasing the circle covered by europe or BA's bargaining power in OW (god knows what).
if tbilisi was classified under the europe fare maybe we then have a clue on how thy divide up continent in OW
May 7, 2001 | 10:21 pm
#47
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Austin, TX -- AA Life Platinum; QF Life Silver; UA Silver
Posts: 5,467
According to the maps on: http://www.fichters.net/images/map1.jpg && map2.jpg, Baku and Tblisi are in the Europe/Middle-East zone. I also heard on here that the ex-Soviet republics will be included as part of the Mid-East with the new rules? Important to know if the LON-BAK/TBS-LON-MCT-LON routing is still valid.
I finally found a routing with 118k miles, but it uses many duplicate cities. ;-)
LON TBS 2212 mi BA
TBS LON 2212 mi BA
LON MCT 3626 mi BA
MCT LON 3626 mi BA
LON MRU 6032 mi BA
MRU NBO 1924 mi BA
NBO MRU 1924 mi BA
MRU NBO 1924 mi BA
NBO MRU 1924 mi BA
MRU LON 6032 mi BA
LON NRT 5998 mi BA
NRT SYD 4797 mi QF
SYD PER 2067 mi QF
PER BNE 2269 mi QF
BNE PER 2269 mi QF
PER SYD 2067 mi QF
SYD HKG 4556 mi CX
HKG KHI 2963 mi CX
KHI HKG 2963 mi CX
HKG KHI 2963 mi CX
KHI HKG 2963 mi CX
HKG JFK 8071 mi CX
JFK DFW 1391 mi AA
DFW ANC 3042 mi AA
ANC DFW 3042 mi AA
DFW BOS 1561 mi AA
BOS STT 1692 mi AA
STT LAX 3448 mi AA
LAX SCL 5571 mi LA
SCL CCS 3008 mi LA
CCS SCL 3008 mi LA
SCL CCS 3008 mi LA
CCS SCL 3008 mi LA
SCL LAX 5571 mi LA
LAX CDG 5663 mi AA
Total: 118412
I finally found a routing with 118k miles, but it uses many duplicate cities. ;-)
LON TBS 2212 mi BA
TBS LON 2212 mi BA
LON MCT 3626 mi BA
MCT LON 3626 mi BA
LON MRU 6032 mi BA
MRU NBO 1924 mi BA
NBO MRU 1924 mi BA
MRU NBO 1924 mi BA
NBO MRU 1924 mi BA
MRU LON 6032 mi BA
LON NRT 5998 mi BA
NRT SYD 4797 mi QF
SYD PER 2067 mi QF
PER BNE 2269 mi QF
BNE PER 2269 mi QF
PER SYD 2067 mi QF
SYD HKG 4556 mi CX
HKG KHI 2963 mi CX
KHI HKG 2963 mi CX
HKG KHI 2963 mi CX
KHI HKG 2963 mi CX
HKG JFK 8071 mi CX
JFK DFW 1391 mi AA
DFW ANC 3042 mi AA
ANC DFW 3042 mi AA
DFW BOS 1561 mi AA
BOS STT 1692 mi AA
STT LAX 3448 mi AA
LAX SCL 5571 mi LA
SCL CCS 3008 mi LA
CCS SCL 3008 mi LA
SCL CCS 3008 mi LA
CCS SCL 3008 mi LA
SCL LAX 5571 mi LA
LAX CDG 5663 mi AA
Total: 118412
May 8, 2001 | 6:06 am
#48
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Don't know....
Programs: BA LTG, SQ TPPS, CX DMP, AA EXP, Bonvoy LTT, ALL PLT, Hilton DM
Posts: 4,037
Originally posted by pegasus8228:
BAgold,
middle east is considered as "purely europe", but you also have the limitation of max 1 middle east journey
[This message has been edited by pegasus8228 (edited 05-07-2001).]
BAgold,
middle east is considered as "purely europe", but you also have the limitation of max 1 middle east journey
[This message has been edited by pegasus8228 (edited 05-07-2001).]
May 8, 2001 | 11:22 am
#50
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: LAX, HKG
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Originally posted by bagold:
So that means for a ONEW3 ticket (Asia, Europe, N. America), I can fly LHR-DXB-LHR as part of the Europe continent? That is pretty good for gaining maximum BA tier points and miles!
So that means for a ONEW3 ticket (Asia, Europe, N. America), I can fly LHR-DXB-LHR as part of the Europe continent? That is pretty good for gaining maximum BA tier points and miles!
in this forum there are many discussions on maxmile on OWRTW.
LHR-DXB-LHR in europe
MIA-DFW-ANC in NA
HKG-Karachi in Asia
etc
May 8, 2001 | 7:05 pm
#51
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Don't know....
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Posts: 4,037
Originally posted by pegasus8228:
yes, at least till may/2001. not sure about he new rules.
in this forum there are many discussions on maxmile on OWRTW.
LHR-DXB-LHR in europe
MIA-DFW-ANC in NA
HKG-Karachi in Asia
etc
yes, at least till may/2001. not sure about he new rules.
in this forum there are many discussions on maxmile on OWRTW.
LHR-DXB-LHR in europe
MIA-DFW-ANC in NA
HKG-Karachi in Asia
etc
May 9, 2001 | 3:31 pm
#52
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Dallas
Programs: AA EXP/5MM; DL DM; HHonors DIAM; Marriott GLD
Posts: 4,132
A side benefit of the LHR-DBX-LHR trip if you are travelling on a first class rtw, is that this route is one of the only ones BA operates within Europe utilizing 3-class aircraft... much more comfortable than the European shorthaul business class product.