Help w/OneWorld Explorer before calling AA
Feb 7, 2003 | 6:12 pm
#1
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: North Bergen, NJ, - EWR
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Help w/OneWorld Explorer before calling AA
My goal is to reach the following cities between March 17 and April 11
Mex; SJU; HKG; ICN; SYD; EZE; BOG (All others city where you 'll see I stopover, could be eliminated if they create any conflict)
2 other requiriements: first city must be Mexico (March 17), and last city must be Bogota (stay between April 9 to April 11).
Checking one-world airlines schedules, I came with the following. I would appreciate your comments about if this itinerary qualifies for a RWT.
I mark with a small "x" the cities where I will be transfering/transit. The ones with an "(S)" is where I am stopping over.
JFK-xMIA-MEX(S)-xMIA-SJU(S)-xLAX-xHKG-xICN-HKG(S)-SYD(S)-xLHR-MAD(S)-xSCL-EZE(S)-xSCL-BOG(S)-xMIA-JFK
Some analysis I did:
6 segments in zone1 (JFK-MIA-MEX-MIA-SJU-LAX; and MIA-JFK at the end)
2 segments in Asia. Although HKG is touched twiced, only one is stopoever, the other one is transit. I think this is allowed when itinerary includes S.Pacific.
1 segment in Europe
3 segments in South America
Should I assume this is a Explorer w/4 zones w/approximatly 47,000 mileage, thus price in the US should be around $6,200 (before taxes, airports taxes, fees, etc) ?
Does the itinerary looks OK?
Thanks for your assistance!
Mex; SJU; HKG; ICN; SYD; EZE; BOG (All others city where you 'll see I stopover, could be eliminated if they create any conflict)
2 other requiriements: first city must be Mexico (March 17), and last city must be Bogota (stay between April 9 to April 11).
Checking one-world airlines schedules, I came with the following. I would appreciate your comments about if this itinerary qualifies for a RWT.
I mark with a small "x" the cities where I will be transfering/transit. The ones with an "(S)" is where I am stopping over.
JFK-xMIA-MEX(S)-xMIA-SJU(S)-xLAX-xHKG-xICN-HKG(S)-SYD(S)-xLHR-MAD(S)-xSCL-EZE(S)-xSCL-BOG(S)-xMIA-JFK
Some analysis I did:
6 segments in zone1 (JFK-MIA-MEX-MIA-SJU-LAX; and MIA-JFK at the end)
2 segments in Asia. Although HKG is touched twiced, only one is stopoever, the other one is transit. I think this is allowed when itinerary includes S.Pacific.
1 segment in Europe
3 segments in South America
Should I assume this is a Explorer w/4 zones w/approximatly 47,000 mileage, thus price in the US should be around $6,200 (before taxes, airports taxes, fees, etc) ?
Does the itinerary looks OK?
Thanks for your assistance!
Feb 7, 2003 | 7:02 pm
#2
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Hong Kong
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It's 5 zones (Europe, N America, S America, SW Pacific, Asia).
Otherwise as an itinerary I think it's OK. You don't need to worry about stopover vs transit except in N America (only two stopovers allowed) and when reentering a continent for the second time when in transit somewhere else (where allowed). So your SYD-LHR goes through Asia which must only be a transit.
There are lots of ways to get more miles, but since you are time constrained at each ened you may not be able to fit them in.
Since you don't need to go to Europe, consider whether you could squeeze all this into a CIR29 Circle Pacific fare which could be used to reach all of your required destinations if you can meet the mileage constraint. Not sure offhand of the relative pricing ex-US. However, I can't get it in the 29K at a quick look.
Otherwise as an itinerary I think it's OK. You don't need to worry about stopover vs transit except in N America (only two stopovers allowed) and when reentering a continent for the second time when in transit somewhere else (where allowed). So your SYD-LHR goes through Asia which must only be a transit.
There are lots of ways to get more miles, but since you are time constrained at each ened you may not be able to fit them in.
Since you don't need to go to Europe, consider whether you could squeeze all this into a CIR29 Circle Pacific fare which could be used to reach all of your required destinations if you can meet the mileage constraint. Not sure offhand of the relative pricing ex-US. However, I can't get it in the 29K at a quick look.