So maybe I might change the last sectors to BOM-xLHR-DXB - Thanks for the tip

What is the best oneworld partner to collect points to earn oneworld elite status and accumulate miles? I was originally going for CX MPO/Asiamiles but BA Executive club/Avios looks better?

Or should I try the AA elite challenge?

Any thoughts?

See here - http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...help-here.html

is there any where to discuss the routing rule for GLOB fare?

My understanding is that it is a mileage based product, and 4 stopovers per region.

The rules for the Global Explorer are also available on the oneworld website.

Many sections of the rules are similar to the xONEx, but have some large differences.

Can travel on all the oneworld members and afflilates as per xONEx, in addtion to Alaska Airlines, Jetstar Group, Aer Lingus, Fiji Airways, Meridiana, Bangkok Airways, Westjet and QF codeshares on Air Tahiti Nui.
Oneworld member codeshares on Jetstar airlines are fine, except JL codes on GK (Jetstar Japan). (If using Jetstar [JQ] flights, long haul flights operated by 787 have a D cabin and the JQ code books into D on those flights. However, while QF codeshares on those flights, the D code is not sold under the QF codeshare. All other Jetstar group [JQ, GK, BL, 3K] flights use single class A320s)

There are 4 mileage bands, 26000, 29000, 34000 and 39000. All classes (L/D/A) are only available on the xGLOB34. L is available on all of them. I (Business) is available on the 26.

So there is a hell of a lot of info on mileage programs

But what is the consensus on collecting miles and tier status? for a DONEx ticket like below?

CAI-xLHR-oARN-oLHR-oMEX-oMIA-oJFK-oLAX-oHNL-oNRT-oHKG-oMLE-oHKG-oBOM-oDOH-oDXB

Should I go for the AA challenge? and/or can I cherry pick and selectively give my AA, BA or CX membership number depending on which carrier&sector I am flying?

Thanks for helping!!!!



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It depends what you want to do. Maintaining status in three mileage programmes within the same alliance seems to me inefficient for most travellers. I think most people would consolidate their mileage and status earning into one programme. But that is a wider question than one particular RTW trip.

Thanks Calchas

I dont have any tiers on BA, AA, CX or any other one world carrier.

Have enough CX miles on MPO, but got them from credit card spending so hence no status. Do lots ot intra europe flights where CX Asia miles not get the best priority for availability so thought would throw some flights in the BA Avios program and take AA challenge to get Sapphire tier status quickly and the balance collect on CX Asia miles.

But do you think it would be better to go up tiers in CX, BA or use the AA challenge in my case?

Thanks again

It's hard to say. I'm definitely not an expert on CX and I only know a little about AA.

If you're doing a lot of revenue F and J flying, BA rewards that quite well, I think more than AA rewards their own flyers for F and J. But if you often travel in Y, then you may find AA is better, particularly because they offer lots of upgrade instruments especially on AA domestic flights. Also I believe AA rewards Y flyers quite well, whereas on BA, Y flights earn practically nothing. BA does have their "reward flight saver" scheme in Europe which is a good use of Avios. BA & AA work well together, so you get a lot of BA Avios points for flying on AA, and vice versa. However CX doesn't play well with BA, you don't tend to get many Avios for flying on CX.

I would say that until you reach top tier status in one programme, it is best to pick one programme and concentrate your earning there.

It's, here, it's here!

Oneworld now offers round-the-world southern hemisphere ticket.

https://www.oneworld.com/news-inform..._col_count%3D5

Not seeing it in any tariff yet

Depends where you look; in a quick scan it was currently visible (using BA) ex-SYD, ex-AKL and ex-EZE, nothing yet ex-JNB/MPM/WDH. I presume it's taking time to populate the GDSs. On EF I plugged in mid-January in case the fare isn't active right now.

I tried a dummy booking on the tool and it validated the route but (as usual) barfed when I tried to find specific flights, so no autopricing either.

on xonex fare, one can backtrack and stop in the same city multiple times. is that still allowed on glob? also, can i do asia south pacific asia with stops in asia on both ends?

Yes

No. A second visit to Asia is allowed, but one of the visits must be a transfer without stopover (same as for the xONEx)

It's all in the rule sheet, which is available on the Oneworld website

QF has xONE3 fares out of Australia showing in EF

LONE3 for AUD3299 (the LONE4 is AUD3899)
DONE3 for AUD10499 (the DONE4 is AUD11999)

there is no AONE3 published - I guess because none of the airlines have first class cabins on southern hemisphere routes

Edited to add:
QF also has filed xONE3 fares out of AKL, but nothing showing out of JNB or SCL as yet

Bah, I was only looking ex-ZA. :)