Are RTW tickets redeemable with miles??
Sep 3, 2002 | 11:02 am
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Are RTW tickets redeemable with miles??
Are RTW tickets redeemable with miles?? If so, can you tell me how many miles do I need for Qantas miles for a OneWorld award. Thanks for the info.
Prasad
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Sep 3, 2002 | 11:48 am
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Hi
Who are you your miles with ? Each OW airline has different requirements.
The BA handbook https://www.britishairways.com/execclub/handbook/ gives you the BA miles for a BA/QF mileage award from USA to Australia (which ever way RTW you decide to go.
If you're wanting to use QF miles you can calculate the amount needed @ https://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer/dyn...eemedSelection
Hope this helps
David
[This message has been edited by DP-UK (edited 09-03-2002).]
Who are you your miles with ? Each OW airline has different requirements.
The BA handbook https://www.britishairways.com/execclub/handbook/ gives you the BA miles for a BA/QF mileage award from USA to Australia (which ever way RTW you decide to go.
If you're wanting to use QF miles you can calculate the amount needed @ https://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer/dyn...eemedSelection
Hope this helps
David
[This message has been edited by DP-UK (edited 09-03-2002).]
Sep 3, 2002 | 9:51 pm
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If you are using QF points, Oneworld awards are based on total mileage traveled. A RTW should fall in the 17,501-30,000 mileage category. That requires 130,000 QF points for economy, 240,000 for business and 300,000 for first. You are limited to 5 stopovers.
Sep 4, 2002 | 2:49 am
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Thanks for the info. I will be using Qantas miles for this ticket. I need to go to HYD in india from Milwaukee, US. Looking at Qantas website thought that I need 110,000 miles to fly BA. But if I can take 4 extra stopovers, sure I am happy to spend 20K more.
Can someone tell me if this is a valid itin.
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[This message has been edited by rnprasad (edited 09-04-2002).]
Can someone tell me if this is a valid itin.
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Sep 4, 2002 | 5:25 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by rnprasad:
Thanks for the info. I will be using Qantas miles for this ticket. I need to go to HYD in india from Milwaukee, US. Looking at Qantas website thought that I need 110,000 miles to fly BA. But if I can take 4 extra stopovers, sure I am happy to spend 20K more.
Can someone tell me if this is a valid itin.
mke-ord-lhr-bom-hyd
hyd-maa-sin-lax-ord-mke
mke-mco-mke
mke-sfo-mke
[This message has been edited by rnprasad (edited 09-04-2002).]</font>
Thanks for the info. I will be using Qantas miles for this ticket. I need to go to HYD in india from Milwaukee, US. Looking at Qantas website thought that I need 110,000 miles to fly BA. But if I can take 4 extra stopovers, sure I am happy to spend 20K more.
Can someone tell me if this is a valid itin.
mke-ord-lhr-bom-hyd
hyd-maa-sin-lax-ord-mke
mke-mco-mke
mke-sfo-mke
[This message has been edited by rnprasad (edited 09-04-2002).]</font>
You might be able to do (X is stopover):
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kinda ugly!
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Sep 4, 2002 | 9:00 am
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Thanks for the info. Agree looks kinda ugly, but as the driving is only about 1 hr I feel it is ok.
Sep 4, 2002 | 11:37 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ExMo:
If you are using QF points, Oneworld awards are based on total mileage traveled. A RTW should fall in the 17,501-30,000 mileage category. That requires 130,000 QF points for economy, 240,000 for business and 300,000 for first. You are limited to 5 stopovers.</font>
If you are using QF points, Oneworld awards are based on total mileage traveled. A RTW should fall in the 17,501-30,000 mileage category. That requires 130,000 QF points for economy, 240,000 for business and 300,000 for first. You are limited to 5 stopovers.</font>
As, I've posted elsewhere, the QF RTW is a great deal relative to award travel to Australia from JFK or LHR (among other cities), IMHO.
Reason being- JFK or LHR to Australia in F is 275,000 points plus 10,000 points for stopovers. The RTW for 35,000 miles of travel is 300,000 points with 5 stopovers included, as you note.