Global Explorer vs. OneWorld Explorer
Jan 26, 2002 | 5:57 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Oxford, UK
Posts: 110
Global Explorer vs. OneWorld Explorer
Has anyone carried out an analysis of the costs on a Global Explorer (in A gives you 34K miles).
vs.
an equivalent class Oneworld explorer (3 or 4 continent).
Are South Africa/Sweden/Europe (not UK or Ire !) the best originating countries.
Any differences in the fare rules to be aware off ?
vs.
an equivalent class Oneworld explorer (3 or 4 continent).
Are South Africa/Sweden/Europe (not UK or Ire !) the best originating countries.
Any differences in the fare rules to be aware off ?
Jan 26, 2002 | 9:57 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: San Francisco
Programs: UA 1k, SPG/Marriott Plat, IHG Plat
Posts: 1,079
You should also look at ex-Australia fares.
I would be interested to learn more about the 3/4 continent fare - they list a max of 4 segments per continent and 6 segs in Nth America with backtracking allowed.
Does that mean you can do SYD - LA - NYC- SFO-NYC-SFO-NYC-SFO-LHR? (Is the SFO-LHR segment counted as Nth America?
I would be interested to learn more about the 3/4 continent fare - they list a max of 4 segments per continent and 6 segs in Nth America with backtracking allowed.
Does that mean you can do SYD - LA - NYC- SFO-NYC-SFO-NYC-SFO-LHR? (Is the SFO-LHR segment counted as Nth America?
Jan 26, 2002 | 4:48 pm
#3
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Edinburgh
Programs: Lowly BA Blue. One of the original easyJet Flight Club members and still am.
Posts: 4,319
You cannot do more than one transcontinental in the US or Australia, so no SFO-JFK-SFO's or SYD-PER-SYD-PER-SYD. There are some exceptions such as DFW-SJU and SYD-PER-SYD for travel originating in South Africa.
Look at the posting "Maximising BA tier points within NA" for more ideas.
Look at the posting "Maximising BA tier points within NA" for more ideas.
Jan 28, 2002 | 2:00 pm
#5
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: LAX
Posts: 3,641
For the kind of travel we do OW seems a much better bargain than Star. Besides being significantly cheaper, OW has a couple of carriers with premier-quality first-class cabins (and you can buy a Concorde upgrade), and useful hubs in both Asia and Europe. Of course ymmv.