Hi,
I am planning a RTW for next year and although I have a OTA at hand who claims they have experience with that I would like to inquire the collected wisdom of the forum for my intended routing.
I "think" it is a valid one however during a brief preliminary discussion with OTA she had some doubts about it.

So far it would look like this:
OSL - DOH - CMB - CGK
CGK - HKG - CTS
CTS - HND
HND - DFW
DFW - ANC
ANC - LAX
LAX - JFK - MAD - AGP
AGP - HEL - OSL

Real stopovers would be CGK, CTS, TYO, DTW, ANC, LAX and potentially AGP, others should all be possible as connections (less than 24 h according to my checks).

a) Is that a valid routing?
b) OTA seemed to be confused about the backtracking within USA to ANC but I think that should be allowed if I remember correctly?
c) Tbh, the only thing I am not so sure about is the end, if this MAD-AGP-HEL-OSL is permitted :confused:

So if anyone has any input it would be greatly appreciated :)

PS: Not sure if this is the correct thread, so feel free to move:D

See comments below:

I suspect you might mean DFW where you have DTW? DTW (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport) is a DL hub. DFW is AA, and oneworld.

There's nothing wrong with your 'backtracking' within the US, nor your European segments. You have 3 intra-Europe segments on the end and 1 on the front (OSL-DOH). You also aren't exceeding the stopover limit.

Oops, my bad, indeed it is supposed to be DFW of course (changed my post accordingly).

Thank you for confirmation, that was my count of segments / understanding of rules so far too.
Guess will show how expierenced OTA will be when we will discuss details, currently they are in "checking fare rules / availabilty" mode...

I suggest booking with the AA RTW desk (HND-DFW should be bookable as an AA codeshare which would make this possible).

Maxing BA tier points on a DONE3 or DONE4
 

Ok, maybe this is a little silly, but I want to make sure I am thinking about all the possible tricks.

Here’s my DONE3:

NRT-HNL-ANC-SFO-CUN-LAX-JFK-LHR-(DOH)-MAD-FRA-(DOH)-DEL-(HKG)-DPS-(KUL)-NRT

1940

Looks fine to me

• 16 segments total
• 5 in Nth America
• 4 in Europe
• 4 in Asia
• 2 stopovers in continent of origin (Asia)

NRT-HNL-ANC-SFO-CUN-LAX-JFK-LHR-DOH-MAD-FRA-DOH-DEL-HKG-DPS-KUL-NRT

Can you beat it though? :-)

Are you just trying to see how many TPs you can get on a DONE3 or do you have some certain cities that are a must ? If not the latter , YES you can do better. 2100+ is very easy. 2300 is the max ( ? ) but I am working on that as it is a slow day.

I think hnd-cmb-hkg-dps-hkg-lax-anc-lax-lir-lax-sjo-lax-doh-cmn-dxb-lhr-hnd should get you 2300 ( 13 segs at 140 and 3 segs at 160 ) if LHR-HND is credited at 160 as a list I found stated. It also stated that LHR-HKG was a 160 tp city as well. SIN is for sure but limited options for 2k+ flights out of it except to TYO.

I was just curious about the max. I guess 2300 should be impossible to beat, since it’s 160 on every intercontinental flight and 140 on every other. (With a DONE4, I guess you could somehow get LHR-SYD for 240 into the mix, but maybe not if that’s still two segments).

Is yours not too many NA segments though? I thought you only got 5, not 6 (Relatively new to this). (Edit: Nevermind)

can i know what is TPs? are these status points? for which FFP?
I am only on MH's Enrich and QR's Qpoints.

Tier Points... British Airways currency 😊

BAEC
TP = Tier Points for status
Avios - ff currency for awards - earnings .
https://www.oneworld.com/travel-benefits

Getting ready to call the AA RTW desk to get a flight for OCT 2025 set. I will still have to have the place holders for many flight from Dec 2025 thru Mar 2026. I think I will need to call about 3 times total to book the remaining real dates for my flights. Has anyone had to call and do this? Do they get annoyed with you? Any mistakes to avoid?
Thanks.

Only just finishing my second, but I’ve made at least this many calls on each ticket with no issues.

One issue you may face is that changing flights before the first flight can trigger a repricing. If first flight isn’t until October, and you are worried about availability (eg for flights around holidays) it might be worth waiting until schedule opens for those dates in a couple months. Others with more experience can probably advise better.